(I was hoping someone could tell me what a tinoned was because I don’t know. My guess would be that they worked with tin, i.e., tin smiths.)
Andreas Mielke and Sandra Yelton had information about the London (England) German churches. One of these is the Hamburg Lutheran Church, which existed to serve the needs of the permanent German residents in London, plus those on temporary duty there. The microfilm of the records for this church came in and I spent some time reading the information. It went fast because the writing was good and it was in English (usually).
Often, the occupations of the people were given. Here are some of them:
| Physician | Surgeon | Apothecary | Spinnet Maker |
| Chaplain | Coachman 1 | Button Maker | Posement Maker 2 |
| Count | Tailor | Watchman | Swedish Resident |
| Soldier | Shoe Lapper | Clerk | Postillion 3 |
| Labourer | Bookkeeper | Shipper | Periwig 4 Maker |
| Silversmith | Laceman | Showman | One of the Palatines 5 |
| Sugar Boiler | Goldsmith | Shoemaker | Quack Doctor 6 |
| Artist | Jeweler |
Many of these are mentioned more than once but several of the people appear over and over. There was a permanent core of people.
The range of social standings was tremendous. It ranged from a Count to day laborer.
The localities where the people lived are mentioned as an aid to identifying them. Some of the names are:
James Street,
Blackfriars,
Lovelane,
Kensington Square,
Charing Cross,
Lincoln Fields,
Red Lyon Square, and
"Upon London Bridge".
The man who was a postillion lived "in Threadneedle Street over against the Angel & Crown".
One of the names that occurs very often is Schütz. This set me to thinking of John Michael Stoltz who had a land patent in 1725 in Hanover County, Virginia. As I reflect on this, it would have possible for some of the Germans living in London to decide to move on to Virginia. Germans who had made the move initially to England may have moved on then to Virginia. The first entry in the Hamburg Lutheran Church is for 1669. There must have been a need at that date for the church to have been started.
Later, a relative of one of our Germanna citizens lived in London. This was Rudolph Ladenberger, whose niece, Friedrika, married Francis Jacoby in St. Martins in the Field Church. Rudolph was a wine merchant who apparently spent most of his adult life in London.
(07 Nov 03)
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