My Genealogy Hound

Louis Gildemeister, who owns and conducts the Farmington Roller Flouring Mills, is one of the representative business men of the town of Farmington, Oakland County. He was born in Prussia, Germany, in 1857 and is a son of Frederick Gildemeister, who was a miller in Germany and taught his son the trade. Our subject’s mother died in 1868 and his father, in 1881.

Louis Gildemeister, after the death of his father, set out for America to make his fortune. Upon his arrival he started upon a most successful career, first locating in Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for six weeks, and then removing to Plymouth, Michigan, where he found employment in the Wilcox Flouring Mills. Later he removed to Northville and worked for 11 years in the Northville Flouring Mills. In 1895 he located in Farmington, Oakland County, and built the Farmington Roller Flouring Mills, with a capacity of 50 barrels of flour every 24 hours, which he still owns and conducts, running it at present at full capacity, and employing three hands.

Mr. Gildemeister was married at Northville, Michigan, to Emily Paselk, a native of Germany. They are the parents of five children, namely; Leopold, born in 1888; Emma, born in 1890; Edwin, born in 1893; Lillian, born in 1896; and George, born in 1900.

Socially, our subject is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is a worker in the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Politically he is a Republican and is always ready to assist in furthering any project likely to be of service in building up the community.