A little history about the bread banners from the previous post. Many thanks to Connie Loop, daughter of Oswald Jaeger.
To start with Franz Jr.(Frank) was the first Jaeger to come to America. He arrived on 4/20/1871 on the ship Hansa that traveled from the port of Bremen Germany to New York. He arrived in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the 24th, which was "...the goal of my voyage." The original family name was Jager which meant "hunter" and the name was changed in immigration. Then Franz Sr. came to the US on the ship New York that arrived on 5/10/1873. Franz, his wife Helene and 5 children made that journey. Franz Sr. had earned 4 university degrees in Germany, science, art, music and literature. He also had worked for about 10 years at the Papalcy in Rome and while in Rome he traveled to Egypt and was part of the original team that worked on translating the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Franz Jr. bought in to a mill and then bought out the other 2 owners. The mill is in Danville, Wisconsin. The mill was known for its rye flour which was sent down to the Oswald Jaeger Baking Company for its famed Sichling Rye bread. The Jaeger line still owns the mill. Franz Jr. helped build the Gesu Church in Milwaukee which has a cornerstone dated 1893. Franz Jr. also helped write the state constitution.
When Franz Sr. came over here with his family, one of his children was Oswald. He received citizenship papers in 1888. He was a Cooper, which is a barrel maker. He became friends with a man who happened to be a baker and taught him the trade. He took to it so nicely that he started his own bakery, thus Oswald Jaeger Baking Company. Sadly, when Connie’s father needed to retire, he had no one to take over the bakery. He then sold out to Beatrice Foods. It, in the end, was sold to Sarah Lee who ran it for a while and then closed it permanently.
Connie’s father had 7 children. Except for Connie they all got to work in the bakery. She was the youngest and too young at the time to work at the bakery before it closed. She was nice enough to send some pictures of the bakery also. See the photo with the five men in it. These were the Jaeger family members that ran the Jaeger Bakery. The last gentleman on the right was Connie‘s father.
To start with Franz Jr.(Frank) was the first Jaeger to come to America. He arrived on 4/20/1871 on the ship Hansa that traveled from the port of Bremen Germany to New York. He arrived in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the 24th, which was "...the goal of my voyage." The original family name was Jager which meant "hunter" and the name was changed in immigration. Then Franz Sr. came to the US on the ship New York that arrived on 5/10/1873. Franz, his wife Helene and 5 children made that journey. Franz Sr. had earned 4 university degrees in Germany, science, art, music and literature. He also had worked for about 10 years at the Papalcy in Rome and while in Rome he traveled to Egypt and was part of the original team that worked on translating the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Franz Jr. bought in to a mill and then bought out the other 2 owners. The mill is in Danville, Wisconsin. The mill was known for its rye flour which was sent down to the Oswald Jaeger Baking Company for its famed Sichling Rye bread. The Jaeger line still owns the mill. Franz Jr. helped build the Gesu Church in Milwaukee which has a cornerstone dated 1893. Franz Jr. also helped write the state constitution.
When Franz Sr. came over here with his family, one of his children was Oswald. He received citizenship papers in 1888. He was a Cooper, which is a barrel maker. He became friends with a man who happened to be a baker and taught him the trade. He took to it so nicely that he started his own bakery, thus Oswald Jaeger Baking Company. Sadly, when Connie’s father needed to retire, he had no one to take over the bakery. He then sold out to Beatrice Foods. It, in the end, was sold to Sarah Lee who ran it for a while and then closed it permanently.
Connie’s father had 7 children. Except for Connie they all got to work in the bakery. She was the youngest and too young at the time to work at the bakery before it closed. She was nice enough to send some pictures of the bakery also. See the photo with the five men in it. These were the Jaeger family members that ran the Jaeger Bakery. The last gentleman on the right was Connie‘s father.
