William Henry O'Swald [SEP] place of death
William Henry O'Swald
William Henry O'Swald ( August 23, 1832, Blankenese – May 7, 1923, Hamburg) was a Hamburg overseas merchant and Senator.
William Henry O'Swald's father was Johan Carl Heinrich Wilhelm O'Swald (1798–1859) a Prussian who in 1831 founded the company O'Swald & Co in Hamburg. In 1847 the company began trade with Zanzibar, Lagos and Palma. The main office was in Zanzibar. Particularly successful was the "cowry trade" (Kaurischneckenhandel), the use of Shell money for trade.
and later still, Kirribilli. Mr. Bligh occupied the house, which he named "Trelawney" until his death in 1904. Hocken is buried in the heritage cemetery at St Thomas' Cemetery, North Sydney, NSW.
On his death his share of the whole property passed to his sons, Henry Albury Bligh (b: Bef. 22 Sep 1862 in Albury, New South Wales, NSW, Australia d: Bef. 15 Sep 1928 in Wyong, NSW) and William Milson Bligh (b: 1867 in St