Christian William Feigenspan
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Christian William Feigenspan (December 7, 1876 – February 7, 1939) was president of Feigenspan Brewing Company in Newark, New Jersey
; president of Federal Trust Company; and president of the United States Brewers' Association
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. He had siblings: Edwin Christian Feigenspan (1886–1953); Eleanor Feigenspan who married Louis Bacon Ballantine; and a sister who married Johannan Kuser or Rudolph Victor Kuser. He graduated from Cornell University
in 1898, and his father died in 1899. He married Alis Rule Thoms in 1909, and they had no children from their marriage.
in 1875. In 1878 he moved the brewery to 47 Belmont Avenue in Newark, New Jersey
. Around 1890 the brewery was moved to the corner of Freeman and Christie Streets. The brewer's logo was "P.O.N.", (Pride Of Newark). In 1943 the brewery was bought by P. Ballantine and Sons.
. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery
.
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
; president of Federal Trust Company; and president of the United States Brewers' Association
United States Brewers' Association
The United States Brewers' Association was a trade organization that existed from 1862 to 1986.The impetus for its founding was provided by the institution of federal taxation during the American Civil War...
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Birth
He was born in 1877 to Marie Rachael Laible (c1850-1940) and Christian B. Feigenspan (c1850-1899) of ThuringiaThuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
. He had siblings: Edwin Christian Feigenspan (1886–1953); Eleanor Feigenspan who married Louis Bacon Ballantine; and a sister who married Johannan Kuser or Rudolph Victor Kuser. He graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1898, and his father died in 1899. He married Alis Rule Thoms in 1909, and they had no children from their marriage.
Feigenspan Brewing Company
The brewery started at 49 Charlton Street in Newark, New JerseyNewark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
in 1875. In 1878 he moved the brewery to 47 Belmont Avenue in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. Around 1890 the brewery was moved to the corner of Freeman and Christie Streets. The brewer's logo was "P.O.N.", (Pride Of Newark). In 1943 the brewery was bought by P. Ballantine and Sons.
Death
He died on February 7, 1939 in Rumson, New JerseyRumson, New Jersey
Rumson is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,122.Rumson was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1907, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a...
. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark
thumb|190px|The Krueger Mausoleumthumb|190px|The Setters' MonumentFairmount Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that...
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