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Gustav Bernhard Wagner |
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Non-Chess Life
Ships’ passenger lists record merchant Gustav Bernhard Wagner (which is how he signed his own name), of Leipzig, frequently coming and going between Germany (usually from/to Hamburg, but also via Antwerp) and England (usually to/from Hull, but also London) from 1837 to 1841.
On arrival on 23/01/1840 at London from Antwerp aboard the Princess Victoria, he was said, in the “Remarks” column of his certificate of arrival, to have “left May last”, seemingly meaning England rather than Germany was by then his primary country of residence.
The 1841 census caught “independent” 25-year-old Gustav B. Wagner, a native of foreign parts, living at Brunswick Street, Leeds. His age will have been expressed in whole multiples of 5, so his year of birth was probably from 1811 to 1816. His place of birth is likely to have been Leipzig as that was his place of residence given in arrival lists etc, when it was mentioned.
No further trace of him seems to exist in England censuses etc, so he possibly returned for good to Germany at some time from 1844 to 1851.
Death
He probably died in Germany.
Chess
“G. B. Wagner” attended the 1842 annual meeting of the Yorkshire Chess Association at Halifax, when he was described as from “Hamburgh”.
“G. B. Wagner” was a subscriber to Robert Alexander Brown’s book “Chess Problems” (1844), where he was said to be of Leeds.
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Created 17/05/2013 |
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Last Updated 17/05/2013 |