The Kirkman Family Over 600 Years of History ....The Facts & Legends
  • Welcome
  • Whats in a Name?
  • The 1700's - Denmark
    • 1707 - 1758 Niels Knudsen Kirkman
    • 1739-1801 Knud Nielsen Kirkman
    • 1769 - 1837 Leopold Christopher Knudsen Kirkman
    • 1795 - 1851 Niels Albrecht Kirkman
  • The 1800's - Denmark to America
    • 1828 - 1900 Christian Wilhelm Kirkemann (The Captain) >
      • The Captains Ladies >
        • The Captains 2nd & 3rd Child
    • 1853 - 1924 Nelson Kirkman (The Captains First Son) >
      • Nelsons Children
    • 1880-1937 Christian William Kirkman II (The Captains Grandson)
    • 1882 - 1950 Christian William Kirkman III (The Captains Son) >
      • Chris III's Daughter Elinor >
        • Elinor's Daughter (Terrific Toni)
  • The 1900's - United States
    • 1906 - 1946 Christian William Kirkman IV (Baseballer) >
      • 1935 - 1993 Don's Sister Edith Kirkman Bielski
    • 1914 - 1977 Ellen Bonn Burleson Guild (Gene Burleson's Mother)
    • 1927 - William "Bill" Kirkman
    • 1929 - 2001 Donald C. Kirkman >
      • 1933-2008 Natalie Ann De Blasio Kirkman >
        • 1960 - Kathryn Ann Mostrom Kirkman
    • 1931 - Gene Edward Burleson
    • 1933 Engineer & Artist George R. Kirkman
    • 1958 - Christian William Kirkman V
  • WWII Kirkmans
  • Notable Kirkmans
  • The British Kirkmans
  • Kirkman Generals
  • The Early American Kirkmans
  • Revolutionary War Kirkmans
  • Other Early Arriving Kirkmans to America
  • Migration to North Carolina
  • The Civil War Kirkmans
  • Col. H. Neil Kirkman
  • Other Tarheel Decendants
  • Kirkman Soap Company
  • Kirkman Piano's
  • Behind Every Good Man
  • Commentary by Don Kirkman
  • Chart of the Kirkman Family
  • The Detectives

THE KIRKMAN SOAP COMPANY

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One of the northern Kirkmans established a widely known soap company in Brooklyn and Buffalo, NY in 1837 which sold bars of Kirkman Borax Soap and boxes of Kirkman Pure White Flakes, both used for washing laundry and dishes. Kirkman & Son was bought by Colgate-Palmolive in 1929 but Kirkman soap products were available in New York and New England until the mid-1950s

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Kirkman Soap Company Circa 1837

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Kirkman Lofts today (2012) 37 Bridge St. in Brooklyn, New York.
Commissioned in 1915 by Kirkman & Son Soap Company, 37 Bridge Street is the best looking 96 year old in Brooklyn. In classic daylight factory style, this simple brick façade building is representative of the factory architecture of its time and remains a neighborhood icon. Alexander Kirkman’s decision to move his company to Brooklyn grew the business ten fold, putting Kirkman & Sons on the map as one of the country’s leading soap producers.

Today the building has been converted to Condominium's.  As of 2012 the Condo's sell anywhere from 700 thousand to an eye popping 2.5 million dollars. 

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