Frank M. Rhomberg

As printed in 1911

Frank M. Rhomberg, president of the wholesale wine and liquor firm of Rhomberg Brothers Company, is one of those men who came to America and Dubuque early in life and have had honorable and successful business careers. Born in the city of Dornbirn, near Lake Constance, Austria, on January 25, 1869, he is the oldest son born to the union of Jacob and Rosina Rhomberg, both natives of that country. The father first immigrated to the United States in 1861, but in 1867 returned to Austria, and there conducted a hotel and brewery until his death in 1896, at the age of fifty-eight years. His wife passed away in 1887, aged forty-six.years. After attending the public schools of his native country Frank M. Rhomberg came to America and Dubuque, at which time he was but eighteen years old. Shortly thereafter he went to St. Paul and for two years was shipping clerk in the furniture establishment of his uncle, Mr. John Luger. In the winter of 1889 he returned to Dubuque, and for nine years traveled for the wholesale liquor establishment of L. A. Rhomberg, another uncle. In the fall of that year, however, in partnership with his brother, Alphonse J., Mr. Rhomberg embarked in the same line of business on his own account, and through shrewd business management their concern prospered until in time they were forced to organize a company, which later became known as the Rhomberg Brothers Company. This has since become one of the solid commercial houses of Dubuque and is one of the largest of its kind in the county. Mr. Rhomberg is also president and manager of the Dubuque Tanning & Robe Company, vice president and director of the Union Transfer Company, and is identified with various other local concerns of importance. He is a Democrat in politics and for some years has been secretary of the Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee. Socially he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1894 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary H. Altman, daughter of Theodore Altaian; she died February 16, 1907, aged thirty-seven years, leaving two children, Karl and Eleanor. On August 10, 1910, Mr. Rhomberg married Miss Mary, daughter of Charles and May Kruse, and they are at present residing in the Dellenfundt flats.

As printed in History of Dubuque County, Iowa; being a general survey of Dubuque County history, including a history of the city of Dubuque and special account of districts throughout the county, from the earliest (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.