Alfred Heidelbach

Alfred Samuel Heidelbach (November 17, 1851 – February 1, 1922) was an American banker and stock broker.

Alfred S. Heidelbach
Born	(1851-11-17)November 17, 1851 New York City
Died	February 1, 1922(1922-02-01) (aged 70)
Occupation	Banker, stock broker
Spouse(s)	Julie Picard ( m. 1879)

Biography

He was, until 1867, a New York member of Heidelbach, Seasongood & Co., dry goods merchants of Cincinnati. From Columbia grammar school, Heidelbach went to the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and after finishing his studies, returned to New York. In 1870, he entered the stock brokerage firm of Frank & Garss, known after 1871 as Heidelbach, Frank & Co. In 1873–74, he spent a year in Berlin in the German Empire, and after having looked after the interests of the firm in London during the panic of 1873, returned to New York late in 1874.

His father Philip Heidelbach died in 1875, and in 1876, Alfred joined the firm of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co., which was founded in 1876 after the marriage of Isaac Ickelheimer to Philip Heidelbach's daughter.[1] This firm made a specialty of foreign exchange and specie and were able to secure valuable connections abroad. He was a director of the United States Life Insurance Company. In 1893, the firm admitted Henry R. Ickelheimer, who represented the interest of his father, Isaac, one of the founders of the concern.

Heidelbach was married, October 1879, in Paris, to Julie Picard. He was a prominent member of the Manhattan, Reform and Lawyers clubs. Heidelbach died on February 1, 1922.[2]

References

1. Supple, Barry E. (1957). "A Business Elite: German-Jewish Financiers in Nineteenth-Century New York". Business History Review. 31 (2): 143–178. JSTOR 3111848.
2. "Heidelbach Will Aids 6 Local Institutions" (PDF). The New York Times. February 26, 1922.

 This article incorporates text from America's Successful Men, by Henry Hall, a publication from 1895 now in the public domain in the United States.