Winfred George Mittag

Winfred George Mittag

• Father: James Siegfried Mittag b. 18 December 1860
• Mother: Fredericka J. Woelmer b. April 1861

• Winfred George Mittag was born on 8 December 1888 in New York.
• James Siegfried Mittag and Fredericka J. Woelmer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Winfred George Mittag, Viola J. Mittag, Charlotte Mittag, Marita Caroline Mittag, Zenobia Loretta Mittag, James Siegfried Mittag Jr. and John C. Louis Mittag.
• James Siegfried Mittag and Fredericka J. Woelmer appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Park Ridge, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Winfred George Mittag, Charlotte Mittag, Marita Caroline Mittag, Zenobia Loretta Mittag, James Siegfried Mittag Jr. and Irving Wagner Mittag.
• He was a salesman of typewriter suppl8ies, according to the 1910 census, likely employed by his uncle Frank's company Mittag & Volger.
• He married Grace M. Walthery circa 1914.
• Winfred George Mittag registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Bergen County, New Jersey, while living with his wife and 4-year-old child at 16 Walthery Avenue in Ridgewood, and self-employed as an agent at 261 Broadway in New York City.
• The following appeared on 18 August 1919 in the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter: Recent Incorporations . . . Delaware . . . Wampum Price Oil and Development Company; to acquire land containing petroleum, asphaltum, petroleum, etc; capital, $250,000. Incorporators:—Frank O. Mittag, Bayard R. Price, Hudson, N. J; Winfred O. Mittag, Ridgewood, N. J.
• Winfred George Mittag registered for the draft in 1942 while living iwith his wife Grace n Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, at 150 Sunset Avenue, and employed by Mittag & Methudy, Inc., at 261 Broadway in New York City.
• The SSDI lists Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, as the last residence of record of Winfred George Mittag.
• Winfred George Mittag died in February 1968 at age 79.
• The following appears in The Story of New Jersey, published in 1945: Mittag & Volger, Inc. -- Manufacturers of carbon papers, inked ribbons, etc., Park Ridge, New Jersey, Mittag & Volger, Inc., was founded by Frank O. Mittag, Sr., under the firm name of Mittag, Maclagan & Storms and later on the name was changed to Mittag, Maclagan & Company, the company being Theodore G. Volger, and still later on with the purchase of Mr. Maclagan's interests, the firm became Mittag & Volger. On the death of Mr. Volger, in 1905, the interests were acquired by F. O. Mittag and in November, 1906, the business was incorporated and since that time has been known as Mittag & Volger, Inc.
       F. O. Mittag died on July 10, 1926. In 1881 he associated himself with the Rogers Carbon Paper Company and a little later on manufactured ribbons and carbon paper at No. 128 Broad Street, New York City, under the firm name of F. O. Mittag. Mr. Mittag is recognized as one of the pioneers of the industry.
       The first factory was located on Lawn Street, Park Ridge, in 1887. In 1895 a large brick factory was built near the New Jersey & New York Railroad tracks. This was very much enlarged in 1904 and again several times in subsequent years. This company has always been successful. Its business ranks as one of the largest in the industry. In normal times shipments are made daily to practically every city in the States, being distributed through its branches located in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Havana, Cuba; and in normal times to practically every country in the world. The present officers of the company are: T. G. Forbes, president; Ira Cole, vice-president and sales manager; R. A. Stark, vice-president; V. G. Stark, treasurer; L. E. Mittag, secretary, and P. L. Foster, assistant sales manager.

• Last Edited: 17 Jun 2010