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John Englehorn began the business in 1862. He died in 1893.

The business continued with Mrs. F. Engelhorn and her son, Mr. Otto Fischer.

From: Industries of NJ 1882

John Englehorn

Undertaker, No 14 Hamburg Place. Mr. Englehorn began the undertaking business in Newark in 1862, and has succeeded in building up a leading trade in his line. His office and wareroom is at No. 14 Hamburg Place, 12 x 25 feet in size, where all orders are received and promptly attended to. Coffins, caskets, shrouds, and all the requisites for funerals are supplied, as well as preservers, hearse, carriages, and the details of the business. Mr. Englehorn is a native of Germany, resident of this country a quarter of a century, and is largely known throughout this entire section. His long experience and qualifications for the business eminently fit him for the important duties associated with the burial of the dead. He is a reliable and trustworthy business man and a highly esteemed citizen as well.

From: Essex County Illustrated 1897

F. Englehorn & Son

One of the many well-known undertaking houses doing business in this city is that of F. Englehorn & Son. The house was established some thirty-five years ago by John Englehorn, and since his death in 1893, the business has been continued by Mrs. F. Engelhorn and her son, Mr. Otto Fischer. The ware-rooms and office are located at 16 Hamburg Place, and are neatly fitted up with everything connected in the funeral furnishing line. Mr. Fischer was born in this city, being educated in the public schools of Newark, and graduated from the Massachusetts School of Embalming. He is a practical expert in embalming and has a thorough knowledge of every detail connected with the duties of a funeral director, from the moment of death to the last sad rites at the grave. Mr. Fischer is a worthy representative of the profession in which he is engaged and is noted for his courteous and liberal dealings with all who have business transactions with him.

From: Newark, The Metropolis of New Jersey At the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
Progress Publishing Co. 1901

Otto Fischer

Mr. Otto Fischer, who, in partnership with his mother, is carrying on the old undertaking business at No. 16 Hamburg Place, under the name of F. Engelhorn & Son, is a native of Newark, having been born in this city in 1867. The business, of which he is practically the head, was founded nearly forty years ago by his stepfather, the late Mr. John Engelhorn, who married the widow of Charles Christian Fisher, whose death occurred in 1876.