H and H Coffee

Dedicated to the history of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. founded 1899 in San Antonio, Texas.

William L. Menger

San Antonio hotelier. Owner / founder of the Menger Hotel, the landmark on Alamo Plaza. Catherine Menger (mother of Minnie Menger Hoffmann and Gus P. Menger) was William L. Menger’s granddaughter — the family connection that ties the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company to San Antonio’s most prominent 19th-century hospitality dynasty.

William L. Menger is the great-grandfather of the H&H Menger generation (Gus P., Minnie, R. W., T. J., L. B., A. G.) through Catherine’s line.

Open questions

  • Vital dates and Bexar County genealogy citations
  • The exact route by which Menger Hotel money or social standing flowed into the coffee firm — a research lead
  • Distinguish from the modern Menger Hotel ownership chain (the hotel changed hands after the family era)

See also