Abraham Haas

Abraham Haas (1847–August 8, 1921) was an American businessman, co-founder of the Hellman, Haas and Company (which became Smart & Final), and patriarch of the Haas family.

Abraham Haas
Born1847
Reckendorf, Bavaria
DiedAugust 8, 1921 (age 74)
NationalityUnited States
Occupationbusinessman
Known forco-founder of Hellman, Hass and Company
Spouse(s)Fanny Koshland
ChildrenWalter A. Haas Sr.
Charles Haas
Ruth Haas Lilienthal
Eleanor Haas Koshland
FamilySimon Koshland (father-in-law)
Kalman Haas (cousin)

Biography

Haas was born to a Jewish family[1] in Reckendorf, Bavaria in 1847[2] and immigrated to Portland, Oregon at the age of 16 where he worked at a grocery store founded by his cousins, Charles, Samuel, and Kalman Haas.[3][4][5] He then moved to Los Angeles[6] where he co-founded the retail drug and grocery store, Hellman, Haas and Company with his brother, Jacob, and partners, Herman W. Hellman (brother of banker Isaias W. Hellman) and Bernard Cohn (later the Mayor of Los Angeles).[6] Using his profits, he founded the first flour milling and cold storage businesses in Los Angeles, the Capital Milling Company,[2] as well as several electricity and gas companies.[6] In the 1880s, Jacob Baruch bought out the other partners and the company changed its name to Haas, Baruch & Co. in 1889.[6] The company pioneered the "cash & carry" concept in Los Angeles (before clerks would gather the groceries for the customers) and by 1895, benefiting from rapid population growth in the region thanks to the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, the discovery of oil in Long Beach, and the opening of the Panama Canal, the company had $2 million in sales.[7] Haas became one of the leading philanthropists in the city at the time.[2] He moved to San Francisco in 1900 where he founded Haas Wholesale Grocers and also served as a director for Wells Fargo Bank, the San Francisco Savings & Loan Company, the California Insurance League, and the Union Sugar Company.[2]

Haas was a benefactor of the Eureka Benevolent Society (later the Jewish Family Service), the Federation of Jewish Charities, and the Pacific Orphans’ Asylum and Home Society.[2]

Personal life

Haas married Fanny Koshland, daughter of Simon Koshland, one of the leading wool merchants in San Francisco,[2] with whom he had four children: Charles Haas (b. 1888), Walter A. Haas Sr. (b. 1889) (married to Elise Stern, daughter of Sigmund Stern, the nephew of Levi Strauss, and granddaughter of David Stern), Ruth Haas Lilienthal (b. 1891) (married to Philip N. Lilienthal Jr., son of banker Philip N. Lilienthal and grandson of rabbi Max Lilienthal), and Eleanor Haas Koshland (b. 1900)[8] (married to her cousin Daniel E. Koshland Sr., the son of her maternal uncle, Marcus Koshland).

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References
  1. "Haas family papers, 1863-1869". The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life - University of California, Berkeley. The Haas family, which originated in Reckendorf, Bavaria, established itself as one of the leading Jewish families of the Pacific Coast. Koppel and Fanny Haas had seven children (four boys and three girls) in Reckendorf. The boys, Jacob, Sam, Abraham, and William (Wolf), all immigrated to the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century as did their older cousins, Charles, Samuel, and Kalman, who established a successful grocery business (Haas Brothers) in Portland, Oregon.
  2. "Abraham Haas: Purveyer of Food Stuffs, Wholesale & Retail, Part 2, Los Angeles". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. "Abraham Haas correspondence, 1885-1886". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  4. The Builders of a Great City: San Francisco's Representative Men. volume 1. San Francisco Journal of Commerce Publishing Co. 1891.
  5. "The Pony Express, Volumes 16-18 - Kalman Haas 1829-1920". The Pony Express. June 1949.
  6. "Abraham Haas: Purveyer of Food Stuffs, Wholesale & Retail, Part 1, Los Angeles". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  7. Smart and Final History Archived 2011-12-05 at the Wayback Machine retrieved April 21, 2014
  8. The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: "Berkeley Haas (Abraham) correspondence, 1885-1886" Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine | The Bancroft Library | University of California | retrieved April 21, 2014
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