Biographical Sketch of Herman Rosenblatt, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Herman Rosenblatt, musician and dealer in dry goods and notions, was born December 3, 1829, at Hausen, Bavaria, where he was raised and received a good musical education. In 1853 he emigrated to America, arriving at New York City. Soon after he went to Albany, New York, where he accepted an engagement as a musician in Utica. There he stayed one year, and also learned the trade of cigar manufacturing. In 1854, he came to St. Joseph and joined partnership with his two bro- thers, Samuel and Levi, in the grocery business. This was continued up to 1861. In 1862, with his brother-in-law, Leopold Cohen, he open- ed a dry goods and grocery store, which they kept for one year. In 1865 he was enabled exclusively in the dry goods and notions trade. Since his arrival in St. Joseph, Mr. Rosenblatt has devoted the great- est part of his time to musical affairs. In 1854 he formed the St. Joseph Band, known then by everybody under the name of Rosenblatt's Band. He married March 4, 1861, Miss Minnie Cohen, a native of Bristol, England. They had eight children: Julius, born May 24, 1862; Fanny, born January 1, 1864, died in 1865; Frank, born September 10, 1866; Henry, born September 19, 1867; Leopold, born April 22, 1870, died in six months; Emma, born February 14, 1872; Rose, born November 2, 1876; Herbert, born October 19, 1879. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================