Johann Robert Bull

Male 1846 - 1921  (75 years)


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  • Name Johann Robert Bull 
    Born 3 Apr 1846  Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Jul 1921  Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22  DeJute
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2020 

    Father Johann Christoph Bull,   b. 26 Nov 1818, Riehe, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1903, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Caroline Dorothea Laubinger,   b. Abt 1825,   d. 22 Jul 1886, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Elise Rohwer,   b. 16 May 1846,   d. 12 Oct 1914, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Children 
     1. Karl Robert Bull,   b. 11 May 1874, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1942, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +2. Ernst Bull,   b. Abt 1876, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Max Bull,   b. 30 Mar 1877, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1944  (Age 67 years)
     4. Elsa Bull,   b. 25 Aug 1880, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1880, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Alexander Bull,   b. 19 Aug 1882, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1937  (Age 54 years)
     6. Henrÿ Bull,   b. 28 Dec 1884, Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1946  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Magazine Article about Bull's Villa, Farmsen
    Magazine Article about Bull's Villa, Farmsen
    Farmsen-Berne, Hamburg, Germany

    Rundschau
    For People With a Perspective
    News and Reports from Farmsen-Berne & Surroundings
    July/August 2011

    What will become of Bull's Villa?

    The Art Nouveau house on Kupferdamm.26 served the descendants of the last Farmsener Vogt [Overseer], Johann-Robert Bull as a residential building and shortly after his death, the "Kupfermuhle" restaurant was located here.

    The splendor of the old town has given way to walls that have long been protected by monuments since May 2008 the building opposite the idyllic copper pond has been empty. An indication from the population that the property has come under the hammer.

    The majority of the Farmsen-Berner Burgers welcomed an early renovation of the building - after all, the house, built in 1900, is part of the district's history and it also has many to tell.

    The villa-like building, which originally had the function of a mill building, served the landlord Johann-Robert Bull and his family as a residence until 1921. Johann Robert Bull was the eldest son of Johann-Christopher Bull, owner of the Farmsen Gutshof [estate] and also Farmsener Vogt [Overseer]. He completely redesigned the house and property according to his taste and replaced, among other things the water mill wheel through a turbine, which from then on was responsible for generating electricity. He had the mill pond on the north side of the copper dam dredged and enlarged. Bull then redesigned the entire area around today's copper pond into a park, which since then has offered the Farmsen residents a good opportunity for relaxing walks.

    A short time after Johann Robert Bull's death, the restaurant "Kupfermuhle" opened in the house that now belonged to the city of Hamburg. Owner August Simonsen offered his guests, among other things, a shady garden with a large open-air dance hall, goat rides for children and a 35,000 m2 pond for rowing. The time of the Nazi regime later fell over the Bull's villa like a dark shadow and brought it into disrepute as the "Brown House". The name of the honorable and deserving Farmsen man Johann Robert Bull and his ancestors have been immortalized in the street name Bullskamp since 1923.


    Johann Robert Bull died on 11 Jul 1921. 26 Kupferdamm in the address given on his death certificate

    source: https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/4052406/farmsen-berne-rundschau-fur-leute-mit-durchblick

    Documents
    1877 Birth of Max Bull
    1877 Birth of Max Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Born 30 Mar 1877 at Farmsen
    Max Bull
    father: Johann Robert Bull, Farmer [Landwirth] of Farmsen
    mother: Anna Elise Rohwer

    [bottom left]
    Max Bull died 15 April 1944 at Rickling

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901

    1880 Birth of Elsa Bull
    1880 Birth of Elsa Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Born 25 Aug 1880 at Farmsen
    Elsa Bull
    father: Johann Robert Bull, Farmer [Landwirth] of Farmsen
    mother: Anna Elise Rohwer

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901
    1880 Death of Elsa Bull
    1880 Death of Elsa Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Died 16 Sep 1880
    Elsa Bull, 22 days old
    father: Johann Robert Bull, Farmer [Landwirth] of Farmsen
    mother: Anna Elise Rohwer

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950
    1882 Birth of Alexander Bull
    1882 Birth of Alexander Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Born 19 Aug 1882 at Farmsen
    Alexander Bull
    father: Johann Robert Bull, Farmer [Landwirth] of Farmsen
    mother: Anna Elise Rohwer

    [bottom left]
    died 1937 at Wandsbek

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901
    1884 Birth of Henrÿ Bull
    1884 Birth of Henrÿ Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Born 28 Dec 1884 at Farmsen
    Henrÿ Bull
    father: Johann Robert Bull, Farmer [Landwirth] of Farmsen
    mother: Anna Elise Rohwer

    [right side]
    died 24 Mar 1946 at Sülingen

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1901
    1886 Death of Elisabeth Caroline Dorothea Laubinger Bull
    1886 Death of Elisabeth Caroline Dorothea Laubinger Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Personnaly appeared Johann Robert Bull Farmer of Farmsen
    to record the death of his mother:

    Elisabeth Caroline Dorothea Bull, born Laubinger
    61 years old, resident of Farmsen
    born at Sülfeld
    the wife of Johann Christoph Bull
    the daughter of the deceased married couple
    the Kaufmann [Merchant] Johann Friedrich Laubinger
    and Marie Christine Nicoline Bevers, residents of Farmsen

    note: 2 possible towns of Sülfeld: one fairly close to Farmsen-Berne, the other fairly close to Riehe, the birthplace of her husband. More research needed to prove which town is the correct one.

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950
    1903 Death of Johann Christoph Bull
    1903 Death of Johann Christoph Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Personally appeared Johann Robert Bull Privatier* of Farmsen
    to record the death of:

    the Rentner [retired] Johann Christoph Bull
    84y old, resident at 47 Octaviostrasse, Wandsbek
    born at Riehe, Kreis Schaumburg
    husband of the deceased Caroline Dorothea Laubinger
    son of the deceased couple of Farmsen, Henrich Thoriano Bull and Engel Marie Langhorst

    note: Privatier: a French word that was used from the 19th century in Germany and some other countries as a title by families of substantial financial means in lieu of another professional title.

    Town of birth: Riehe, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950
    1904 Marriage of Ernest Bull & Pauline [Wendler] Cramer
    1904 Marriage of Ernest Bull & Pauline [Wendler] Cramer
    Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

    Ernest Bull, 29y old, single, 1st marriage
    Residence: 208 E 25th Street
    Born Farmsen, Hamburg, Germany
    Parents: John Robert Bull & Elise Rohner
    and
    Pauline Cramer, 18-19y old, single, first marriage
    Born Metzingen, W[urttemberg], Germany
    Parents: father unknown, mother Emilie Cramer

    witnesses: William Wichmann, William Schonlau

    source: Manhattan Marriage certificate #19502. FHL film 1556932, image 6
    1908 Passenger List for the Bull Family
    1908 Passenger List for the Bull Family
    Cuxhaven to New York

    Ship: Amerika
    Arrived New York Harbor 17 Sep 1908

    Ernst Bull, 33, Engineer, born Farmsen
    Pauline Bull, 22, born Metzingen
    Florenz, 3, born New York
    Constanz, 4 mo, born New York

    Contact in old Country: father, J. R. Bull, Farmsen [Johann Robert Bull]
    To meet: Mother-in-law Mrs. E. Wichmann, 465 Central Park W., New York

    Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
    1909 Marriage of Karl Robert Bull
    1909 Marriage of Karl Robert Bull
    Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany

    Married 15 Oct 1909
    Karl Robert Bull, Fugenieur [Engineer]
    born 11 May 1874 at Farmsen
    residence 51 Elbestrassen, Frankfurt am Main
    son of Rentner [Retired] Johann Robert Bull and Anna Elise Rohwer, residents of Farmsen
    and
    Ottilia Margareta Flugel
    daughter of deceased Karl Flugel of Falkenstein and his wife Barbara Margareta Schalk

    [top right]
    the husband died 24 Apr 1942 in Baden

    Hesse, Germany, Marriages, 1849-1930


    1914 Death of Anna Elise Rohwer Bull
    1914 Death of Anna Elise Rohwer Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Personally appeared Gustav Friedrich August Paul Andres, Schneidermeister [Master Tailor] of Farmsen to report the death of:

    Died 12 Oct 1914
    Anna Elise Bull born Rohwer
    68 years 4 months old
    residence 26 Kupferdamm, Farmsen
    born 16 May 1846 at Holtorf, Kreis Rendsburg
    wife of Rentner [Retired] Johann Robert Bull
    parents: the Rohwer couple's names and last residence is unknown

    Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950
    1921 Death of Johann Robert Bull
    1921 Death of Johann Robert Bull
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Died 16 Jul 1921 at 8 o'clock
    The Privatmann [Private Citizen/Privatier] Johann Robert Bull
    residence 26 Kupferdamm, Farmsen
    born Farmsen 3 Apr 1846
    husband of the deceased Anna Elise Rohoer

    Ancestry.com. Hamburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950