Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue History & Genealogy Culver, Marshall, Indiana

Ohmer Brothers / N. & G. Ohmer of Dayton



They were the sons of Francis/François Ohmer and Margaret/Marguerite Floquet

Nicholas "Nick" Ohmer BIRTH 18 Apr 1823 Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, France DEATH 27 Feb 1903 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, BURIAL Calvary Cemetery Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio married Susanna Spratt and Jennie Elizabeth Hassler

    Mr. Ohmer has became associated with his brother George in this branch of his business under the name of N. & G. Ohmer. They had the eating house at Columbus for thirteen years, and are now the proprietors of the hotel and lunch rooms at Xenia, Ohio, at Indianapolis, Ind., at Terre Haute, Ind., at Lafayette, Ind., and at the Relay Depot, East St. Louis, all of which are justly popular


George W Ohmer Birth 30 November 1835 Trenton, Butler, Ohio Death 18 April 1916 Dayton, Montgommery, Ohio, married Bernadena / Dena C.Groblinghoff & Laura Feree

    ...He was the pioneer in the depot restaurant and dining car business in this part of the country, operating this service on a number of railroads that did not have their own cars. He established one of the first depot restaurants and at one time conducted no less than a dozen in as many of the larger cities in the Middle West United States. At the time of his death he owned the dining car service of the CH and D, the Monon and the C I and W railroad...


An example of N. & G. Ohmer's Railroad Basket Lunch Service menu Postcard

 










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