August JEGIER

4 NOV 1878 - 10 JUL 1941

• BIRTH: 4 NOV 1878, Poland
• DEATH: 10 JUL 1941, South Bend, St. Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 6 MAY 1901, St Joseph County, IN

1.  Adeline JEGIER

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[N25884] August Joseph Jegier

Birth 4 Nov 1878
Poland

Death 10 Jun 1941 (aged 62)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Saint Joseph Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Memorial ID 206146022

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from pages 317 - 318 of History of Indiana by Logan Esary Saint Joseph County by John B. Stall Vol 3 (Dayton, Ohio - Dayton Historical Publishing Co., 1923):

"August J. Jeiger has for many years been successfully engaged in the bottling business in South Bend. He was born in Poland . . . on November 4, 1878, the son of John and Katherine Jeiger. . . August J. Jeiger was one of 9 children in the family: August J., Anna, John, Ellen [should be Helen], Leo, Bertha, Frank, Geonophine, and Francis [same as Frank - the other child should be Valeria/Laura]. He was educated at St. Hedwig's parochial school, of which church the family were members, and then worked for the Singer Manufacturing Co. for 9 years. He was promoted to the selling department of that great organization, and continued in the capacity of salesman until 1907. In that year, his ambition and foresight having moved him to put aside a part of his earnings against the day when he would need capital, he took his savings and invested in a bottling business. This venture proved successful, and he has continued it since that time. He is popular in local fraternal circles, being a member of the Z.B.'s no. 1 and the Falcons nos. 1 and 2. He was married on May 6, 1901 to Veronica Mindykowski, and they have 3 children, Frances, the wife of Tony Avald (sic - Ewald) of South Bend, Adeline, aged fifteen, and Edward, aged 6. The family are communicants of Saint Adalbert's Catholic Church."

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From an old newspaper clipping:
. I recevied for Christmas a blue bottle twelve inches high, with a metal pump on top. Both the bottle and spray top are marked: Aug. J. Jegier, Purity Brand Beverages, South Bend Ind., Contents 26 oz. Can You tell me when this place was in business and what the bottle was for? - Mrs. H.B., Niles
. The sprayer bottle you have was probably used for soda water or seltzer water, as it was commonly called 50 years ago. A bottle expert could tell you for sure. Purity Brand Beverages were manufactured by Jaguar Bottling Works in the 1920s and 30s. Owner August J. Jegier operated the company from his home at 2024 W. Division (now Western). The business began about 1923 and Jegier moved it to a building next door to his house in the early '30s. Some of Jegier's relatives took over the company about 1931, and it was disbanded about 1940. A number of small bottling companies operated much the same way in that section of South Bend in the early part of the century. Before starting Jaguar Bottling Works, Jegier operated Polonia Soda Water Co. in the same location for more than 10 years.
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From the 11 June 1941 "South Bend Tribune":
. August J. Jegier
. August J. Jegier, aged 62, of 2024 Western avenue, former operator of the August J. Jegier Bottling works, died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Healthwin Hospital after five years' illness. Born in Poland Nov.4, 1878, he came to South Bend from that country 51 years ago. Surviving is the widow, Veronica; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Ewald and Mrs. Adeline Steszewska; a son, Edmund Jegier; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Radecka, Mrs. Helen Salamon, and Mrs. Bertha Bartosiak, all of South Bend, and Mrs. Laura Pererson of Detroit, Mich; three brothers, John and Frank Jegier, of South Bend, and Leo Jegier, of Detroit; and six grandchildren. Friends will be received in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Steszewska, 1240 Vassar avenue. The funeral will be held Saturday morning in St. Adalbert's Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Aloysius P. Jarka, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Polish cemeterty.

He was naturalized on 10 May 1923.

August & Veronica are buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. A large marker is inscribed "Jegier" Two smaller markers bear the inscriptions for each of them separately: one marker: "August J. / 1878-1941 / Father." The other marker: "Veronica F. / 1979-1953 / Mother."