I’ve read that Thieme & Schlegelmich was founded by Louis Schlegelmilch, Heinrich Schlegelmilch and possibly others but it was founded by Adolph Thieme, or his son Adolph?? or Widow Thieme and Friedrich Wilhelm Schlegelmilch in 1852. I don’t think the Nimrod Gewehrfabrik was founded until circa 1888.
I haven’t connected Friedrich Wilhelm Schlegelmich and Ernst Friedrich Schlegelmilch just yet, but here is some info on Ernst Friedrich’s line. At some point earlier I think a Schlegelmilch married into the Triebel klan. August Louis(Nov. 22nd, 1868 – May 1st, 1945-Berlin) was the son of Ernst Friedrich Schlegelmilch(1820-1881) & Friederike Luise Kessler(1826-1892). August Louis(1868-1945) married Marie Bertha-Anna Bästlein(1873-1944) and had a son named Franz August Ernst Schlegelmilch(June 21st, 1897 and died in Hamburg in 1945). Gottlieb Schlegelmilch(1860-1927) was also one of Ernst Friedrich & Friederike Luise Schlegelmilch and was married to Maria Bornmüller(1862-1941), daughter of Oswald Bornmüller(1818-1895) and Matilde Jung(1825-1899). Gottlieb’s grandson Hans Wald Schlegelmilch(March 1917), son of Otto & Reinhilde Ledermann Schlegelmilch, married Lina Funk(July 2nd, 1918). Robert was also a son of Ernst Friedrich & Friederike Kessler Schlemelgich and I guess him to possibly the the eldest and to have been born circa 1850 as I assume his parents to have married in the mid to late 1840s. This Schlegelmilch klan called Heinrichs home which is about 2 miles West of Suhl. Later Robert Schlegelmilch is listed as having his residence in Meiningen which is about 12 miles West, SW of Suhl. I've read that beginning in the 1860s that German was seeing some sort of effect from Colonization and may have been the beginning of outsourcing of components and raw material. I don't think rail reached Suhl into the 1880s and evidently a Landfuhrmann was a common title which I think to mean ox cart owner or something of the like. In the mid 1800s, Heinrich and Paul Schlegelmilch were both listed as landfuhrmann(I'll accept the correct translation). Raw material and such were moved to and fro by carts and during the mid 1800s accounts give materials being moved night and day. This was just before a conflict so I assmue arms production was spooling up. For now I can't tell if one of the Schlegelmilchs folk had a mine or not or was just moving raw materials to their processing facility.
Other partnerships were:
Suhler Waffenfabrik Schlegelmilch & Metzner,
Mann & Schlegelmilch - Mechanical Engineers - Gottlieb Emil Schlegelmilch & Friedrich Alexander Mann -
http://www.google.com/patents?id=jLl1AAA...y_r&cad=0_0 Gunsmith Heinrich Ernst Schlegelmilch –
http://www.google.com/patents?id=UsZgAAA...cad=0_0#PPA3,M1 http://www.google.com/patents?id=izRoAAA...cad=0_0#PPA1,M1 Robert Schlegelmilch who looks to be on the mechanical side:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=c2pOAAA...cad=0_0#PPA1,M1 . For now I don't know if there was only one Robert or possibly another.
Circa 1890 Karl Schlegelmilch is listed as a factory owner. Now there is a Carl Schlegelmilch, along with Erdmann Schlegelmilch, who were in the porcelain business.
There was a Stephan H.(Heinrich??) Schlegelmilch who was involved in machine tooling in the late 1890s.
Circa 1850 Caspar Schlegelmilch was listed as a master borer. He may have had a son named Caspar as their is a listing of Caspar Schlegelmilch post WWI, owned by Ernst Wilhelm Schlegelmilch.
If anyone has any Thieme & Schlegelmilch or other Schlegelmilch examples, I'd ask that you post pics if you can.
Here's a few from Gunbroker with one being Thieme & Dorr -
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=131716779Thieme & Schlegelmilch - 16 bore double -
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=131987576 Kind Regards,
Raimey
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