Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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CHARLES GOLLMER,
 
of the firm of Bauer & Gollmer, agents of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing 
Association, is a native of Germany, and was born May 10, 1851. He attended 
school and served an apprenticeship to the trade of carriage and sign painting, 
in his native country. He emigrated to America in 1867 and came to the Pacific 
Coast the same year; spent one year in San Francisco, then came to Los Angeles, 
and, after working at his trade a short time, started a shop of his own and 
carried on the business here for fifteen years. In 1884 he became associated 
with Mr. Bauer in their present business and since that time the firm of Bauer & 
Gollmer has been one of the most enterprising firms in their line in Southern 
California. Their warehouse, ice-house and bottling works are located on Alameda 
and Jackson streets, fronting on the railroad, and are thoroughly equipped with 
machinery of the latest improvement for the manufacture and bottling of the 
Anheuser-Busch beer. They are sole agents for Southern California, and supply a 
large portion of the trade in this city, and they also have a large shipping 
trade. Mr. Gollmer has been successfully engaged in business in Los Angeles over 
twenty years, and is well known as a generous, public-spirited citizen, actively 
identified with the progress and development of the city. In 1873 he married 
Miss Alice Grabe, a native of Canajoharie, New York. They have three children: 
Carl, Robert and Minnie.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 745
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler