Ernst Schwarze Notes

Family history says the Ernst Schwarze swam in the Weser as a youth.

No one in the family knew where Ernst was actually born.

There are many associations between the Brockmanns and the Schwarzes.  I believe the relationships go back to Germany and possibly Hehlen.

There are more specific references to Hehlen an der Weser with the Brockmann Family.

• Carl Heinrich Christophe Ludwig Brockmann (August 1832 -1904.) born at Hehlen an der Weser, Brunswick, Lower Saxony.
• 19 Jun 1854 in New York, New York, USA
• Christoph Ernst Julius Brockmann (born 1797 Zülow, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died August 1871 Hehlen, Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany)
• Four other children born in Hehlen (Heinrich 1824 Carl 1826, Andreas 1828 and Freidrich 1829)  All migrated and died in the US.

Ernst Schwarze

New York Port of entry

• 7/28/1880   born December 1859  going to Wisconsin
  • In 1880, 57 Schwarze families in Wisconsin
• Others traveling: Kulrak/Kraft/Nieman/Grath; all from “Hahlen”

Naturalization

• Shows birth in Hannover

Passport application

• 3/18/1912  going to Braunschweig

Marriage Index

• 7/2/1889  Lutheran service probably at the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in LA; officiated by Runkel book 19 page 276 or 285
• Ernst Schwarze marries Teresa Brockman (born in Wisconsin)
• Henry Schwarze and Louise Burkman (Brockmann?)  (listed as parents)

1900 US census

• Ernst Schwarze living with Brockmanns in Los Angeles and Palmdale

1910 US census

• Shows name as Ernst H Schwarze, otherwise always Ernst Schwarze

Ernst Schwarze Documents

New York Port of entry

• 7/28/1880   born December 1859
• Others traveling: Kulrak/Kraft/Nieman/Grath; all from “Hahlen”

Passport application

• 3/18/1912  going to Braunschweig

Marriage Index

• 7/2/1889  Lutheran service probably at the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in LA; officiated by Runkel book 19 page 276 or 285
• Schwarze and Burkman
  • Marriage license?

1910 US census

• Shows name as Ernst H Schwarze

Naturalization

• 1/29/1890 Los Angeles  from Prussia

1880              New York

1881              Wisconsin

1889              Palmdale

1890              Palmdale/Los Angeles (voter)

1896              Florence

1900              Florence

1908              Baldwin  next to Ed Brockman

1910              Rowland

1912              Los Angeles   (passport)

1916              Baldwin         with Sophie

1920              Los Angeles  no Brockmanns

1930              West Willow Street  (voter listing)

1930              Downey  (County Farms/Rancho Los Amigos)

Brockmann residences

            Grand Avenue downtown Los Angeles (rental) 1886

            South side of Slauson in Los Angeles (Harmony)

            48^th Street in Los Angles, adjacent to Figuroa Ave

            49^th Street in Los Angeles

Palmdale (Carl) (abt1897)

            California Street near Verdugo in Glendale

            Belmont Street in Glendale 1914 (ten acres)

            Burbank, San Fernando Valley (Louis)

Mt, Signal Imperial County near Calexico/El Centro 640 acres (Louis)

Covina (walnut orchard)

Buena Vista Avenue Hemet 1917

Niagra Street in Burbank

Highland Park (Alice and Preston)

Baldwin Park

Germanology Unlocked

In 1880 57 Schwarze families in Wisconsin

Currently 1224 in the US and 16578 in the world

694^th most popular German name

Currently 4164 hits in Germany and 1109 clusters