SØREN OG JØRGEN CHRISTIAN BRUMMER
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1847 - 1865
Already in 1840 the brothers Søren and Jørgen Brummer had a
grocery store with J.
Christophersen in Vestergade 262 in Odense.
Søren Brummer , who
was a pharmacist,
like Ole Christian Green in Aalborg, was inspired by him and
began even in 1845 experimenting with producing friction
match sticks in one of side buildings in the back yard.
In 1849 Søren supplemented his business with brewery when he
took over his brother , Hans Brummer´s brewery.
Later that year, the two brothers Jørgen , who had been
responsible for match stick factory and Søren disagreed and
Jørgen therefore started its own match stick factory in St. Anne
Stræde 322 , while Søren continued his brewery as well as his
match stick factory and grocery trade.
Although Jørgen´s factory was some less than Sean (probably less
than 10 employees , as this was the limit of enrollment for
industrial registration and there are no industry registration
for Jørgen´s factory) were the two brothers tough competitors to
each other and had even ads next to each other in the newspaper
for their brands.
At one point in 1850, Jørgen moved his factory to grocer Ducks
yard in the Vestergade, but in 1857 he married a young girl who
lived in the village of Brylle and Jørgen decided to close the
factory and move to the Dalmose house in Brylle and here be a
small farmer.
In the meanwhile
Søren increased his sales from his brewery and in 1860 he built
, in one of the other outbuildings , a brand new brewery
using the most modern brewing methods.
The matches were now less interest and in 1865 he put his
factory for sale.
An other Odense citizen, Adolph Madsen bought the factory, which
was laying in the side building where Madsen rented space .
In 1890, Søren retired and lived on the property until his death
.
As a curiosity it can be told, that Søren´s and Jørgen's sister,
Margaret Louise Marie married their fellow student Conrad
Stegmann and had a daughter Otilie who married the young brewer
son from Valby , Carl Jacobsen, who founded, among a lot of
others, the New Carlsberg brewery.
