Hancock County IL Archives Biographies.....Giller, John February 8, 1859 - 
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Source: Hancock, McDonough and Henderson Counties, Illinois
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JOHN GILLER is extensively engaged in the 
brewing business in Warsaw. A native of 
Canada, he was born in the city of Hamilton, 
Wentworth County, Ontario, on the 8th of Feb- 
ruary, 1859. His father, Rudolph Giller, was a 
native of Switzerland, and there spent the days 
of his childhood. In the year 1848, he bade 
adieu to home and friends and crossed the broad 
Atlantic to America. Taking up his residence in 
Louisville, Ky., he embarked in the brewing 
business, and there carried on operations for some 
years. At length he left that State, and in 1854 
removed to Canada. He was the first manufac- 
turer of lager beer in Canada, ale having been the 
only product of the kind made hitherto. Mr. 
Giller was united in marriage with Miss Catherine 
Bauer, who was born in the grand duchy of 
Baden, and in 1852 he came with his family to 
Illinois. 

Our subject was a child of only two years when 
his parents came to this State. His early boy- 
hood days were quietly passed. During his 
youth he went to New York, and in Rochester 
learned his trade in Bartholomew's brewery. 
There he continued until 1879, when he returned 
home. Two years later he entered into partner- 
ship with Martin Popel, his stepfather. His own 
father had died in 1861. 

On the 4th of October, 1886, was celebrated 
the marriage of Mr. Giller and Miss Anna Wolf, 
daughter of the late Charles Wolf. Their union 
has been blessed with three children, a son and 
two daughters: Florentine, Olivia and Walter 
John. 

Mr. Giller is a member of the Turners' Society, 
is one of the firemen of Warsaw, holds member- 
ship with the Independent Order of Mutual Aid 
and the Odd Fellows' fraternity, and belongs to 
Ft. Edward Encampment. He is a man of good 
business ability and has made a success of his un- 
dertakings. 

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