Schwatlo (Family : Schwatlo, Siegfried Carl, 1899-1988)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1899 - 1988
Biography
The Schwatlo family were residents of Germany in the 20th century.
Siegfried Carl Schwatlo was born on November 17, 1899, in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, to Carl Otto Schwatlo and Gertrude Friederike Auguste Retter. Joachim Hans Dietrich Schwatlo-Gesterding was born on March 2, 1903, in Stralsund, Germany, to Siegfried Schwatlo and Lucie Gesterding. Joachim married Doris Walther on April 17, 1937 in Berlin, Germany. The couple had no children. Siegfried and Joachim shared the same grandparents, Carl Schwatlo and Mathilde Wilhelmine Walther.
Citation:
Familysearch, April 11, 2023 (Siegfried Carl Schwatlo was born on November 17, 1899, in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, to Carl Otto Schwatlo and Gertrude Friederike Auguste Retter. Joachim Hans Dietrich Schwatlo-Gesterding was born on March 2, 1903, in Stralsund, Germany, to Siegfried Schwatlo and Lucie Gesterding. Joachim married Doris Walther on April 17, 1937 in Berlin, Germany. The couple had no children. Siegfried and Joachim shared the same grandparents, Carl Schwatlo and Mathilde Wilhelmine Walther)Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Schwatlo family letters
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239125328]
Identifier: MSS 9588
Scope and Contents
Contains family correspondence in two subsets: 111 letters and postcards written between Joachim Schwatlo-Gesterding and his wife Doris, or from Joachim to a "Peterchen" ("little Peter," possibly Doris's son from her previous marriage) or the odd family member or friend, mostly while he was a prisoner of war in Russia (in Moscow and nearby Lager'), between January 1944 and September 1955; and 58 letters and postcards written to Siegfried Carl Schwatlo (and/or occasionally Pearl before they...
Dates:
1939-1955
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections