Franz Wilhelm Brock
Franz Wilhelm Brock (born March 24, 1823 in Ahlen ; † July 8, 1897 ) was a German entrepreneur and local politician in Ahlen, Westphalia, Germany .
Live and act
The son of Joan Anton Brock and Anna Christina Elisabeth, née Veltman, and father of three daughters and five sons, is one of the co-founders of the enamel industry in Ahlen . He was a self-employed coppersmith with a coppersmith's shop in Klostergasse in Ahlen . In 1848 he started as the first metalworking company in Ahlen with the production of tinned, later enamelled cookware. From 1858 to 1870 and from 1878 to 1883 he was alderman and deputy to the mayor of Ahlen. Franz Wilhelm Brock married twice. Maria Elisabeth Theresia Schiff in 1851 and Anna Katharina Kranz in 1862 after his first wife died in 1861. He died on July 8, 1897 of pneumonia in Ahlen.
literature
- Heimat-Museum Ahlen, enamel industry in Ahlen since 1877, 17 May - 23 August 1987, an exhibition of the Heimatmuseum der Stadt Ahlen (Westf.)
- Jürgen Rheker: He was from Ahlen - and not a newcomer! New knowledge about Wilhelm Brock - pioneer of the Ahlen enamel industry. In: The winged eel, Heimatliches from Ahlen - Vorhelm - Dolberg, No. 24, 2005, pp. 75–84.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to ancestry.com
- ↑ Heimat-Museum-Ahlen, enamel industry in Ahlen since 1877.
- ↑ The winged eel. Homeland from Ahlen - Vorhelm - Dolberg, No. 24.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Brock, Franz Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Awls |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1897 |
| Place of death | Awls |