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ADOLPH FARENWALD. As the name indicates, the ancestors of Adolph Farenwald were of German origin. His parents, Robert and Matilda Farenwald, were both natives of Stettin, Germany. The father spent his entire life in his native land, where he was a manufacturer of cutlery.

Adolph Farenwald, a prosperous florist of Roslyn, in Abington township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, was born in Stettin, in the province of Pommern, Germany, December 23, 1862. He acquired his education in his native country, and also gained a knowledge of the business of a florist. In March, 1885, he emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia, where he continued his occupation of florist. Later he became foreman for Joseph Heacock, of Wyncote, near Jenkintown. In 1898 he purchased his present nursery of six acres, and at once began business on his own account. In his present spacious greenhouses, covered by 45,030 feet of glass, Mr. Farenwald is constantly adding to his facilities for the production of beautiful flowers, making a specialty of growing two varieties of roses, American Beauty and Liberty, which he disposes of in New York and Philadelphia, having achieved quite a reputation for himself in this line. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society of Philadelphia, the Florist Club of Philadelphia, the American Rose Society, the National Society of American Florists, and the Turn-Verein, of Philadelphia.

Mr. Farenwald married, in Stettin, July 28, 1884, Martha Sievert, a native of Alt-Dam, in the Province of Pommern, Germany, born April 30, 1861, a daughter of Edward and Emma (Leedke) Sievert. Mr. and Mrs. Farenwald have four sons: Hans, born August 12, 1887; Benno, born July 9, 1889; Edward, born April 27, 1891; Arno Sievert, born November 5, 1900. In his political views, Mr. Farenwald is very liberal. In religious faith he is a Lutheran.

Robert Farenwald (father) was born in Stettin, July 9, 1835. He was the son of Edward and Marie Farenwald. Matilda (Kuntz) Farenwald (mother) was born in Stettin, September 9, 1837. She was the daughter of John W. and Teresa (Lejeune) Kuntz, the latter being of French ancestry. She came to America in 1892, and resides in Abington township.