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RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.
RHOMBERG, Alphonse J. (Dornbirn, Austria, 1872--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 3, 1936). Educated in the schools of his native country, Alphonse traveled to Dubuque in 1888 and joined his brother, Frank, in business. The youngest son of RHOMBERG, Joseph A. and Katherina Rhomberg, Alphonse then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota to work three years in his uncle's furniture shop.
Returning to Dubuque, Alphonse rejoined his brother Frank in establishing RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY, a wholesale wine and liquor business. The company thrived and the brothers needing capital formed a stock company.
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Source:
Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 535