The Schwabacher Brothers—Louis Schwabacher (1837 – June 3, 1900), Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher (c. 1838 – September 7, 1909), and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher (May 14, 1841 – March 20, 1917)[1][2]—were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington state. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle.[3] Notable among these businesses were Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco (wholesale grocery); Schwabacher Bros. & Company (later Pacific Marine Schwabacher), the Schwabacher Realty Company, the Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Company, and the Schwabacher Hardware Company, all ultimately based in Seattle; and the Stockton Milling Company.[4][5]
- ^ Jean Roth, Part 2: The Schwabacher Family Tree. Accessed online 2009-10-18.
- ^ At least one source—Alfred D. Bowen (ed.) Seattle and the Orient, Seattle: The Times Printing Company, 1900. p. 144—gives Sig Schwabacher's forename as Sigismund.
- ^ Fred Rochlin, Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000, ISBN 0-618-00196-4, p. 114 et. seq.
- ^ Jean Roth, Part 1: The Schwabacher Family of Washington State, Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin, Summer 1997, reproduced on the site of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington. Accessed online 2009-10-17.
- ^ Guide to the Schwabacher company records, 1894-1944, The Online Archive of California, California Digital Library, University of California system. Accessed online 2009-10-18.
