Herman F. Gerlicher

1862 - 1942  (79 years)

• Name	Herman F. Gerlicher  [1]
  Birth	10 Apr 1862	Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F4FEC525D5EF4A0AB9E878A6B99991019748
  Death	23 Feb 1942	Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA   [1, 4]
  Burial	Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery   [5]
  Person ID	I125	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew Gerlicher,   b. 28 Feb 1824, Untersiemau (Coburg), , , Germany d. 20 Jul 1903, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Susan Oech,   b. 16 Jul 1836, Leutershausen, , Baden, Germany d. 1 Feb 1927, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1855	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia Louise Staack,   b. 22 Feb 1862, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 21 Jun 1938, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1886	Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Henrietta Louise (Etta) Gerlicher,   b. 7 Jul 1887, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 23 Jan 1975, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, USA (Age 87 years)   2. Roscoe F. Gerlicher,   b. 7 Dec 1888   d. 26 Feb 1941, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (Age 52 years)   3. Stanley Carl Gerlicher,   b. 17 Sep 1890, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. Sep 1950, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Apr 1862 - Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Marriage - 4 Feb 1886 - Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Death - 23 Feb 1942 - Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA Burial - - Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Woodlawn Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Herman_Gerlicher_Extracted_from_Family_Photo.jpg
  		Herman Gerlicher - Portrait Photographer was Jones, Winona, MN. Allan C. Jones operated a studio at 209-211 East Third street in 1885. Herman was the husband of Sophia Staack. He was born in 1862 so he would have been 23 years old if this photograph was taken in 1885.
  		Herman Gerlicher - Portrait Photographer is Brown and Eldridge, Winona. This studio operated at 117 West Third St in Winona from 1885 to 1886. If this photograph was taken in 1886, Herman would have been 24 years old at the time.
  		Sophia (Staack) Gerlicher and Herman Gerlicher Photographer is Schlattman Bros., St. Paul. This studio operated at 271 E. 7th St. in St. Paul from 1882 to 1886. If the photograph was taken during these years, Sophia and Herman would have been 20 to 24 years old. It is interesting that the photograph was taken in St. Paul since they lived in Winona. They were married in 1886 so this could possibly be a picture after they were married.
  		Herman Gerlicher Photographer is Weiskopf & Morganeier, Winona, MN. This studio operated in Winona in 1882 and 1883.

  
  

• Notes

  "History of Winona County, vol III, 1913; pp 695-697 Herman F. Gerlicher, president of the Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Company,one of the growing concerns of Winona, is a native of the city where he still resides, born April 10, 1862, son of Andrew and Susan (Oech) Gerlicher, the pioneers. He was taken to Wilson township, this county,as an infant, and there remained until eighteen years of age, attending district school, and assisting his parents with the general work of the farm. After a year's course in the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mt.Pleasant, Iowa, he entered the law offices of Gould & Snow, at Winona, with whom he remained a year. Then he entered the employ of the L. C. Porter Milling Co. Subsequently, he worked for the Laird, Norton Company from 1882 to 1906, a period of nearly twenty-five years. In 1906 he became actively engaged in the Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Co. Mr. Gerlicher is one of the popular men of Winona, and is a member of the Blue Lodge and the Scottish Rites bodies of the Masonic order. The subject of this sketch was married, February 4, 1886, to Sophie Staack, a native of America but of German ancestry. This union has been blessed with three children, Henrietta, Roscoe F. and Stanley C. The two sons live at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Henrietta married Walter A. Swoffer, and they have two children, Gretchen and Walter John. The Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Company was originated in 1890, by George W. Gerlicher, the founder and organizer, and was a gradual development from the drug business in which he had for some years been engaged. The success of the company was assured from the start and the business is growing year by year. The concern manufactures Dr. Koch's Remedies, extracts, ground spices, toilet articles, and the We-no-nah stock tonic, the We-no-nah poultry tonic and the like, all of which are sold throughout the United States. The plant is at 61-63-65 East Second street, Winona. In 1906, by reason of ill health, George W. Gerlicher withdrew from active work, and moved to Los Angeles, California. Other members of the family have gradually become interested in the concern. The present officers are: President, Herman F. Gerlicher; vice-president, Ben F. Gerlicher; secretary-treasurer, Carl Gerlicher."

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] Brian Swoffer, Swoffer, Brian, (Great-grandson of Sophia Staack e-mail bswoffer@isd.net), 18 Jan 2002, E-mail to Larry Wilson on 1/18/2002 (Reliability: 3). [S12] 1900 Federal Census. [S508] History of Winona County, 18 Jan 2002, vol III, 1913; pp 695-697 (Reliability: 3). [S468] Gravestone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN. [S468] Gravestone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN, 28 Aug 2004 (Reliability: 3). [S15] Miriam G. Hayden, Editor, The Gerlicher Story, (Published by The Kimm Printing Company, Vancouver, Washington, 1972), p. 28 (Reliability: 3). [S15] Miriam G. Hayden, Editor, The Gerlicher Story, (Published by The Kimm Printing Company, Vancouver, Washington, 1972), 29 Jan 2002 (Reliability: 3).