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Louis KIRCHMANN [1840-1891]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Kirchmann
Given: 
Louis
Birth
Date: 
1840-05-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Eckernfoerde
Death
Date: 
1891-12-01
Other
Other reference: 
Freemasons

Louis Kirchmann (1840-1891) born in Eckernfoerde near Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, was one of a group of tough early tavern keepers, who had Chinese wives. Kirchmann held the licence for The Land We Live In from 1871 until his death in 1891. He and the Swede, John Olson, licence holder of the National Hotel (1866-1885), were close neighbours in Ladder Street Terrace living in nos. 1 and 4 respectively.  Kirchmann’s countryman, C.F.W.

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