Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Haldeman, Wilson
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
New Britain Township


   WILSON HALDEMAN proprietor of creamery, P.O. Chalfont, 
was born in this county in 1845.  About the year 1700 the 
original Haldemans came to America from Germany in the 
persons of two brothers, one of whom never married.  It is 
believed that the Haldemans in the United States are all 
descended from the other brother.  John R, the father of 
Wilson, married Mary, the daughter of Henry Hohlbain, of 
this county, and had two children, only one of whom, Wilson, 
is still living.  He was educated in the common schools and 
in business college at Philadelphia.  He engaged in general 
merchandise business for seventeen years at Chalfont; the 
store property he still owns.  Having sold his business, in 
1881 he was elected by the board of directors secretary of 
the creamery, he being one of the original stockholders.  In 
1885 he purchased the works and a partnership was formed 
under the firm name of Savidge & Haldeman.  One year 
afterward Mr. Haldeman assumed entire control, and the 
establishment is now operated under his management.  A 
ten-horse power engine and a twelve-horse power boiler are 
used.  Butter and cheese are manufactured, and during the 
summer months ice cream.  Mr. Haldeman was married in 1873 
to Emma, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Eckert, and has 
three children:  Florence, and Emerson and Orris (twins). 
Mrs. Haldeman died in 1886. Our subject has been auditor of 
the township eight years, and is a republican.  He is a 
member of the Doylestown lodge No. 245, A. Y. M.