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Otto Ludolph Gerhard Schnelle was born, according to Stig Egede-Nissen, in 1779 in Celle in Lünenburg, Germany. According to Wiesener he was born in 1663; Johan Martens says he was born in 1771. According to the census of 1801, he was 31 years old then, lending credence to Martens claim. He was the son of Herr Ludwig Schnelle and N.N. Johannesdatter Cappe. Wiesener says that his mother was the sister of merchant Gerhard Jochum (Joachim) Cappe, who came to Bergen about 1750 and became a citizen on 21 July, 1761.
It has not been possible to track down the origin of this family Schnelle in Germany. Through correspondence with diverse church offices and archives in Germany, a priestly family in Hanover has been found in Dassel. There a David Schnelle was rector during the 1650s and 1660s, and a number of his children were baptized in Dassel during this period. One of his sons was named pastor in Ellensen near Dassel in 1702, Christoph David (Daniel) Schnelle, born in 1667. During the years 1774 to 1785 the parish registers for Dassel name one Friedrich Christi. Ludwig Schnelle was father to a number of children wo were baptized during this period. In one instance a amtsferwalter Schnelle was named as a godfather.
He came to Bergen and was, while very young, adopted by his mother’s brother, the Hanseatic merchant Gerhard Cappe, and became an associé (Associate) in the firm Cappe & Son. Bergens Borgerbok records his citizenship as merchant on 13 February, 1794. After Cappe’s death he took over the firm. It’s no surprise, therefore, to find at assembly at Indre Elgsnes in KvFfjord on April 28, 1801 a mortgage read out in which Hans Walsre had borrowed (on credit) 3,000 Riksdalers from Gerhard Cappe and Gerhard Schnelle on September 8, 1800.
In 1795 he married Marianne Svane in Bergen, Norway and with her had eight children: 1) Gerhard Joachim Cappe Schnelle, born in 1794 and married to Cathrine Lexau, with the following children: a) Gerhard Schnelle, married to Miss Krüger; b) Sara Schnelle, married to Didrik Martens; c) Dorthea Schnelle, married to N.N. Iversen; d) Cathrine Schnelle, not married; e) Adolph Schnelle; f) Caroline Schnelle; g) Julia Schnelle; h) Carl Schnelle. 2) Claus Schnelle.
3) Elisa Schnelle, born in 1796, married to G. Brandis with the following children: a) Gerhard Brandis, married Miss Christiansen; b) Adolphe Brandis, married to F. Schuman; c) Rosalio Brandis, married to P.S. Boalth; d) Othilia Schnelle, not married. Elisa Schnelle remarried C. Tresselt and had these other children: e) Carl Tresselt, married to Miss Holst; f) Mathilde Tresselt, unmarried; g) Julius Tresselt, not married; h) Emil Tresselt, not married. 4) Johanne Christine Schnelle, born in 1799 and married to Michael Schram with one daughter, Henriette Margrethe Schram, married to lawyer Eilertsen.
5) Johan Joachim Schnelle, died young. 6) Johan Joachim Schnelle, born 3 May, 1803 and dead 29 November, 1865. His children were a) Otto Ludolph Gerhard Schnelle, born 18 April, 1832; b) Peter Lexau Schnelle, born in 1833 and dead in 1849. 7) Sara Schnelle, born in 1804 and married to Ernst Meyer with the following children: a) Marianne Meyer, not married; b) Emilie Meyer, not married; c) Sarine Meryer, married to goldsmith Halvorsen; d) Adolph Schnelle, married in Gothenburg, Sweden; e) Otto Schnelle, not married; f) Gunhilde Schnelle, not married. This family was living in Gothenborg, Sweden in 1866. 8) Adolph Schnelle, born in 1805 and dead in Tiflis, Georgia, not married. In addition, six children died as infants.
The difficulties with receivables during the war resulted in the firm going bankrupt in 1810 despite outstanding accounts receivables of 45,000 riksdaler. Schnelle then went to Russia with his youngest son Adolph, who died in 1830 in Tiflis, Georgia. Russia, at that time, was allied with the Danish-Norwegian union. He undertook many types of investments but was always unlucky. “But he never gave up, and his interesting letters to his children and relatives in Bergen are a sign of a surprising perseverance in the face of adversity.” Not before 1831 did he return for good to Bergen. He tried numerous times to become “vare- og vekselmegler” (foreign exchange broker?), but without luck. But in 1838 he was at last appointed shipping broker in Bergen. As a privileged shipping broker, He had offices and lived at Strandgaten 168 (Rode 2, nr. 20) inside Tollbodalmenningen. Prior to his appointment he could be found in 1814, a merchant, on the farm Holmedalen on Tyskebryggen.
According to Stig Egede-Nissen, he died August 8, 1845 in Bergen, Norway. However, another record shows him being buried on July 25, 1845 and his estate being administered on August 27, 1845.
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1779 - 1845 (66 år)