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Maximilian Schaefer

23 Jun 1819 – 23 Mar 1904

Birth	23 Jun 1819
Death	23 Mar 1904
Cemetery	Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx , Bronx County , New York , USA
Added by	Neil Funkhouser on 04 Mar 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43767889

Bio

Beer Magnate. In 1839 he emigrated to the United States, carrying with him the recipe for lager, a popular brew in Germany that was then unknown in America. He joined his brother Frederick in the employ of a local brewer, and in 1842 the Schaefer brothers bought out the owner, establishing F & M Schaefer Brewing. Lager proved popular and the Schaefer company became one of the country's largest beer producers, with Maximilian Schaefer remaining active in the company until failing health caused him to retire in the late 1890s. By the early 1900s, its customer base in the Northeastern United States made Schaefer the most popular beer in the country, a position it maintained until ceding it to Budweiser in the 1970s. The Schaefer brand continued to decline, and as of 1999 is owned by Pabst Brewing, a holding company that contracts for the brewing of formerly popular regional brands.

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Family

Parents

• Marianne Druckenmuller Schaefer 1797–1870 FaG

Spouse

• Ernestine Mathesius Schaefer 1832–1898

Siblings

• Frederick Schaefer 1817–1897 FaG
• Maria Schaefer Sattig 1831–1916 FaG

Children

• Emil Schaefer 1854–1905
• Carolina Josephine "Lina" Schaefer Vom Saal 1861–1913
• Rudolph J. Schaefer 1863–1923

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