John Geringer - Brother to August Geringer

Article - Amerikan Narodni Kalendar - 1933

Jan Geringer, younger brother of the late publisher "Svornosti", Mr. August Geringer, ( Image left not from the Kalendar article - but - Geringer And Storkan Bank AD Dziennik Chicagoski Chicago Illinois Sat Feb 24 1912 Page 3) founder of the well-known mortgage firm Geringer and Storkán, honest of a shin and good man, died Monday, July 4, 1882 after 9 pm in Algonquin, 111 Jan Geringer was born on December 8, 1853 in Breznice, Czech Republic, who attended elementary school and later studied as a teacher, but at a relatively young age he set out for a trip to America, directly to Chicago. , where his older brother Augustin had moved out, sent to John, the youngest of the four brothers, on his way and afterwards he had counsel and money in his troublesome beginnings. He was the gardener in the estate of Prince Švarcenborg, who were the sons of the teacher Václav Geringer in March and his wife Amalle, and also the father of Václav Geringer was a teacher. telskému and clung with uncommon love. Immediately after his arrival in Chicago, however, did not become a teacher Jan, because not even after excise experience, or place. He devoted himself to music at the beginning, he played and later also taught violin and other instruments. Wenceslas, as well as a teacher at the school at the Church of St. Wenceslas. Mr. Geringer has devoted himself to this vocation for many years, and he actually operated the organ choir headquarters until his death, although he changed his schooling into a Business Occupation, in which he worked out a great fortune. In 1874, Mr Geringer married Miss Maria Kubin, with whom he had lived very happily until his death, the happy marriage 'was blessed with a total of seven children, four sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter was Amalie, married to Anton Laadt, the director of the Atlas brewery, and the youngest was son Charles M., a lawyer based in Oak Park. Among them were the sons of Emil J., a clerk of the firm. Geringer and Štorkan, 1518 W. Roosevelt rd., Originally a real estate business, founded by the county of Vopička and Kubín, later taken over by the late Jan Geringer, transformed into a bank under the present name and again transformed into a mortgage institution known to hundreds our countrymen; John and Otto Geringer, the owners of the gold mine in Mojave, Cal., And Marie, married to architect Robert W. Layer, and Juliet, married to Fr. Luke, the President of the Great, was blessed with a total of seven delights, four sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter was Amalie, married to Anton Laadt, director of the Atlas brewery, and the youngest was son Charles M., a lawyer based in Oak Park. Among them were the sons of Emil J., a clerk of the firm. Geringer and Štorkan, 1518 W. Roosevelt rd., Originally a real estate business, founded by the county of Vopička and Kubín, later taken over by the late Jan Geringer, transformed into a bank under the present name and again transformed into a mortgage institution known to hundreds our countrymen; John and Otto Geringer, the owners of the gold mine in Mojave, Cal., And Marie, married to architect Robert W. Layer, and Juliet, married to Fr. Lukes, Chairman of the Seed Trade Alb. Dickinson & Co. In Chicago Jan Geringer lived with his wife in No. 1024 already. Winchester ave., But every year he went to a summer apartment in nearby Algonquin. Mrs. Geringer is your sister of the wife of Mr. Karel J. Vopička, while her second sister was married to Mr. Jan Královec. On September 8, 1924, the Geringer couple celebrated a golden wedding. Jan Geringer was socially well known and popular. He was a good companion and worker. In Jan Geringer, a rare, steadfast pioneer and a true self-academic left the Czech colony of Chicago. To our old settlers, his appearance, his upbringing and the memories of his public work in earlier years will never disappear from memory.