Department store - Wholesale - Adolph Trier & Goldschmidt

Adolph Meyer Trier was born in Copenhagen on September 24, 1817. His parents were the banker and merchant Meyer Seligmann Salomon Trier, born in Copenhagen on August 29, 1770, and Esther Trier, née Lazarus, also born in Copenhagen in July 1780. Adolph Meyer Trier had ten other siblings. His sister Rose (1802–1890), who was 15 years older, was married to the silk and textile merchant Bendix Meyer Goldschmidt (1791–1874). Their son Sigfred Goldschmidt (8 July 1831 - 13 October 1906) was trained in the banking business of L-S.Trier and from 1850 was employed in the trading company founded in 1841 by his maternal uncle, Adolph Trier. On January 1, 1857, Sigfred Goldschmidt became a partner in the company, which from then on only dealt in wholesale. In 1867, the name was changed to Adolph Trier & Goldschmidt. Adolph Meyer Trier died on December 16, 1889 at the age of 72. The trading company Adolph Trier & Goldschmidt developed into one of the largest German wholesalers for colonial goods such as sugar, rice and spices. Sigfred Goldschmidt managed the company until the summer of 1904. Sigfred Goldschmidt was a member of the committee of the Wholesale Societetet from 1880 to 1905. From 1874 to 1902 he was a specialist judge at the Supreme Maritime and Commercial Court. From 1868 to 1882 he was a member of the Board of Deputies of Danish Jews and was also active on the board of the two Jewish schools in Copenhagen. Sigred Goldschmidt was married to Galathea Meyer, born on June 12, 1835, daughter of the merchant Saul Meyer (1790–1862) and Frederikke Texiére (1809–1861). The couple had three children: Frederikke Sofie Goldschmidt (1862–1863), Georg Goldschmidt (1866–1904) and Victor Albert Goldschmidt (1870–1933). Sigfred Meyer Goldschmidt died on October 13, 1906 at the age of 75.