Claus Spreckels (1857-1924)

Sugar King & Robber Baron of San Francisco; Founder of the Spreckels Sugar Co.

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He founded a sugar company in San Francisco in the 1860s that was largely responsible for introducing the sugar industry to Hawaii.

Parents (2)

Diederich Sprekens

of Hanover, Prussia (Germany)

1802-1873

Gesche (Baack) Sprekens

Mrs. Gesche (Baack) Sprekens

1804-1875

Spouse (1)

Anna (Mangels) Spreckels

Mrs. Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels

1830-1910

Children (11)

John Diedrich Spreckels

Founder of J.D. Spreckels & Co., Shipping & Commission Merchants

1853-1926

Henry Spreckels

Died in childhood

1854-1863

Adolph Bernard Spreckels

President of the Spreckels Sugar Company, etc., of San Francisco

1857-1924

Claus Augustus Spreckels

of Paris

1858-1946

Anna Gesina Spreckels

Died in childhood

1860-1864

Louis Peter Spreckels

Died in childhood

1862-1864

Edward Henry Spreckels

Died in childhood

1864-1869

Louis Peter Spreckels

Died in childhood

1866-1869

Emma (Spreckels) Hutton

Mrs. Emma Claudine (Spreckels) Watson, Ferris, Hutton

1869-1924

Rudolph Spreckels

President of the First National Bank, San Francisco

1872-1958

Edward Spreckels

Died in childhood

1874-1876

Associated Books (1)

The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus Spreckels By Dr. Sandra E. Bonura

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