Meet Emil Gerbstadt, baker

I knew from a david Gerbstadt in Pennsylvania that there was a family bakery in Detroit and that his grandfather, Wilhelm, was some how affiliated with it. From the sketchy stories I had heard, I thought that the bakery belonged to Wilhelm. In its last days it may have. But the bakery started, I surmise, with Emil.
Emil was born 15 May 1859 in Kretzschan, Saxony and left the port of Hamburg aboard the "Hammonia", arriving in the states 1 July, 1884. Five years later, on 10 March 1899 hecame a naturalized citizen of the United States in Ward 2 Detroit MI.
He applied for a travel visa to Germany twice. The first time was 12 February 1904, one month after Erna was born. At this time he lists Drangodd as his father living in Hannover. The second application dated for 9 May 1922 lists Drangodd as deceased. His visa application describes him at the age of 45 as being 5'1" with light grey eyes, light hair tinged with grey and occupied as a baker.
Sometime in his life he married a Frederika A who was born in 1866, 14 years younger than himself. They had one son listed as living with them on the 1930 census form. Hugo Victor age 31 was single and drove the bakery truck. The family lived in Nakin twonship of Wayne MI. Hugo was born 6 August 1898