Résumé

Partner, Henry J.O. Pohl and Company, Chicago, IL, 1896- . A note in the Chicago Tribune indicated that Pohl started a joint stock company in Chicago in 1896: "Henry J.O. Pohl & Co., at Chicago; capital stock $2,500; general manufacturing; incorporators, Henry J.O. Pohl, Carleton Hudson, and N.H. Hanchette.” (See “New Corporations,” Chicago Tribune, 10/29/1896, p. 11.)

Principal, Henry J.O. Pohl, Architect, Yakima, WA, 1909.

Relocation

Little is known of Henry J.O. Pohl. He was likely born c. 1863 either in Germany or the US. Pohl may have changed professions periodically, as a person with his name worked as a manufacturer in Chicago, IL, in 1896, as an architect in Yakima, WA, in 1909, a real estate salesman in Los Angeles in 1911 and as a journalist in Berkeley, CA, by 1920. It is possible that multiple people went by the name "Henry J.O. Pohl" at this time, but he appears to have moved about frequently, shifting jobs as he relocated.

Biographical Notes

Henry J.O. Pohl sailed aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line S.S. König Albert leaving Naples, Italy, on 01/24/1908 bound for New York, NY. It arrived in NY on 02/07/1908. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1908; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 3; Page Number: 25 Source Information: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 06/08/2021.)