Biography of 	Guinle, H. B. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller September 2000

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The Guinle Manufacturing company, limited, New Orleans, La.  This
well-known company is one of the largest and most successful of its kind,
and has a reputation, not only in the South, but all over the United
States.  The company was established by H. B. Guinle in 1878 for the
purpose of manufacturing sausage and mustard, and in 1884, in connection
with this they took up the manufacture of all kinds of pickles, spices,
chow-chow, oils, etc.  January 7, 1892, a stock company was organized, with
a capital of $100,000 and H. B. Guinle as president, to whom the chief
success of the company is attributed.  The business was started on a very
small scale, but now ranks among the most extensive of its kind in the
United States.  H. B. Guinle., the efficient president, was born in France
in 1847 and there educated.  He learned the shoemaker's trade in his native
country, came to New Orleans January 23, 1867, worked at his trade two
years when he became a butcher.  This business he has since followed, in
connection with his other, and occupied five stalls in Poydras Market, New
Orleans, La.  He attributes his success in life to industry and hard work.
The factory now occupies 127 feet including from 122 to 138 Dryades street,
this city, and when it was first opened only occupied twenty-four feet on
one side of the present building, which alone shows the enormous increase
of the business.  Mr. Guinle was married in 1869 to Miss Matie Ozun of
Francs, and the union has been blessed with one daughter and four sons, all
living.  The family are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Guinle is a
member of the French Benevolent society.  In 1874 he was made lieutenant of
a militia, on the memorable 14th of September. He came to New Orleans
without a dollar but is now worth many thousands.

The Guinle Manufacturing company is the successor of the Crescent Steam
Sausage, Mustard Factory and Pickle Works of New Orleans, and on the 8th of
January, 1892, was organized into a joint stock company, with a capital
stock of $100,000.  The business was founded in 1878 by H. B. Guinle, who
manufactured mustard and sausage, but developed into a pickle, catsup and
salad oil manufactory as well.  Mr. Guinle was born in the south of France
in 1847 and on the 28d of January, 1867, emigrated to America, and for two
years thereafter worked at his trade of shoemaker.  Subsequently he
followed the calling of a butcher for some years, but discontinued it to
engage in his present occupation.  He is now doing an annual business of
about $50,000, and is president of the joint stock company, Jules Dejan
being vice-president, and Joseph Faust secretary and treasurer.  Mr. Guinle
was married to Miss Mattie Ozun, and their union has resulted in the birth
of five children:  Theresa,  John,  Hipolyte,  Jule J., and  Felix.  Joseph
Faust, the secretary and treasurer of the firm, was born in St. Louis, Mo.,
in 1857, but at the age of six years he was brought South by his parents
who settled in New Orleans.  They were Joseph and Mary Agnes (Faby) Faust,
the former of whom was a manufacturer of wooden ware, a native of
Philadelphia, Penn., and a German by descent.  He died in 1875.  The
mother's birth occurred in Covington, Ky., and she is still living in the
enjoyment of good health.  She bore her husband four daughters and two
sons, Joseph Faust being their eldest child.  He was educated in New
Orleans and for some years was a "knight of the grip-sack."  He was
afterward in the mail service of the United States for some time, then
resigned to enter mercantile life, which received his attention until 1889,
when he became connected with the Guinle Manufacturing company as
bookkeeper, becoming a member of the firm when it was organized into a
stock company.  He was married to Miss Elizabeth Coomrage, a native of
Chicago, Ill., and by her is the father of six children:  William,  Laura,
Arthur,  Bertha,  Joseph, and  Robert.  Politically he is a republican.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 454-455.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.