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Jacob Aub, born about 1821 in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1847-1863. Aub arrived
in the United States before 1846 and around 1847 served as the lithographer for the Wagner & McGuigan advertisement depicting
the interior of their establishment at 320 Chestnut Street. In 1851, he gained citizenship and partnered with Norman Friend
(his citizenship sponsor) in the lithographic firm of Friend & Aub. Aub remained in the partnership (the final year with A.J.
Dumont) until 1863, when he joined the silk manufacturing firm of Aub, Hackenburg & Company. Aub was married to Caroline
(b. ca. 1826) with whom he had four children, Emeline, (b. ca. 1848), Edwin (b. 1851), Rose (b. 1855), and Benjamin (b. 1861).
He died on May 7, 1885 of chronic pneumonia with the listed residency of 978 North Seventh Street and was buried in Mt. Sinai
Cemetery, Philadelphia.
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