Biographical Sketch of Julius Rombach, Franklin County, Missouri
Biographical Sketch of Paul Schmidle, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Julius Rombach and Paul Schmidle, proprietors of Washington Bakery, at
Washington, Mo., are natives of Baden, Germany, born in 1860 and 1858,
respectively.  Julius is the son of Roman and Carolina Rombach, who
were born in 1828 and 1832, respectively.  The father was proprietor 
of a restaurant, and an innkeeper.  He died in 1882.  Julius is one of
five children.  At the age of fourteen he commenced learning the 
baker's trade, and worked as an apprentice for two years.  He was in 
the regular army two years, and in 1883 came to America and located in
St. Louis.  In 1886 he and Paul Schmidle came to Washington and estab-
lished the Washington Bakery, and have since conducted the business
successfully.  In 1887 Mr. Rombach married Katie, daughter of Frederick
Boland.  She was born in Washington, Mo., in 1867.  Mr. Schmidle came
to the United States in 1883 with Mr. Rombach.  He is one of a family
of three children born to Paul and Sophia Schmidle, who were both born
in Baden, Germany, in 1822.  The father was a hatter by trade.  He died
in 1869.  Paul, Jr., commenced learning the baker's trade at the age of
fifteen.  He was in the regular army three years in Germany.  November
23, 1887, Mr. Schmidle married Miss Emma Boland, sister of the wife of
Mr. Rombach.  Mrs. Schmidle was born in Washington, Mo., in 1870. 
Messrs Rombach & Schmidle are young men of energy and economy, and they
have met with flattering success since coming to Washington.  Both gen-
tlemen and their wives are members of the Catholic Church.

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