Johann Hinrich Schweffel II.
Johann Hinrich Schweffel II (born June 27, 1751 in Kiel ; † September 5, 1808 there ) was a German businessman.
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Johann Hinrich Schweffel II. Was a son of Johann Schweffel I and his wife Anna Margarethe Schultz, née Hegen. He had two siblings who died early. When his parents married in 1747, he became a partner of his father, who ran a trading business in Kiel and also did banking. Schweffel II later took over a trading business for spices, iron and coal. The iron trade later became less important for him.
On February 17, 1792 Schweffel II married Lucia Christina Struve (1756-1805), whose father Paul Hinrich Struve was a Commerce Assesor. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived their father. The eldest son Franz Peter (born April 27, 1792) moved to Amsterdam and worked there as a merchant. The younger son Johann Schweffel III. continued his father's business.
literature
- Hedwig Sievert: Schweffel, Johann Hinrich II. In: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Biographisches Lexikon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, p. 244
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| SURNAME | Schweffel, Johann Hinrich II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1808 |
| Place of death | Kiel |