| Simon Koshland | |
| Birth Date: | 1825 |
| Birth Place: | Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Death Date: | 1896 (aged 71) |
| Resting Place: | Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California) |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | businessman |
| Known For: | co-founder of Koshland Brothers |
| Spouse: | Rosina Frauenthal |
| Children: | 9 |
Simon Koshland (1825–1896) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, and wool merchant.[1] He is the patriarch of the Koshland and Haas family of San Francisco.[2] [3]
Simon Koshland was born in Ichenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria in 1825. In 1850, he immigrated to Sacramento via Panama with his older brother where they opened a general merchandise store. In 1862, he moved to San Francisco after his store was burned down in a flood where he and his brother opened a wool house named Koshland Brothers. The company eventually morphed into Koshland & Sons and became the leading wool house in America.
Koshland retired in the 1890s; his sons and sons-in-law continued the family business.
Koshland married Rosina Franenthal of Philadelphia; they had 8 children: Isidore, Joseph, Marcus, Henrietta, Caroline, Frances, Montefiore, Abraham, and Jesse. His daughter Frances married Abraham Haas, and his son Marcus had a son, Daniel E. Koshland Sr., who married Eleanor Haas, the daughter of Abraham Haas.
He was a member of Ohabai Shalome Congregation; and later Temple Emanu-El. He died in 1896, and is buried at Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California.
Some of Koshland's descendants include: