Alex+(Candy)+Page

Alex Candy Page Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

__History__

• Traced back to the Goelitz family (1869) • 2 brothers from Germany • Gustav Goelitz and his younger brother Albert traveled to Illinois to join an uncle who had emigrated from Germany in 1834 • Within two years, Gustav, 24 and Albert, 21 opened a candy making business in a Belleville, Illinois • Business did well, they raised families and opened additional plants. • The brothers also made Candy Corn at the time of this • The business also started to have family value, when the brothers children started working with them • Gustav made the candy and handled store operations. • Albert sold the candy to the surrounding, towns and villages from a horse drawn wagon • [] • []