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JOHN H. MEIERDIERCK
Originally published in 1900 |
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JOHN H. MEIERDIERCK, proprietor of the well known Rock Cellar
Park and Brewery on the Hudson County Boulevard, opposite Guttenberg,
is a native of Hanover, Germany, born October 27, 1849. His parents were
John H. Meierdierck and Meta Wellpin, both of whom possessed those
sterling traits of character which distinguish their race.
Having received a thorough public school education in the Fatherland, Mr. Meierdierck came to America, and for many years was successfully engaged in the sodawater business in New York City. Here he found the field which his talents and ambition were seeking-a field broad and open for the exercise of his abilities and well adapted for one of his energy and courage. He achieved success as a business man, gained a wide acquaintance and reputation, and through his industry, integrity, and enter- prise built up an extensive trade. In 1S89 Mr. Meierdierck came to North Bergen, N. J., and established on the Hudson County Boulevard, opposite Guttenberg, his present Rock Cellar Brewery, to which be added, about 1894, the Rock Cellar Hotel and Park, which ' he has conducted with success, making the whole one of the popular establishments of the kind in North Hudson. The brewery has a capacity of about 25.000 barrels per year. He is an ardent Democrat, a liberal supporter of all worthy movements, and actively interested in the welfare of his town and county. He is also a prominent member of the Royal Society of Good Fellows. Mr. Meierdierck married Miss Metta Fesbok, and has three children living, viz.: John H., Jr.. Minnie, and Tillie.
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