Julius Kindervater


Company Names, addresses, dates:1,2
  J. Kindervater & G. Bock, 194 Broad St., Richmond VA (1866)
  J. Kindervater & G. Bock, 504 E Broad St., Richmond VA (1867-1869)
  Julius Kindervater, 6 W Broad St., Richmond VA (1870-1879)

Notes:
Julius Kindervater (1833-1878)3 was born in Bavaria4. He was a Captain for the Confederate army in the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia State Reserves during the Civil War5.

In 1855, he was working at the L. Wagner drug store, where he was described as an apprentice educated in Germany6. His name shows up in several articles & advertisements from the "Richmond Anseiger", a German newspaper from Richmond, but it's hard to translate them to English. One thing that stood out is that there were advertisements for "Kindervater's Bitters", sold by L. Wagner, so apparently Julius had created his own bitters7.

By 1866 he had opened a drug store with partner George A. Bock at 194 Broad Street, and later 504 East Broad Street.1,2
Some newspaper ads say that they had experienced physicians at their drug store who would give free medical advice between 10 and 12 o'clock8.

In 1870 he opened his own drug store at 6 West Broad Street. He passed away in 1878, and in 1879 his fully stocked drug store was put up for auction9. The 1881 City directory for Richmond indicates that it was Charles E. Anderson Jr. that bought his drug store.


Bottles:

kindervater_01 This is a figural cologne bottle, shaped like a shoe. It's about 4" long, and has 2 labels:
label on neck: From J. KINDERVATER / DRUGGIST & PHARACEUTICALS / No 6. Broad St., near Brook Avenue
label on top: SUPERIEURE / EAU DE / (picture of flowers) / COLOGNE


1 Book: "Bottled in Richmond 1811-1930", by Vernon Grant
2 Richmond City Directories for the years 1866,69-71,73-77,79,81
3 Find-a-grave entry for Julius Kindervater Sr.
4 US Census for the year 1860, Henrico/Richmond Ward 1
5 US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865, Film Number M382 roll 32
6 Richmonder Anzeiger (German newspaper from Richmond), 16-Jun-1855, page 3
7 Richmonder Anzeiger (German newspaper from Richmond), 17-Nov-1860, page 4
8 Richmond Daily Dispatch, 12-Dec-1868, page 2
9 Richmond Daily Dispatch, 2-Oct-1879, page 5


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This page last updated on February 3, 2021.