The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-13
.Iohn Jacob Aston

I
/ Knickerbocker families. the Ast1rs may
/ be justly termed newcomers in New
York city. The founder. John JACOB
did not arrive until 17Sl- when New York
I was almost century old Ee came
/ from wa dorf, in Baden. Here In the
! last century lived a jovial market man
named Jacob Ashdoer. or Aston. VINO had
a small business and large family.
! There We're four sons, all OF whom le 6
! home to seek their fortune. The Oldest
/ settled in London, where he became a
piano manufacture, starting the firm
! known as Aston * Broadwood. wh.ch
subsequently became the worl6-famous
! house OF Broadwood. The second. henry
came TO New York where he took up his
/ fathers trade The third weng 10 an-
other part Of the Fatherland. ana the
fourth and youngest. JOHN JACOB. l.
/ lowed the second over to the New World.
/ Even at this time he d sp ayed the re-
( markable VIII power which was 20 make
/ him SO prominent a man IN Ameri q.
When he made mp his mind n emigrate
+ ne had no money and d5d not know q
word of English He worked his way
from Baden TO Holland ard JEen t.
+ London. He spent two years in LoudGn.
where he learned the language fusntly
though rot correctly and where he put
/ bv enough money III pay his steer3ee
} fare across the Atlantic, TO buy uit
of Sunday clothes and 70 have sur
plus Of fifteen glineas. He crossed tn p
/ Atlantic in milwinter. and bad rcusn
and stormy passage. on the ship was a
/ felIOw-countryman with whom he be-
came quite intiamte. The German bad
/ been a few years IN America. and had
built up a profitable business fin furs ar q
skins. and strongly advised young Aston
+ to engage in that callins. He eNplaiuei
all the details Of the business. SO that
! before America was reached AstOr had
/ am excellent theoretical knowledge of the
subject He valued the intoramt0n so
/ highly that ne entered il in N moran
dunn book. which il is said is still pre-
i served i'm the archives.
Upon reaching New York he went TO
his brother Henry. who lived over his
store. He had q warm welcome and an
invitation to become his brothers clerk
He was proud and independent, and de-
clined the offer. going 70 work imemdi-
ately afterwards with baker George
DIETRICH, on the present site Of No. 3i
Pearl street corner Of Frankfort lie
had gained some culinary knowledge at
home. and proved himself an ADEPT In
baking He must have been much more
skilful than other bakers. because ira
dition says that during his brief STAY
the business of the house more than
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