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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
Occupation: View on Image
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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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