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About Gerhard (1819) & Elise Lomer of Montreal
This site describes the family, both ancestors and descendants, of F. Gerhard LOMER (1819-1895), furrier of Montreal, New York and Leipzig and later Prussian Consul to Canada, and of his wife J. "Elise" SCHULTZE, along with a number of individuals from the lines of Gerhard's brothers Heinrich and Andreas as well. Its focus is on the 1800's when, despite the absence of modern transportation, the LOMER family was already engaged in far-flung enterprises across the world, Gerhard himself making trans-Atlantic and other voyages on a near yearly basis throughout his life. If some of those branches have lost contact with each other over the years, this site may help them re-establish and share some of their common history.
Much of the information here was gathered while researching information on James
CORISTINE (1837-1908), an Irish immigrant to Canada who was Gerhard's business
partner and, later, his successor in the Montreal fur business. Gerhard shared with
James the benefits of advanced fur dying techniques perfected back in Leipzig that
far surpassed traditional North American methods. The latter research resulted in
the 2009 book From Griffintown to the Square Mile: The Life of James Coristine
(ISBN 978-0-9813117-0-8) and the sister website to this one, Coristine & Bate Family
History. The book in particular provides information and images of the pair's
early days in Montreal and the facilities both men used in their fur and felt
manufacturing and wholesale business.
Only some of the photos and documents on the persons included here have been posted, due to space and time restrictions (I'm no Max Planck!) and I still have valuable information in emails, etc, that I have yet to incorporate into the notes, so please be patient as the site evolves and the last of its errors and omissions are hunted down and fixed. If you would like to provide feedback, there are links to the guestbook and to contact me, its webmaster, at the top of this page. I hope you'll find something of interest!
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Getting Around There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.
In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool. |
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