Ludwig Gans

Background

Ludwig Aaron Gans was the son of Jewish parents Philipp Aaron Gans and Fanny Hanau from Celle.

Career

His family had been merchants in Celle for 150 years. In 1814 he moved in with the related Goldschmidt family in the Frankfurt Jewish Alley and joined the firm Cassel & Reiss, owned by Leopold Cassella, as an apprentice. Gans received the power of procuration and became the firm"s effective leader in 1820.

From 1848 Ludwig Aaron Gans was the sole owner of Leopold Cassella & Company

Ludwig Aaron and Rosette Gans had six children: Henriette (Heidelbach), Marianne (Löwengard), Friedrich (Fritz) Ludwig, Pauline (Weinberg), Adolf and Leo Gans. The younger son Leo Gans was also a noted industrialist, philanthropist and chemistry

Ludwig Aaron Gans is interred at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt.

Connections

niece:

Leopold Cassella