G. Edwin Angerstein (1884)
     Advertisements for bottler G. Edwin Angerstein first appeared in the  El Paso Lone Star on April 2, 1884 and continued until the November 6, 1884 edition of the El Paso Times.  He may, of course, have been in business prior to and/or after those dates, but his ads are the only record he left as an El Paso bottler.  A typical ad offers:
 
 

Other solicitations add Apollinaris and Vichy to the carbonated beverage list and suggest that "the Trade [will be] supplied on reasonable Terms.  Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention" (EPT 5/3/1884 3:5). [Like Kissingen, Vichy was a type of water.  Apollinaris was both a type and a brand name and was variously spelled with either one (incorrect) or two els.]

     Angerstein (pronounced Angerstyne, not Angersteen) was a relative (probably the son) of Ernest and Cenobia M. Angerstein.  A native of Germany, Ernest was no stranger to the west, having served as a Sergeant in the U. S. Army on the frontier from 1852 to 1857.  He was a store proprietor in Mesilla, Arizona (later Mesilla, New Mexico) by 1860 and continued to be a merchant until his death.  The elder Angerstein became the post trader at Fort Bliss on December 12, 1872 and, by 1874, had taken on a partner named Lewinsky (Fierman 1962:43-44, 51-54).  The two men also advertised themselves as "WHOLESALE & RETAIL MERCHANTS" in Paso del Norte, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.  Their advertisement claimed "the best stock of goods in The El Paso Valley" (Mesilla News, 3/14/1874 3:3).

      George Edwin Angerstein was born in Germany in December 1846.  A literate man, Angerstein became a naturalized American citizen in 1870.  He and his wife, Frederica, were married in 1883.  Frederica, born in Germany in  January 1851, had bourn four children, three of whom were still living in 1900.  In 1900, his two daughters, Julia, age 13 and Elizabeth, age 9, were attending school, while his son, Rudolf, was a candy salesman at the age of 16 (Twelfth Census 1900).

     Angerstein acted as executor in behalf of Cenobia Angerstein in the disposition of Ernest Angerstein's Paso del Norte (now Ciudad Juárez) store.  He solicited a price of $6,082.88 from the Schutz Brothers (Max and Aaron) for the more than 8,000 item inventory on December 7, 1876.  Earnest Angerstein had died the previous year on July 4 (Fierman 1962:54; El Paso County Deed Records, Book F, pp. 403-422).

     Although Angerstein ran his soda bottling business in 1884, he listed himself as a salesman at 38 S. El Paso Dr. in 1885.  By 1898, however, he was back in the soda water business, working (probably as manager) for R. F. Johnson & Company (see R. F. Johnson/Henry Pfaff/Southwestern Liquor Co., Chapter 6a).  In 1900, Angerstein owned his house on Second St. at St. Vrain St., and listed himself as a Soda Water Maker, almost certainly working for Henry Pfaff, successor to R. F. Johnson (EPCD 1885-1888-89; Twelfth Census 1900).  Although he may have continued working as a bottler, he left no further trace in the El Paso historic record and may have returned to Paso del Norte, Mexico.