Konrad Wurm, Sr. was born in Bavaria.  He emigrated to America in 1853 aboard the steamship R. B. Sumner.  Also aboard was fellow émigré Miss Johanna Obert. It is unknown whether the two Germans began their voyage as a couple, as they were listed far apart on the passenger manifest, but, the two entered the country together through the port of New Orleans on October 19th and made their way St. Louis Missouri, where on the 5th of November, 1854 they were married.

Later that decade the Wurm family, now with two young children, continued up the Mississippi River to St. Paul, Minnesota where Konrad found work at J. B. Arnold's North Mississippi Brewery. In 1863 Wurm established his own brewery on Stewart Avenue near Cascade Street. He directed the brewery until his death at age 57 on the 21st of May, 1877. Upon Konrad's passing his wife Johanna took over operation of the brewery with her son Konrad Wurm II. The brewery closed in 1889 and Johanna died five years later.

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