Please translate if you can into English
August Wilhelm Homeyer war der Sohn des Wolgaster Kaufmanns und Reeders
Johann Friedrich Homeyer (17531818) und dessen Frau Sophie Dorothea
(17611803), Tochter des Wolgaster Archidiakons Paul Martin Droysen. Als der
Vater mit den Kindern 1806 wegen der drohenden Besetzung Schwedisch-Pommerns
ins Exil nach Göteborg ging, musste August Wilhelm dort seine in Wolgast
begonnene Schulbildung abschließen und erhielt dann eine kaufmännische
Ausbildung im neugegründeten Geschäft des Vaters. Dieser schickte ihn 1817
auf eine Bildungsreise, die über Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brüssel, Paris und
London führte. Neben dem Ziel, kaufmännische Erfahrungen zu sammeln, nutzte
er die Gelegenheit, um Kontakte für spätere Geschäfte zu knüpfen. Als ihn
1818 in London die Nachricht vom Tod seines Vaters erreichte, kehrte er nach
Wolgast zurück, um das Geschäft zu übernehmen und erwarb am 4. August 1818
das Bürgerrecht der Stadt.....
Da er seinen Geschwistern ihre Anteile möglichst schnell auszahlen wollte
und der Vater testamentarisch verfügt hatte, dass jährlich 250 Taler aus den
Zinsen eines ständig im Geschäft zu belassenen Kapitals von 5000 Taler den
Wolgaster Armen zugute kommen sollten, begann er bald neue Erwerbsquellen zu
erschließen. Er ließ an den Küsten Pommerns und Rügens Heringssalzereien
anlegen und handelte mit Eisenwaren. Zahlreiche Wolgaster waren auf seinen
Schiffen und in der Fischverarbeitung tätig. 1825 knüpfte er für die Stadt
Wolgast bedeutende Handelsbeziehungen nach Rio de Janeiro.
Haupteinnahmequelle blieb der Getreidehandel. In den 1840er und 1850er
Jahren war der Export von Getreide aus Pommern nach Großbritannien und
Nordamerika so umfangreich, dass zeitweise die Wolgaster Getreidepreise an
der Börse in New York City notiert wurden. Im Gegenzug importierte Homeyer
Eisen und Kohle.
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August Wilhelm Homeyer was the son of the Wolgaster of buyer and ReedersJohann Friedrich Homeyer (1753-1818) and its Mrs. Sophie Dorothea (1761-1803), daughter of the Wolgaster Archidiakons Paul Martin Droysen. When that father with the children 1806 because of threatening occupation Swedish Pommernsins exile went to Göteborg, August Wilhelm had to lock its there in Wolgastbegonnene education and received then commercial training in the again-created business of the father. This sent it to 1817auf an education journey, which led across Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brussels, of Paris and London. Apart from the goal of gaining commercial experiences utilizable tar the opportunity, in order to attach contacts for later business. When ihn1818 in London reached the message of the death of its father, he turned nachWolgast back to take over over the business and acquired on 4 August 1818das civil right of the city…. Since it its brothers and sisters their portions as fast as possible disburse wollteund the father had by will ordered that annually 250 Taler should constantly benefit from denZinsen in the business to left capital of 5000 Taler denWolgaster arms, he began soon new sources of income zuerschließen. It let at the coasts Pommerns and Rügens Heringssalzereienanlegen and acted with iron goods. Numerous Wolgaster was on its-sails and in the fish processing actively. 1825 it attached meaning trade relations for the StadtWolgast after Rio de Janeiro. Main source of income remained the grain trade. In the 1840er and 1850erJahren the export of grain from Pommern was so extensive to Great Britain and North America that occasionally the Wolgaster of grain prices was noted other stock exchange in New York town center. In response HomeyerEisen and coal imported.
August Wilhelm Homeyer was the son of the businessman and
shipbuilder Johann Friedrich Homeyer (1753-1818) and his wife Sophie Dorothea
(1761), the daughter of the Archdeakon Paul Martin Droyson in Wolgast. Because
of a threatening invasion of Swedish Pommern the father took his children 1806
into exilc to Göteborg. There August Wilhelm completed his school education,
which had begun in Wolgast, and received an apprenticeship in his father’s
newly founded business. In 1817 he was sent by his father on an educational
journey to Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and London. In addition to
gathering business experience he took this opportunity to develop contacts for future
business deals. When notice of his father’s death reached him in London in 1818
he returned to Wolgast to take over the business and receive his official Wolgast
citizenship on August 4. 1818.
Because he quickly wanted to distribute his father’s
inheritance among his siblings and because 250 Taler from the annual dividends
of the 5000 capital was to be paid to the poor of Wolgast, he started to
develop new sources of income. He built fish processing plants along the coasts
of Pommern and Rügen and traded in hardware. A number of Wolgasts inhabitants
worked on his boats and in the fish processing plants. In 1825 he established
important trade connections with Rio de Janeiro. The main source of income was
the grain trade. In the 1840s and 1850s the export of grain from Pommern to
Great Britain and North America was so extensive, that occasionally Wolgast’s
grain prices were noted at the grain exchange in New York City. In a counter
move, Homeyer imported iron ore and coal.