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This tree traces the ancestry of Katherine Schwarz Koppelman, wife of William Herman Koppelman. She was born the second of ten children, in a large house on Sinclair Lane near Loney’s Lane, just north of Baltimore city. The house was owned by her father’s wealthy employers, the Brehms. John Schwarz, formerly employed by Clifton Park, was hired by the Brehms to run a stock farm, not far from the Brehm’s Brewery. By 1910, John Schwarz’ household included, in addition to his ten children, his wife’s parents, George F. and Anna Katherine Soeder; a laborer; a servant; and a boarder. As the house was provided rent-free along with the position of farm manager, and the family kept a vegetable garden and probably several cows and chickens, the Schwarz family enjoyed relative plenty. They belonged to Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, on Belair Road. Katherine, the second-eldest, was responsible for helping her mother care for her younger siblings, while her older sister, Minnie, worked as a seamstress.

Some of the surnames in this family include Bauer, Buchwald, Comes, Meier, Meise, Sippel, Worline/Wohrlein, Kraemer, Krebs, Stecker, Emmel, Fischer, Malwitz, Nortrup, Breeback/Braebach, Weilbrenner, Vogt, and Rommel.

Katherine Schwarz’ earliest known ancestor was:

Rosine Catharine Schwarz (b. approx. 1800, Hohenacker, Wurttemburg; d. bet. August and November 1863, Baltimore Co., MD) Buried at Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD.

According to family lore, Gottlieb Schwarz emigrated in 1873, with his mother, Rosine Schwarz, from a district near Stuttgart called Hohenacker, in Württemburg; however, since Gottlieb and Margaret’s children were all born in Maryland before 1873, this immigration date seems unlikely. The best matching immigration record found so far is a passenger list dated July 18, 1855, from the ship Marianne, bound from Bremen to Baltimore. It lists a party of Schwarzes, from Hohenacker: Rosine Schwarz, age 56, b. approx. 1799; Gottlieb Friedrich Schwarz, 23, farmer, b. approx. 1832; and three girls, Rosine Friederike, 27, Wilhelmine, 25, and Friederike, 5.

According to Earl Malwitz, one of the older girls had already been married, and the five-year-old Friederike was her daughter, Friederike Wilhelmine Gnamm (b. 24 July 1849, Wuerttemberg; d. 1933, Baltimore, MD), known as Minnie; she was Earl and Leonard Malwitz’ great-great-grandmother. In 1865, Minnie Gnamm married Albrecht Vogt (b. January 1838, Bavaria; emigrated 1842), a Gardenville farmer with property on Sippel Avenue, just east of Belair Road. The Vogts belonged to Jerusalem Lutheran Church. They are buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD. By 1880, they had six children: John A. Vogt (b. July 1866), George W. Vogt (b. approx. 1868), John Edward Vogt (b. October 1869), Mary C. Vogt (b. approx. 1875), Wilhelmena Catherine Vogt (b. June 1877), and Elizabeth C. Vogt (b. October 1880). Three more children were listed in the 1900 census: Rosa Vogt (b. March 1885; Earl and Leonard Malwitz’ mother), Leonard Vogt (b. February 1890), and Herman Vogt (b. November 1881). Wilhelmina told the 1900 census taker that she had born 12 children, of whom eight survived.[1]

Rosine Schwarz’s will, dated August 24, 1863, adds a few clues and a few more puzzles. In her will, Rosine, “being sick and Feble in body,” makes a plaintive plea that her family “keep and take Good care of the said Rosine Schwarz in all of her affliction and to remain with them during her life.”

She directs that her personal effects be divided equally among three heirs, and leaves small legacies to three others. These first three heirs are congruent with children listed on the 1855 passenger list: her daughter Frederica, now wife of Joseph Myers or Meyers; her son Gottlieb Fritz Schwarz, and her daughter Wilhelmine, wife of Michael Buchwald. She also confirms an earlier gift of a cow to Michael Buchwald.

Three further legatees don’t clearly match anyone on the 1855 passenger list: ”my daughter Catherine Klinger who is married and absent”; my Daughter Kate C. Kruburn who is married and absent”; and my son John Christe by a former husband”. To each she left five dollars if they returned within three years of her death. Prominent Gardenville citizens John Lamley and John Schone witnessed the will.[2]

A German-born farm laborer named Michael Bookwelt, listed in the 1860 census, in the 12^th district, may be the son-in-law named in the will. His household included wife Minia (b. approx. 1830, Germany), a probable corruption of Minna or Mena, which in turn was a typical abbreviation of Wilhelmine. Also in the household was a son, John Bookwelt (b. approx. 1858, MD), and a woman who may have been Mena’s mother, Catharine Swats (b. approx. 1800, Germany). It’s very possible that Catharina, a very common German name, was Rosine’s middle name.

Joseph Myers is probably Joseph J. Meier (b. approx. 1835). A Joseph Meier, age 24, immigrated from Prussia on the bark Maryland on December 16, 1856 [Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872, NARA series number M255, Microfilm number 11, list number 26]. He appears as Joseph Myer, gardener, in the 1870 census of Baltimore County’s 12^th district, Little Gunpowder post office [1870 Federal Census, Baltimore Co., 12^th District, Little Gunpowder post office, p.158]. His wife is listed as “Frederick,” clearly a corruption of Friederike, age 41. The Sohns and the Langenfelders were near neighbors.

One mystery: Rosine Friederike Schwarz Meier is buried at Jerusalem Lutheran Church, with her daughter and son-in-law, Anna Meier Meise and George Meise, while Joseph Meier is buried at the Catholic cemetery across the street, Most Holy Redeemer, along with son and daughter-in-law William H. Meier and Anna B. Meier.

Rosine [Catherine] Schwarz (b. approx. 1800, Hohenacker, Wurttemburg; d. bet. August and November 1863, Baltimore Co., MD) She is buried in the cemetery of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her children were:

1. Rosine Friederike Schwarz (b. October 22, 1828, Hohenacker. Wurttemberg; d.

March 16, 1907, Baltimore Co., MD) m. Joseph J. Meier approx. 1859 (b.

September 22, 1835 or 1836, Prussia; d. March 13, 1913, Baltimore Co., MD) We

believe that Friederike Wilhelmine Gnamm, who married Albrecht Vogt, was

Rosine Friederike’s daughter by a previous marriage. Joseph was a market gardener

in the Gardenville area. The Meier farm was located on Radecke Avenue, near the

Koppelman farms. Rosine Friederike Meier is buried at Jerusalem Lutheran

Church; Joseph is buried at across the street at Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery,

Baltimore MD. Their children were Mary, Anna, and William. In his will, Joseph

left the farm to his son William, and $400 each to Mary, Anna, Friederike Wilhelmine

Vogt (his stepdaughter), and to the pastor of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in

Gardenville. All the rest of his estate was to be sold and the proceeds divided

between William, Mary, and Anna[3]:

a. Caroline Maria (Mary) Meier (b. July 1858, Baltimore Co., MD) abt. 1882 m.

John Herman Nortrup (b. Nov 1858, Baltimore Co., MD), a market gardener,

son of Katherine Margaretha Nortrup and Harman Heinrich Nortrup. He

may have been the brother of, or related to, Jeannetta Schaub Nortrup’s

husband, Henry. According to the 1900 census, Mary had nine children, of whom

seven survived to that date, John Henry, Harmon, Charles, Mary,

Barbara, Anna, and Margaret:

1. John Henry Nortrup (b. Nov 1882, Baltimore Co., MD) m. Elizabeth C. (b.

abt. 1883, MD) In 1930 John Nortrup was a salesman at a produce stand.

They lived on Beech Avenue in Overlea, south of Belair Road and had two

children, Raymond and Marie:

a. Raymond H. Nortrup (b. 25 Apr 1914, MD; d. Dec 1977, Baltimore,

MD)[4] Raymond Nortrup served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945.

b. Marie E. Nortrup (b. abt. 1916, MD)

2. Harman Nortrup (b. Dec 1885, Baltimore Co., MD) m. Margaret D. (b.

abt. 1888, MD) In 1930, Harman Nortrup was a prosperous produce dealer.

They lived on Belair Road, next door to electrician Casper and Christina

Sippel, and had two sons, Elmer and Herbert:

a. Elmer A. Nortrup (b. 28 Oct 1911, MD; d. May 1977, Baltimore, MD[5])

b. Herbert W. Nortrup (b. 14 May 1913, MD; d. 1 Feb 1999, Brooklyn,

Kings Co., NY?)

3. Charles Nortrup (b. 15 Nov 1888, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Feb 1973,

Baltimore, MD) In 1942, when he registered for the “Old Man’s Draft,” he

worked at the Guilford Avenue plant of Crown Cork and Seal Co., and lived at

4900 Walther Avenue.

4. Mary Nortup (b. March 1892, Baltimore Co., MD)

5. Barbara Nortrup (b. July 1895, Baltimore Co., MD)

6. Anna Nortrup (b. Aug 1896, Baltimore Co., MD)

7. Margaret (Maggie) H. Meier (b. August 1899, Baltimore Co., MD) m.

Clinton J. Weimeister (b. abt. 1895, MD) In 1930, he was employed as a

plasterer; they lived on Kenwood Avenue, and had two daughters, Naomi and

Rosalie:

a. Naomi M. Weimeister (b. abt. 1923, MD)

b. E. Rosalie Weimeister (b. abt. 1925, MD)

b. Anna M. Meier (b. February 26, 1865 or 1866, Baltimore Co., MD; d. February

22, 1917, Baltimore Co., MD) m. George H. Meise approx. 1902 (b. April 19,

1864, Baltimore Co., MD; d. March 18, 1923, Baltimore, MD) George H.

Meise, son of farmer Andrew Meise (b. November 27, 1837; d. August 26,

1903, Baltimore Co., MD) and Barbara Sippel Meise (b. January 3, 1844; d.

January 26, 1905, Baltimore Co., MD), was a farm laborer on the Meier farm on

Radecke Ave., and boarded with them before marrying Anna Meier. Anna and

George Meise are buried near his parents and her mother at Jerusalem Lutheran

Church. They had two children, Emma and William:

1. Emma Meise (b. September 23, 1902, Baltimore Co., MD; d. September

1988, Baltimore, MD) m. quarry worker Thomas H. Comes (b. March 22,

1902, Baltimore Co.; d. December 1989, Baltimore, MD) At the time of their

deaths, they lived in the Baltimore community of Notthingham, in the vicinity of

Belair Road and Silver Spring Road.[6]

2. William J. Meise (b. approx. 1908, Baltimore Co., MD)

c. William Henry Meier (b. March 30, 1874, Baltimore Co., MD; d.; 1962,

Baltimore, MD) m. Anna B. approx. 1902 (b. 1877, Germany; d. 1961, Baltimore,

MD) They are buried at Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Baltimore.

William was a truck farmer on Radecke Avenue. They had four children, of

whom three have been identified in the census records: Joseph William,

Gertrude, and Margaret:

1. Joseph William Meier (b. March 15, 1902, Baltimore Co., MD; d. February

1986) m. Catherine Ann Worline (sometimes spelled Worlein or Wohrline)

approx. 1928 (b. July 26, 1899, MD; d. April 2, 1976, Baltimore, MD) Joseph

worked as a deliveryman for Koontz Creamery and Sealtest Dairy. Baptized at

St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, she was the granddaughter of

John Wohrline (b. approx. 1815, Bavaria or Holland) and Josephine

Wohrline (b. Bavaria or Holland), In 1870, Wohrline was a shoemaker in the

11^th district. In 1880, he was a 12^th district Farmer. Catherine’s parents,

John Worline (b. approx. 1857, MD; d. January 6, 1932, Baltimore, MD;

buried Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery[7]) and Catherine Klein Worline (b.

approx. 1862, MD; d. 9 December 1931, Baltimore, MD[8]) Worlines continued

to farm in the Gardenville area at least through the 1930s.When Joseph and

Catherine died, they were living in Gardenville, close to Belair Road, near Saint

Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church. They may have been members of

St. Anthony’s, since her funeral was held there, and a number of their children

were baptized there.[9] They are buried at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic

Cemetery, Baltimore. They had four children, Joseph Henry, Robert,

Margaret, and William:

a. Joseph Henry Meier (b. August 15 1929, Baltimore, MD; d. February 6,

2004, West Linn, Oregon) m. Ellen Patricia Fogerty 1955. Joseph Meier

graduated from Polytechnic High School and earned a degree in history

from Loyola College in Maryland. He served with the Maryland Air

National Guard for eight years. Meier went into sales, and eventually

became a sales and distribution executive with Time Inc. in New York. He

moved his family to the Portland, Oregon area in 1977, and developed, alone

and then with partners, INCOR Periodicals Inc., a large and successful

publications distribution firm. He and his wife had four children, two

daughters and two sons[10]:

1. Mary Patricia Cieri

2. Ellen Kathleen Flores

3. Joseph M. Meier

4. Timothy G. Meier

b. Robert H. Meier

c. Margaret Mary Meier (b. July 1931, MD) m. Joesph E. Rolfes (b.

Dec 1926, OH?):

2. Mark R. Rolfes (b. abt. 1963, MD?)

d. William J. Meier

2. Gertrude M. Meier (b. approx. 1904, Baltimore Co., MD)

3. Margaret Meier (b. approx. July 1907, Baltimore Co., MD)

2. Wilhelmine Schwarz (b. approx. 1830, Hohenacker, Wurttemberg) m. Michael

Buchwald (b. approx. 1828, Bayern). A Michael Buchwald from Bayern, born

approx. 1824, arrived on the ship Anna, bound from Bremen, on May 8, 1851

[Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1872, NARA Microfilm Series M255 Roll 8].

Michael Buchwald began as a farm laborer, and eventually became a butcher. They

lived on Belair Road in Gardenville, and had one son:

a. John G. F. Buchwald (b. October 1859, Baltimore Co., MD;d. 7 Feb 1947, Baltimore, MD[11]) m. Elizabeth (b.

September 1874, MD; d. bet. 1920 and 1930) approx. 1895 (a second marriage).

John Buchwald also became a butcher, and also worked as driver of an express

wagon. They lived next door to William F. Schwarz and his son John G.

Schwarz. In the 1930 census, he was living with his daughter Margaret’s family

on Franklin Avenue, a widower. apparently retired. John Buchwald had two

children with his first wife and five with his second:

1. Margaret Buchwald (b. March 1885, Baltimore Co., MD) possibly m.

George C. Koppelman

2. Katharine M. Buchwald (b. September 1887, Baltimore Co., MD)

3. Eleanor E. Buchwald (b. May 1897, Baltimore Co., MD)

4. Minnie F. Buchwald (b. March 1898, Baltimore Co., MD)

5. Gilbert J. Buchwald (b. April 5, 1902, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Feb. 1966,

Baltimore, MD) m. Helen (b. approx. 1908, MD) approx. 1927. In the

1920 census, Gilbert gave his occupation as grocery clerk. In 1930, he was

working as a streetcar motorman. One child is listed in the 1930 census, when

they were living on Bradford St., in the 8^th Ward, in a neighborhood south of

Baltimore Cemetery and east of Gay Street. At the time of his death, Gilbert

lived near Druid Hill Park. Gilbert and Helen’s daughter:

a. Lillian M. Buchwald (b. approx. September 1929, Baltimore, MD)

6. Everett F. Buchwald (b. approx. 1906, Baltimore Co., MD)

7. William Henry Buchwald (b. February 19. 1908, Baltimore Co., MD; d.

February 1976, Baltimore, MD) There is some evidence buried in the

cemetery of Jerusalem Lutheran Church, but there is no marker.[12] At the time

of his death, he lived near Druid Hill Park.[13]

8. Marie A. Buchwald (b. April 2, 1912, Baltimore Co., MD; d. January 10,

1997, Rosedale, Baltimore Co., MD[14]) She may be buried at Jerusalem

Lutheran Church, but there is no marker. See note for John G.F. Buchwald.

3. Gottlieb Friedrich [Fritz; William?] Schwarz (b. December 1, 1832,

Württemberg, Germany; d. November 26, 1880, Baltimore Co., MD) m.

Margaretha A. Blum (b. March 15, 1832, possibly in Kaulhausen, a village west of

Dusseldorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; emigrated 1852; d. January 20,

1906, Baltimore Co., MD) They are buried in the cemetery of Jerusalem Evangelical

Lutheran Church, along with Gottlieb’s mother, Rosine Schwarz.

Although he probably came to Baltimore County in 1855, he as not been located in

the 1860 census. A possible candidate is a “Frederick Swats,” working as a farm

laborer in the household of a wealthy 12^th District German farmer named Henry

Chrissoff.

He has been identified with some certainty in the 1870 census of the 12^th district as

“William Swatts,” market gardener, with wife Margaret and children William,

Caroline, and John—whose names and ages correspond with those we know from

later censuses and family memories. His household is next to that of John Lamley,

one of the witnesses to his mother’s will. This census introduces a new puzzle: along

with their own children, two children named Taylor are listed as living in their

household: Henry Taylor (b. approx. 1857, MD) and Elizabeth Taylor (b. approx.

1861, MD). Both children’s parents were born in Germany. One possibility is that

Margaret Schwarz had been married before. A Godfrey Taylor (b. approx. 1829,

Bavaria) is listed in the 1860 census, working as a house carpenter in Baltimore, with

wife Margaret (b. approx. 1835, Cohassen) and a son, John (b. approx. 1857, MD).

Baltimore County land records contain an 1865 deed for an unspecified amount of l

land near Belair Road, on the edge of Johns Hopkins’ estate, in which Gottlieb F.

Schwarz took over several mortgages from the owners, John and Elizabeth Christ

(20 Mar 1865, Liber JHL No. 44 Folio 233 ff.). Schwarz also appears to have made

a cash payment to the Christs of $2,000, and taken over a yearly rental payment of

$100. The two mortgages were from the Mechanics Building Assoc. #5 of Baltimore:

one for $2,500 and one for $1,750. The land bordered a parcel leased by Jacob

Ellinger to Henry Wurten, and an unnamed road laid out by the Baltimore

Company.

In 1880 Gottlieb Schwarz was still a market farmer in the east part of the 12^th district

of Baltimore County, in a now-forgotten village called Georgetown, clustered at the

crossroads of Belair Road and Erdman Avenue. (Georgetown was named for three

of its most prominent denizens: George Lamley, George Brehm, and George

Erdman.) Gottlieb and Margaret had five children, of whom four survived, William

F. Schwarz, Caroline M. Schwarz Fischer, John Christian Schwarz, and

Wilhelmine Friederike (Minnie) Schwarz Bauer:

1. William Frederick Schwarz (b. September 24, 1860, MD; d. May 3, 1938,

Baltimore, MD) m. Johannah Maria Rommel, known as Hannah approx. 1882 (b.

January 18, 1861 Germany; emigrated 1873; d. May 1, 1947, Baltimore, MD), the

daughter of Anna Catherine Rommel (b. approx. 1827, Saxony) and market

gardener George Simon or Samuel Rommel (b. approx. 1820, Saxony or Bavaria)

George came to Baltimore alone on May 13, 1872, on the ship Sirius out of Bremen;

his wife and children followed a year later, in September 1873, on the bark

Freihandel, also out of Bremen. By 1880, he had a small farm in the 12^th district.

Hannah, however, is not with the family. She may have gone out to work at a

brewery nearby on Belair Road. The 1880 census for the village of San Domingo,

Belair Road at North Avenue,just outside the city, lists a Hanna Rumel working as a

servant in the household of brewery proprietor Franz Schlaffen. The Schwarz farm

was located in another Belair Road village, Georgetown, located around Erdman

Avenue, and with William passing to and from the city produce markets, stopping for

a beer on a hot day at a brewery beer garden as many farmers did, it would have

been easy for them to meet. They may also have both attended Jerusalem Lutheran

Church.

While William began as a truck farmer on Belair Road (inherited from his father?),

by 1930 he was in the a gravel and sand business and had a home worth $14,000 next

door to his two sons and their families. They lived all their lives at 2340 (“the small

house” and 2326 (“the big house”) Belair Road. They are buried in Parkwood

Cemetery, Parkville, MD. William and Hannah had four children, John, George,

Caroline and Margarita, all baptized at Jerusalem Lutheran Church:

a. John Gottlieb Schwarz (b. October 3, 1883, Baltimore Co., MD; d.?) m.

Amelia Weilbrenner on September 27, 1906, at her home in Raspeburg (b.

August 7, 1885, MD; d.?) A photo of the couple, taken around 1906, Amelia is a

very pretty, fashionably dressed young woman with a mischievous turn to her lips.

John G. Schwarz worked as a butcher, first for J.E Schaninger & Co., then with a

partner in Anger & Schwarz. After 1913, he had his own business, with a larger

stall in Belair Market. John and Amelia had three daughters:

1. Margreta Amelia Schwarz (b. June 28, 1910, Baltimore Co., MD) m. 1)

Lewis George Ven Douern on September 3, 1934 (b. October 3, 1913, MD;

d. June 1, 1961, Baltimore, MD; buried at Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville,

MD) (no children); 2) Bryant C. “Doc” Vinson (b. August 9, 1909,

Loachapoka, Alabama; d. June 16, 1982, Baltimore, MD), a widower with a

successful veterinary practice. They had no children. Vinson is buried with his

first wife at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Baltimore Co., MD.

2. Elma Mary Schwarz (b. August 28, 1916, Baltimore, MD) m. William

Vincent Quinn (b. September 7, 1911) on September 12, 1933 in Alexandria,

VA. They have three children, eight grandchildren (including Erin Sullivan[15])

and five great-grandchildren.

3. Gloria Jean Schwarz (b. November 2, 1924, Baltimore, MD; d. January 7,

1998, Baltimore, MD) m. Earl F. Malwitz (b. approx. 1924, MD), the son of

East Prussian immigrant lithographer Edward Arthur Malwitz (b. 4 Aug

1884, Germany) and Rosa M. Vogt (b. March 1885, Baltimore Co., MD).

Earl served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and remains an

avid pilot. Earl and Gloria had two children:

a. John E. Malwitz

b. Leslie Malwitz

b. George W. Schwarz (b. August 20, 1890, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. Feburary

1964, Baltimore, MD) m. Anna Leona C. Breeback (b. February 15,

1893, Baltimore, MD; d.September 14, 1990, Fallston, MD) Leona was the

daughter of Catherine Breeback (b. October 12, 1859, MD) and Rudolph H.

Breeback (b. May 9, 1859, MD), a confectioner. George Schwarz worked with

his father in their gravel and sand business. Their children were:

1. Thelma C. Schwarz (b. 1914, Baltimore, MD; d.?) m. Nolte, a son of

Augusta A. Nolte (b. approx. 1888, MD) and Henry Frederick Nolte (b.

April 11, 1986, MD; d. February 1970, MD), a box manufacturer and movie

theater operator, who are buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

2. Gladys L. Schwarz (b. approx. 1912, Baltimore, MD; d.?) m. Carroll W.

Bish (b. December 11, 1909, MD; d. October 1974, Baltimore, MD) the son

of baker George W. Bish (b. approx. 1886, MD) Family history remembers

Carroll Bish as the owner of a pie factory. They had one son:

a. Donald William Bish (b. approx. 1932, MD?) m. Ann S.? (b. approx.

1934)

c. Caroline A. Schwarz (b. January 7, 1887, Baltimore Co., MD; d. October, 1975,

Baldwin, MD) m. Henry Frank Emmel (b. October 30, 1883, MD), a truck

farmer in Baldwin, in Baltimore Count11^th district, about 1909. Their children

were:

1. Mildred M. Emmel (b. approx. 1915, Baltimore Co., MD) m. O. Clayton

2. Earl S. Emmel (b. March 10, 1923, Baltimore Co., MD; d. May 18, 2005,

Fallston, MD)

3. Alvan G. Emmel (b. March 10. 1923, Baltimore Co., MD; d. May 6, 2003,

Baldwin, MD) m. Mildred Greenfield:

a. Mark Emmel

d. Margarita (Rita) Schwarz (b.August 14, 1894, Baltimore, MD; d.May 1984,

Baltimore, MD) m. George Nossett, Jr. (b. March 2, 1889, Fredericksburg,

VA), the son of an undertaker, George Nossett (b. approx. 1860, VA) George

Nossett, Jr. worked various jobs, including lithographer at A. Hoen and Co., auto

mechanic, and filling station clerk.

2. Carolina M. Schwarz (b. August 12, 1866, Baltimore Co., MD; d. July 12, 1928,

Baltimore, MD) m. Henry Fischer approx. 1900 (b. June 10, 1864, Hessen,

Germany; d. August 11, 1928, Baltimore, MD). Henry Fischer grew and sold

flowers. They lived on Sinclair Lane, just down the street from Caroline’s brother,

John, and his family. Carolina and Henry Fischer had no children. They are buried in

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