1915
1915 Big Time Butchering
1942
1942 To the current day In 1942 Jakob hands the rains of the family business to his son Frank, and immediately goes about growing the company further, concentrating on metwurst alone. In 1946 sadly…
1924
1924 Move to Gawler In 1924 Jakob sells the Tanunda business and moves to Gawler, the present site of the company. Jakob opens a shop in the main street of Gawler alongside the Old Spot…
1910
1910 Jakob’s Wedding In 1910 Jakob marries local Willaston girl Clara Staehr. On their property they also grew grapes which were sold at ‘Vintage pay day’ held at Seppelts Winery then later at Gramps Orlando…
1905
1905 Selling smallgoods on the streets of Adelaide In 1905 after finding accommodation in Whitmore Square, with the help of some borrowed equipment, he began making smallgoods, which he ‘hawked’ around the city streets.
1896
1896 Smallgoods apprenticeship In 1891 Jakob completes his smallgoods apprenticeship, then commences 2 years national service in the army. After which he completes 2 years of medical school under the direction of his uncle. In…
1898
1898 Jakob flees an arranged marriage In 1898 Jakob suffers an extensive arm injury, thus returns to his uncle who saves his arm from amputation. Jakob’s uncle arranges for Jakob to marry a ‘redheaded socialite’.…
1909
1909 Heading to Tanunda Jakob soon had enough money to buy a bicycle on which he headed to the German settlement town, Tanunda. He made a sudden unscheduled stop in Gawler, when his front wheel…
1902
1902 Stowing away on a boat In 1900 after extensive European travels Jakob stows himself away on a sailing ship.The need for food caused his discovery, at which he was given the option to work…
1875
1875 In the beginning In 1875 Jakob is born in Austria. Sadly at a young age in 1883 Jakob’s parents both die and he goes to live with his uncle in Vienna, a professor of…
