Biography of Joseph Bleier, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 123

Joseph Bleier, proprietor of the Vienna Bakery, at Paragould, was born in Bohemia,
Austria, December 17, 1846, and is the son of Ignatz and Anna (Freitle) Bleier, also
natives of Austria. The parents are still living in their native country, and the
father follows the occupation of a farmer. In their family were eight children:
Joseph, Frank, Robert, Ignatz, John and Otto (twins), Barbara and Anna. Joseph Bleier
received his education in Austria, and remained on the farm with his father until
fourteen years of age, when he began learning the baker's trade. In 1867, when in his
twentieth year, he took passage from Bremen to America on the steamer “Ocean,” which
was stranded one year later, and landed at New York City. He came on to Cincinnati,
where he worked for about eight years in and around the city. He then went to
Chicago, remained there about three years and then engaged in business for himself at
Joliet, Ill. In 1886 he came to Paragould and immediately engaged in his present
business, at which he has been very successful. He is an excellent baker and keeps a
good stock of everything carried in his line. He was married in October, 1873, to
Miss Mary Gaker, a native of Hamilton County, O., and a daughter of John and Rosa
(Schleer) Gaker, who were natives of Germany and early settlers of Ohio. To Mr. and
Mrs. Bleier have been born five children, three now living: John K., Frank and Joseph
E. The two deceased were Robert and Mathew. Mr. and Mrs. Bleier are members of the
Catholic Church.