Friedrich Wilhelm Fredrick William BROCKMANN

Name: Fredrick William Brockmann

Birth Date: 10 Jun 1849

Birth Place: Steinhagen, Prussia

Passport Issue Date: 7 Apr 1873

Passport Includes a Photo: N

Source: Passport Applications, 1795-1905 (M1372)

Fred W. Brockman was born June 10, 1849, in Westphalia, Germany, and as a child emigrated with his family to the United States. On September 16, 1874, he married Mary E. Cook, with whom he had four children: Lydia, Lotta, Elsah, and Irma. Brockman began his career as a clerk at a stationery and bookstore, holding a variety of positions at different companies before beginning his own. In 1896 he founded the F.W. Brockman Commission Company, a wholesaler specializing in produce, poultry, and dairy, located at 815-817 North 4th Street. He was actively involved in numerous professional associations and community groups, and was the president of the Board of Education from 1893 to 1894. He died May 15, 1915, of heart problems. Laura Fetzer was born in Missouri and lived in Dallas, Texas. She moved to St. Louis in 1907. In the early 1900s she donated a one-mile stretch of land for a railroad switch. This area still bears her name. The collection consists primarily of personal correspondence between Fred W. Brockman and Laura Fetzer. Finding aid available.

Name: Fred W Brockman

[Fred W Brockel]

Age: 50

Birth Date: Jun 1849

Birthplace: Germany

Home in 1900: St Louis Ward 19, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri

[St. Louis]

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1855

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Mary Brockman

Marriage Year: 1875

Years Married: 25

Father's Birthplace: Germany

Mother's Birthplace: Germany

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Household Members:

Name Age

Fred W Brockman 50

Mary Brockman 44

Lotta Brockman 20

Elsie Brockman 14

Irma Brockman 10

Hilda Christensen 23

Name: Fred W. Brockmann

Age: 31

Birth Year: abt 1849

Birthplace: Prussia

Home in 1880: Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Eliza M. Brockmann

Father's Birthplace: Prussia

Mother's Birthplace: Prussia

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Occupation: Merchant

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Household Members:

Name Age

Fred W. Brockmann 31

Eliza M. Brockmann 25

Lydia W. Brockmann 5

Charlotte Brockmann 1

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