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Charles Baumberger Sr.

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Charles Baumberger Sr.

Birth
Helotes, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Death
25 Jan 1948 (aged 84)
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Henry Baumberger & Anna Weiss

Charles was first married to Maria, daughter of Juan Barrera and Julia Cadena. Then when she died, he married her sister Margarita. (Added by Pat Powell 9/8/11)

San Antonio Light
January 26, 1948

Private services for Charles Baumberger Sr., president and general manager of the San Antonio Portland Cement Co., will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Porter Loring chapel, interment will be in Mission park.
A life-long resident of Bexar county, Baumberger died Thursday at his home 324 W. Lynwood ave. He would have been 85 on Jan. 27. He is survived by a son, Charles Baumberger Jr.
Baumberger's parents came to Texas from Switzerland in 1856, landing at Indianola. They lived at Helotes, where Baumberger was born. The family later moved to San Antonio living in an Irish flat on the alley off Third st. Baumberger attended the old German-English school located at Navarro and Houston sts.
As a young man he was bookkeeper for the Kalteyer & Son Drug Co., and the Alamo Ramoan Portland Cement Co., the first cement manufacturing company west of the Mississippi river. In 1895, Baumberger became general manager of the company. It was reorganized in 1903 under its present name.
Son of Henry Baumberger & Anna Weiss

Charles was first married to Maria, daughter of Juan Barrera and Julia Cadena. Then when she died, he married her sister Margarita. (Added by Pat Powell 9/8/11)

San Antonio Light
January 26, 1948

Private services for Charles Baumberger Sr., president and general manager of the San Antonio Portland Cement Co., will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Porter Loring chapel, interment will be in Mission park.
A life-long resident of Bexar county, Baumberger died Thursday at his home 324 W. Lynwood ave. He would have been 85 on Jan. 27. He is survived by a son, Charles Baumberger Jr.
Baumberger's parents came to Texas from Switzerland in 1856, landing at Indianola. They lived at Helotes, where Baumberger was born. The family later moved to San Antonio living in an Irish flat on the alley off Third st. Baumberger attended the old German-English school located at Navarro and Houston sts.
As a young man he was bookkeeper for the Kalteyer & Son Drug Co., and the Alamo Ramoan Portland Cement Co., the first cement manufacturing company west of the Mississippi river. In 1895, Baumberger became general manager of the company. It was reorganized in 1903 under its present name.


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  • Maintained by: J. Meldrom
  • Originally Created by: Joan
  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61978286/charles-baumberger: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Baumberger Sr. (27 Jan 1863–25 Jan 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61978286, citing Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; Maintained by J. Meldrom (contributor 46885251).