John George Brill
John George Brill | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 31, 1817 |
| Died | September 22, 1888 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, engineer |
John George Brill (German: Johann Georg Brill) (Kassel, Germany, May 31, 1817 – September 22, 1888)[1] was a co-founder of J. G. Brill and Company,[1] which, at its height, was the largest manufacturer of streetcars and interurban cars in the United States.
In 1847, at the age of 30, he emigrated with his wife and two children from Germany to Philadelphia.[2] For twenty years, he worked for Murphy and Allison. In 1868, with his son George Martin Brill, he founded the firm J. G. Brill & Son, which, in 1887, became J. G. Brill and Company.[1]
Death and interment[edit]
Brill died from heart failure at the age of 71 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on September 22, 1888, and was buried on September 25 at the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Brill, Debra (2001). History of the J.G. Brill Company. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-33949-9.
- ^ Handlin, Oscar (1969). American Immigrant Collection. Ayer Publishing. p. 102.
- ^ "Return of a Death in the City of Philadelphia: Physicians Certificate and Undertaker's Certificate in Relation to the Deceased." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
External links[edit]
- J. G. Brill and the Brill Brothers – article in the Powelton History Blog
- 1817 births
- 1888 deaths
- Engineers from Kassel
- People from the Electorate of Hesse
- Businesspeople from Philadelphia
- German railway mechanical engineers
- American railroad mechanical engineers
- American railway entrepreneurs
- Engineers from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery