| From: "Newark, New Jersey's Greatest
Manufacturing Centre, Illustrated." 1894:
This important and extensive business was established forty-three
years ago by Mr. W. B. Bradner, who was succeeded in 1865 by Mr.
J. Jacob Hockenjos. Mr. Hockenjos died in 1891 after a successful
and honorable career, and the business has since been continued
by his widow, Mrs. Anna Hockenjos, and his nephews Messrs. Chas
L. Watter and George W. Jagle, under the old firm-name of J. J.
Hockenjos & Co. Both Messrs. Watter and Jangle have been brought
up and thoroughly trained in this business, and possess an intimate
knowledge of the requirements of the most exacting customers. The
business is both wholesale and retail, extending throughout Newark,
New York, and the State of New Jersey. The premises occupied at
No. 829 Broad Street comprise a commodious ground Floor and basement,
each being 25 x 75 feet in size, devoted to store purposes. Here
they carry always a heavy and choice stock of white lead, paints,
oils, varnishes, brushes, window-glass, lamps and chimneys, factory
supplies, machinery oils, etc. Only the best and most reliable goods
are handled, and the price quoted are as low as the lowest. Orders
by mail or telephone are promptly filled, and all goods are fully
warranted to be exactly as represented.
From: "Newark, the Metropolis of New Jersey" 1901:
Messrs. J. J. Hockenjos & Company, the leading paint and oil
firm on Newark, is composed of Charles L. Watter, a native of Germany,
and well known citizen of Newark since 1878, and George W. Jagle,
a native of New York, who received his education in the schools
of this city and has resided here practically all his life. The
former had been with Mr. Hockenjos for thirteen and the latter for
fifteen years prior to the death of their esteemed employer in 1891,
and purchasing the business adopted the name and style of J. J.
Hockenjos & Co. The house was originally established in 1855
by William B. Bradner. Mr. John Jacob Hockenjos succeeded to the
proprietorship in 1864 after having been in the employ of the founder
for ten years. He was born in Germany and was an expert in paints,
oils, etc. whose opinion was popularly sought after. He was also
a citizen and man of affairs with his fellow men, and was ever active
in the promotion of the welfare of his adopted city and his associates.
He was secretary and director of the German Hospital for a long
period and a director of the German National Bank. His active business
career as manufacturer and merchant for twenty-seven years on his
individual account was without a blemish, and his death in 1891
was sincerely regretted by a very large portion of the community
who knew him so well.
The firm have their factory at Nos. 6,7,8, and 9 Canfield Place,
in which they compound and manufacture lubricating oils, and a store
and warehouse at 820 Broad Street and 30 Fair Street, in which they
are wholesale and retail dealers in white lead, points, oils, varnishes,
brushes, acids, chemicals paints and manufacturers' supplies, etc.,
their business reaching all parts of New Jersey and extending into
New York and Pennsylvania.
Both members of the firm are prominent factors in the order of
Heptasophs as well as in business and social circles. They hold
membership in the Newark Board of Trade, the Newark Point Oil and
Varnish Club and other trade associations.
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