Allgeyer, Charles E.

 Altkirch, Haut-Rhine, FR., then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

Allgeyer, Charles Emile, president of the corporation of Allgeyer & Co., cotton exporters, New Orleans, is a son of Mathew and Marie Louise (Beuster) Allgeyer, and was born in 1847 at the town of Altkirch, Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Before the son had attained his tenth year he was left an orphan, and was subsequently reared by relatives. His early education was obtained in public schools. At the age of 20 years the young man entered a commercial school that had recently been founded by subscriptions from some successful merchants. In this school he took a full commercial course, and upon its completion entered the service of some of the promoters of the school. One of these firms, Siegfried Bros., of Havre, was very well known in New Orleans. This was a firm of cotton merchants, and in 1871 they opened a branch of their business in New Orleans, and Mr. Allgeyer came over to take charge of this branch. The business prospered under his management, and in the succeeding years the firm name underwent various changes, until finally in the year 1912, it became the Allgeyer Co., incorporated under the laws of the state of Louisiana, with Charles Emile Allgeyer occupying the position of president of the corporation, and doing a large business in the exportation of cotton. Mr. Allgeyer is a member, respectively, of the Boston and the Pickwick clubs. Charles Emile Allgeyer was married to Miss Lisette Delvaille, daughter of Aristide Delvaille, a successful stock broker of the city of New Orleans. To Mr. and Mrs. Allgeyer the following children have been born, all of whom at this time are living under the parental roof: Robert, Louise, Marcelle, Ernest, and Lucille.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 482-483. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.