Title: William H. Groeling Grocer Records
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1900

Creator:

• William H. Groeling Grocer

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 18

Quantity: 1.7 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

The collection consists of business records for the Groeling grocery store from 1890-1900.

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Language: English, German

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The Groeling family operated an independent grocery store at 1041 Teutonia Avenue, on the corner of Teutonia and Center Street, from 1891 to 1957. Initially, it was the Groeling Brothers Grocery owned and operated by William, his wife Ottilie, and brothers Edwin and Charles Groeling. By 1893 Charles and Edwin had moved on and William continued the store under his own name, William H. Groeling. Eventually, his son became a partner and the name became W. H. Groeling & Son. William passed away in 1939 and the store then went to his son, William A. Groeling. William A. ran the store until 1957 when ill health forced him to sell. The building on 1041 Teutonia Ave. included the grocery store, dry goods store, saloon, apartments, doctors’ offices, and a millinery shop.

August and Wilhelmina Groeling, were farmers who emigrated from Germany and settled in Milwaukee in 1847. They set up a large vegetable farm around Teutonia and 13th St. They had several sons, August, Charles, Edwin and William. Charles worked in local government, including a brief term as an Alderman for the City of Milwaukee in 1889. He also unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1916. William, born 5 October 1865, graduated from East Division High School and attended Spencerian Business College. After he took a position for a whole sale spice and food store, Jewett & Sherman, he worked odd jobs and eventually advanced to book keeper. He married Ottilie Brembach in 1889 and had two children, Norma and William August. William H. Groeling died 13 November 1939. Milwaukee’s Groeling Ave. was named by and for the Groeling family.

The collection consists of business records for the grocery store from 1890-1900. The records are mainly business correspondence and receipts from local companies. Also included are some photographs of the store, the family and one folder of personal correspondence.

The subjects are arranged alphabetically. Correspondence is arranged chronologically within each folder. Receipts are arranged alphabetically by company name then chronologically within each company. There is an index, arranged by company name, to the receipts.

William H. Groeling Grocer Records, 1890-1900, Collection 18. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Mrs. Norma R. Renneisen, William H. Groeling’s daughter, donated the collection to Milwaukee Public Library 14 June 1972. The materials were accessioned as a Local History Manuscript Collection.

Processing Information

Inventory by Jeffrey K. Carlin-Bartel, Volunteer Archivist, 2012. Processed by Casey Lapworth, Archives Librarian, 2018.

Box   1 Folder   1	Advertisements, undated
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   2-5	Business, 1892-1895
Box   2 Folder   1-5	Business, 1896-1900
Box   2 Folder   6	Business, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	Personal, 1893-1894
Box   2 Folder   8	Dog licenses - W. H. Groeling, 1893-1899
Box   2 Folder   9	Family history, undated
Box   2 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1892-1896
Box   2 Folder   11	Photographs (annotations by Norma G. Rennessin), undated
Box   2 Folder   12	Price lists, undated
	Receipts
Box   2 Folder   13	A-C, 1890-1900
Box   3 Folder   1-9	D-K, 1890-1900
Box   4 Folder   1-8	L-R, 1890-1900
Box   5 Folder   1-8	S-Z, 1890-1900
Box   5 Folder   9	Groeling, 1892-1897
Box   5 Folder   10	Rent, 1892-1900
Box   5 Folder   11	Taxes, City of Milwaukee, 1892-1899
Box   5 Folder   12	Travelers Protective Association, 1894

This index lists the names of businesses included in the receipts and which letter of the alphabet they are filed under.

A

• C. F. Adams Company
• Adams Express Company
• Adams Stamp & Stencil Co.
• American Candy Company
• C. E. Andrews Co.
• Armour & Company

B

• B. T. Babbitt
• Backus Heating Co.
• Badger State Publishing Co.
• Badger State Grocer
• C. I. Banker
• Dr. Med. Barkmann
• Barry Bros. Transportation
• Hans Bartels
• Paul Bechtner Company
• C. A. Beck
• William Beck
• Beedle Bros.
• Behl & Dobbratz
• Geo. Benz
• E. A. Bergwall Co.
• A.V. Bishop
• Bodden & Heath
• Bodden Packing Co.
• A. Bodenoerfer
• Boerner Bros. Co.
• Boerth & Porth
• A. Boguslawsky
• A. Booth and Company
• C. B. Brandt Mfg Co.
• Brazil Coffee Co.
• W. M. Brigham & Co.
• L. M. Brock & Co.
• Brockmann & Knospe
• Browning, King & Co.
• Bruss & Wollaeger Mfg Co.
• Rudolph Buetow

C

• Canfield Oil Company
• C. N. Caspar
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
• Chicago Sugar Refining Co.
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Co.
• James Clark
• Cleveland Chocolate & Cocoa Co.
• Peter Clos
• Frank F. Collath Co.
• Collath, Maylahn & Co.
• Columbian Baking Company
• Coogan, Thompson & Co.
• Cream City Coffee Milling and Roasting Co.
• Crombie, Miller & Co.
• Crow Stove Polish Co.
• Crystal Soap Co.
• Cudahy Bros.
• Currie Bros.
• Charles Daehn

D

• A. Dahlman & Co.
• Dahlman & Inbusch Company
• T. F. Daly
• De Land & Co.
• Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway Company
• Edward Dewey
• Dewey & Davis
• Diamond Soda Works
• Albert Dickinson Co.
• J. P. Dieter Company
• Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
• John F. Dott
• Jacob Duerst
• Dunham & Smith
• Durand & Kasper Co.

E

• Fred F. Eckhardt
• Louis A. Eggert
• Philipp Eichhorn
• H. Ellinghausen & Co.
• Empire Flouring Mills
• Empire Mill Co.
• Enterprise Box and Lumber Co.
• Erie & Western Transportation Co.
• Erie Railroad Company
• E. O. Eshelby Tobacco Co.
• The Evening Wisconsin

F

• N. K. Fairbank & Co.
• Favorite Mfg Co.
• D. M. Ferry & Co.
• Fiebing Chemical Co.
• Fietzner & Thomsen
• Firmenich Manufacturing Company
• J. G. Flint
• Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Co.
• Forster Lumber Co.
• L. Frank & Son Packing Co.
• Frank Chicory Company
• Wm. Frankfurth Company
• Wm. Franzen
• French Delicacy Company
• Froedert Bros.
• G. J. Froemming
• Adolph Frohbach
• H. L. Fuller & Co.
• Fuller, Whittemore & Co.

G

• A. F. Gandrey
• M. & N. Gehl
• Geo. Geiger & Co.
• Gem Milling Co.
• Wm. Gerlach & Co.
• Germania Publishing Co.
• Geuder & Paeschker Manufg Co.
• Gimbel Brothers
• Globe Pottery Co.
• Glucose Sugar Refining Company
• E. R. Godfrey & Sons
• Goll & Frank Co.
• A. S. Goodrich & Co.
• Goodrich Transportation Company
• Gottlieb Graber
• Grafton Milling Co.
• Grand Trunk Railway System
• Fred C. Gross & Bros. Co.
• Gross Bros.
• A. Grossenbach & Co.
• Wm. Grossman Co.
• Grossman & Dahlman Co.
• R. Gumz & Co.
• L. S. Guth

H

• Harker Pottery Co.
• Henry Harlos
• Geo. Hays
• Hebblewhite Manufacturing
• Heck & Gummach
• Heintskill Mfg Co
• H. J. Heinz Co.
• Hendricks Bros.
• C. Hennecke Co.
• Herold Company
• Albert Herrmann
• A. J. Hilbert & Co.
• M. Hilty Lumber Company
• F. Hofman & Co.
• John Horn
• Dr. G. C. Hoyer
• Wm. Hoyt Company
• Hurson Transportation Company
• Hygenic Chemical Co. of New Jersey

I

• George Illian
• Illian Bros.
• Illinois Can Co.
• Illinois Glass Company
• Ivory Manufacturing Co.

J

• J. B. Jones & Sons
• Jacob & Hamm
• Jacobi & Richter
• Bruno Jaeger
• James & Edwards Packing Company
• Dr. S. F. Jermain
• Jewett & Sherman Co.
• B. J. Johnson & Co.
• Robert A. Johnston Co.
• Johnston Bros. Factory
• Jossi & Habhegger

K

• Philipp Jung
• K. D. Box Co.
• A. G. Kaeske & Co.
• Karger Bros.
• William Kaul
• Kausch & Gehle
• Kehlet & Roskie
• Axel Kehlet
• Oswald Kehlet
• Kehrmann & Korb
• Wm. F. Keihl
• Keihl & Breidster
• Chas. A. Keller
• Kendall Mfg. Co.
• John B. A. Kern & Sons
• Kersting & Apel Company
• Aug Kickbusch Tobacco Co.
• C. Kinney & Co.
• James S. Kirk and Company
• Kirwan & Tyler
• Knell, Prengel & Steltz Co.
• John Knetzger
• John Knutzen
• Koch & Loeber Company
• Kosanke & Nasner
• Kraus-Merkel Malting Co.
• Krueger & Lachmann Milling Co.
• Krull & Volger Co.
• Henry Kuenzli & Co.
• Louis W. Kausch

L

• Chas. Laverrenz & Co.
• Paul Langheinrich
• G. S. Lashier
• Layton & Co.
• B. Leidersdorf & Co.
• Leigh and Wabash Despatch
• M. F. Lepper & Co.
• Lewis & Van Holten
• Libby & Engler
• Louis Liebscher & Sons
• Lion Coffee
• B. Loewenbach & Son
• M. Loewenstein
• Lorenz Bros. Macaroni Co.
• P. Lorillard Company
• Lutter & Gies
• Otto Laverrenz & Bro.

M

• Madden & Haasch
• C. Manegold & Son
• Manhattan Paper Co.
• Maple City Soap Works
• Marinette Soap Co.
• N. Martin & Co.
• Meinecke & Sweet
• Meinecke Toy Co.
• Meinecke, Schmidt & Co.
• Meissner - Bergwall Co.
• Mendel, Smith & Co.
• Merchants Exchange Bank
• Merchants Tobacco Co.
• Chas. Mews
• H. Meyer Printing Co.
• Meyer-Rotier Printing Co.
• Midland Maizea Milling Co.
• L. Mielenz
• Fred Milbraith
• W. H. Miller
• Milwaukee & Eastern Transit Company
• Milwaukee & Northern Railroad Co.
• Milwaukee Coffee Roasting, Milling and Polishing Co.
• Milwaukee Creamery Butter Co.
• Milwaukee Gas Light Company
• Milwaukee Pickle Co.
• Milwaukee Spring Ice Co.
• Milwaukee Yeast & Vinegar Co.
• Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
• Robert Mixdorff
• C. B. Muench

N

• National Cigarette and Tobacco Co.
• National Starch Mfg. Co.
• Hugo Netz
• John F. Neumann
• M. Neunuebel
• New York Biscuit Co.
• Newburg Creamery & Cheese Factory
• J. H. Nichols & Co.
• C. Niss & Sons
• North Wisconsin Lumber Company
• Northern Pacific Express Company
• Northwestern Mutual
• William Notbohm

O

• J. Offermann & Co.
• Louis Olcese Co.
• Paul Oppermann

P

• Parlor Pride Manfacturing Company
• Wm. Paschen
• Pastorino & Schiappagasse
• B. Peck & Son
• Leo A. Peil Co.
• Pennsylvania Company
• Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.
• L. J. Petit & Co.
• Pflugradt & Co.
• Phoenix Chemical Works
• Phoenix Incandescent Light Co.
• Phoenix Plumbago Mining Co.
• J. W. Pieper
• O. R. Pieper
• Pieper & Klemme
• A. J. Pierce & Co.
• Louis M. Pierron
• Pittelkow & Siegert
• Geo. Poppert Manufacturing Co.
• H. C. Prance
• Robert Preiss
• Prengel & Steiner
• John Pritzlaff Hardware Co.
• Provident Chemical Works

Q

• James Quirk & Co.

R

• J. L. Rademaker
• Gustav Rahr
• J. F. Rauschenberger
• L. A. Raven & Co.
• H. G. Razall Mft. Co.
• Reade Manufacturing Company
• Paul Rechtner Company
• Red Star Soap Company
• Regent Mfg Co.
• Chas. F. Reichow
• Reid, Murdoch & Co.
• Reinnoldt & Matthieson
• E. P. & L. Restein
• Richmond Lithographing Co.
• Richter & Fietzner
• Richter & Laleike
• Riverside Printing Co.
• H. M. Rogers & Co.
• Roseville Pottery Co.
• E. H. Ross Co.
• Leo Roth
• Roth Manufacturing Co.
• Roundy, Peckham & Co.
• Royal Remedy & Extract Co.
• F. W. Rueckheim & Bro.
• Rumford Chemical Works

S

• Peter Schmitz & Sons
• J. Henry Schultz & Bro.
• Emil Sabinski
• Sanders & Spellerberg
• Sanders & Verplanck
• E. Sanderson Milling Co.
• Schaeffer Bros.
• H. Scheftels & Son
• L. Schepp
• C. Schiller
• Schlafer, Huebner & Co.
• Schmidt & Keihl
• Schmidt Bros.
• C. Schmidtt & Co.
• Joe. Schmitt
• Schmitt Bros. Tobacco Co.
• John Schmitz
• J. Schmitz & Co.
• Schmitz & Goyette
• Geo. H. Schnell & Son
• Scholler & Leverenz
• L. Schorndorger
• Schroeder & Daly
• John Schroeder Lumber Co.
• Frank Schujahn
• Schultz & DeWitt
• Chas. G. Schumann
• J. Seefeld & Son
• J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co.
• B. Senderhauf & Co.
• Sengbusch Bros.
• P. H. Sercombe
• Wm. Siehr
• Gust. Sievert
• Everett A. Smith
• Frank G. Smith & Co.
• Snow-Church Company
• Franck Sohne & Co.
• Sohns & Wegner Co.
• Specialty Glass Company
• H. J. Springer
• Chas. C. Staadt
• R. Stafford Company
• Standard Fiber-Ware Company
• Standard Oil Company
• J. A. Stapleton
• Star Milling Co.
• Stark Bros.
• M. Steele
• Steele & Harlos
• Stein, Hirsh & Co.
• B. Steiner
• J & M Steiner
• Wm. Steinmeyer
• Fred Steinmueller
• Bernhard Stern & Son
• Charles Stieger & Co.
• Stoltz, Schmitt & Conrad
• H. Stresau
• C. J. Suckow
• Superior Wave
• W. E. Sweet & Co.
• Swift Brothers

T

• Taylor & Levering
• R. T. Thomas & Co.
• Thomas & Schaus
• Thomas Photo Studio
• Thompson Phosphate Co.
• I. P. Tichenor & Co.
• Tonnette and Quimby
• F. Trenkamp & Co.
• W. H. Truettner
• Trupke & Goetter

U

• B. Uhrig and Son
• R. Ulrichsen
• H. G. Underwood
• Dr. John T. Unertl
• United States Express Co.
• United States Match Company
• United States Mutual Accident Association

V

• A. Vietor
• Volkmann & Sorweid

W

• A. M. Wagner
• Wallace & McAfee
• Waukesha Wild Cherry Phosphate Co.
• Weisel & Co.
• Jacob Wellauer & Co.
• Wellhauer & Hoffmann Co.
• F. Wendt & Co.
• J. H. Wenzel & Co.
• L. C. West & Co.
• Western Transit Co.
• Western Union Telegraph
• Fred Westfall
• A. Wetzel & Bro.
• Whittemore & Tiegs
• Wiemann & Muench
• Wilbur Seed Meal Co.
• Wild & Rohn
• D. D. Williamson & Co.
• Willy & Co.
• Wisconsin Central Lines
• Wisconsin Lakes Ice & Cartage Co.
• Wisconsin Milling Co.
• Wisconsin Preserving Co.
• Wisconsin Supply Co.
• Wisconsin Telephone Company
• Wollering & Co.
• F. W. Wood
• Woolson Spice Co.
• A. G. Wright
• Wm. Wrigley, Jr. & Co.
• J. H. Wussow
• Wynoble & Schroeder
• Jacob Wyrich

Y

• J. H. Yewdale & Sons Co.

Z

• Otto Zastrow
• Jacob Zaun
• Adam Zepp
• Otto Zwietusch