Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Schwartze

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm was born on October 11th, 1816 in Verden dom.¹   Johann Heinrich Wilhelm's father was Carl Christoph Ferdinand Schwartze and his mother was Metta Eleonora Anna Regina Koch.  His paternal grandfather was Johann Franz Schwartze; his maternal grandparents were Christian Gottlieb Koch and Catherina Margaretha Dorothea Maria Koch. He had six brothers and a sister, named Johann Franz Ferdinand, Friederich Christian, Carl Gottlieb, Carl August Hermann, Georg Wilhelm Heinrich, Wilhelm Heinrich and Anna Sophia Maria Elisabeth.  He was the third oldest of the eight children. He had five half-brothers and a half-sister, named Stillborn, Carl Ernest Julius, Carl Wilhelm Ernst, August Christian Eduard, Hermann Heinrich and Anna Dorothea Auguste.¹