Where was the first store that the grandfather of Elinor S. Gimbel's husband located?
Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels) was an American department store corporation from 1887 until 1987. Adam Gimbel opened the first store in Vincennes, Indiana that would later lead to his son Bernard opening the first store in the chain of Gimbels Department Stores in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The company is known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, the oldest parade in the country. Gimbels was also once the largest department store chain in the country. By the time it closed in 1987, Gimbels had 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut.
John Dwight (manufacturer) Dwight was born at South Hadley, Massachusetts on August 1, 1819. His father was a medical doctor in the state of Connecticut. His mother was Lydia (White) Dwight, daughter of William White and his wife of Springfield, Massachusetts. Dwight's grandparents were Nathaniel Dwight of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Nathaniel, a captain in the French and Indian war, and his wife, Hannah Lyman were the parents of Elihu Dwight (Dwight's father). Nathaniel's father, Dwight's great grandfather, was Captain Timothy Dwight. Timothy's father, was one of the founders of Dedham, Massachusetts – an Englishman by the name of John Dwight, who had immigrated to America before 1635.