Charles Henry Nimitz
| Charles Henry Nimitz | |
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| Texas Legislature, District 89 | |
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In office 1890–1892 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Karl Heinrich Nimitz November 9, 1826 Bremen, Germany |
| Died | April 28, 1911 (aged 84) Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place |
Der Stadt Friedhof 30°16′16″N 98°51′42″W / 30.27111°N 98.86167°WCoordinates: 30°16′16″N 98°51′42″W / 30.27111°N 98.86167°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Dorothea Mueller |
| Children | Twelve (Nine reached adulthood): Ernest Albert (1849–1928) Anna Nauwald (1850–1933) Charles Henry Jr.(1852–1928) Chester Bernard (1855–1884) Lina Meusebach (1862–1952) William (1864–1943) Meta Wahrmund (1867–1903) Two more daughters |
| Parents | Karl Heinrich Nimitz Sr. Dorothea Magdalena Dressel |
Charles Henry Nimitz (born Karl Heinrich Nimitz; November 9, 1826 – April 28, 1911) was born in Bremen, Germany, the son of a merchant seaman. He also went to sea before the Nimitz family immigrated to South Carolina in the early 1840s, and later became part of the Adelsverein colonization experiment in the newly annexed state of Texas. He was the grandfather of, and role model for, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. In 1852, he built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas in the United States. The hotel he built now houses the National Museum of the Pacific War. The Nimitz Hotel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989, Marker number 10089. Nimitz was elected to the Twenty-second Texas Legislature in 1890, representing Gillespie, Comal and Blanco counties, which constituted District 89.
Karl Heinrich Nimitz Jr. was born in Bremen in Germany on November 9, 1826, to merchant seaman Karl Heinrich Nimitz Sr. and his wife Dorothea Magdalena Dressel.
The Nimitz roots can be traced to membership in Knights of the Sword in the 13th Century. In 1644, Major Ernst von Nimitz served under Carl Gustav Wrangel of Sweden. Major Nimitz relocated in 1648 to an area near Hanover, Germany. Later generations became cloth merchants and dropped the "von" from the family name. Karl Heinrich Nimitz Sr. left the mercantile business and became a merchant seaman. Karl Jr. followed in his footsteps at age 14.
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