Leopold Schwabe (1801

Leopold Schwabe was born in 1801, the son of Samson Benjamin Schwabe. He married Emma Frances Priestly on 23 November 1835 in Saint Peter, Leeds. She was born 1810, and died on 28 March,1890, in Buckingham Crescent, Victoria Park, Manchester.

The children of Leopold and Emma are:

CHARLES LEOPOLD
HENRY ALBERT died May 11, 1898, Dingle Bank, Lymm, Cheshire.
EMMA
FLORENCE ELEANOR

NOTES: There are other children but we have not found their birth records. Among the newspaper entries for deaths noted by Sir Thomas Colyer-Ferguson under the name Schwabe is the following:

May 5 1891 At Oxford, Cecil Langshaw, 3^rd son of Henry A. Schwabe of Lymm, Cheshire, aged 21.

Cecil Langshaw Schwabe being the son of Henry Albert Schwabe, was the grandson of Leopold Schwabe and great grandson of Samson Benjamin.

There are two entries in the Times of London Index for Schwabe for the year 1891:May 6^th 1891 – Oxford - Suicide of an Oxford Undergraduate About 7 o’clock yesterday morning Mr. Cecil Langhsaw Schwabe, undergraduate at Oriel college, who lodged in the town, was found lying dead on his sitting room floor with a bullet wound through his head, and at his feet a six-chambered revolver of heavy calibre, one chamber of which had been discharged, the other five being loaded. The deceased had been reading very hard lately, and at 7 o’clock on Monday evening he complained of a pain in his head, and said that he should do no more that night. He appeared to have then gone out and purchased the revolver. He was in his third year at the University and was 23 years of age. An inquest by Mr. F.F. Morrell, one of the University coroners, will be held this morning.

The following day’s paper has:

Inquest
An inquest on the body of Mr. Cecil Langshaw Schwabe, of Oriel College, who was found dead on Tuesday with a bullet wound through his head, was held yesterday afternoon in the common room of Oriel College. Mr. Frank B. Schwabe, brother of the deceased, said that the deceased had always been fond of firearms and he had remonstrated with him on his carelessness with the use of them, and the only cause he could give of the occurrence was that he was examining the revolver and shot himself by accident. The deceased was in no monetary or other difficulty. He had suffered from neuralgia all his life. He had no mental derangement. Mr. Charles Greaves Hodgson, an undergraduate of Oriel, said that on Monday afternoon he and the deceased were on the river, and in the evening he dined in hall. After hall they played a game of billiards, and they then read together in the deceased's room from 9 to a quarter-past 10, when the deceased said he had a headache and should not read anymore. He was well on in his studies, and there was no need for him to fear not getting through. Evidence was given that the deceased had purchased a revolver on Monday evening, together with a box of cartridges. The Rev. Francis Henry Hall, dean and tutor of Oriel said that the deceased was quiet, industrious and well conducted, and was working for his last examination, which he had every prospect of passing. He was always in a feeble state of health. The jury, having consulted for half an hour, returned a verdict that “Death was due to a pistol wound inflicted by his own hand, but there was not sufficient evidence to show the state of his mind at the time".

Two Notices of Name Change of Schwabe to Burdett appeared in The Times 4 May 1907 Page 1 Col.6. Percy Hebert is indicated above, but Arthur Green has not been identified but is probably Percy Herbert’s brother. So this branch of the family may continue as Burdett.

I, Arthur Green Burdett, heretofore called and known by the name of ARTHUR GREEN SCHWABE, of Grotto House, Over Peever, in the County of Chester, Merchant, hereby give public notice, that on the 25^th day of April, 1907, I formally and absolutely renounced, relinquished and abandoned the use of my said surname of Schwabe, and then assumed and adopted and determined henceforth on all occasions to use and subscribe the NAME of BURDETT; instead of the said name of Schwabe; and I give further notice, that by deed poll, dated the 25^th day of April 1907, duly executed and attested, and enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court, on the 1^st day of May, 1907, I formally and absolutely renounced and abandoned the said surname of Schwabe, and declared that I had assumed and adopted and intended thenceforth upon all occasions whatsoever to use and subscribe the name Arthur Green Burdett, instead of Arthur Green Schwabe and so as to be at all times thereafter called, known, and described by the name of Arthur Green Burdett exclusively.

Dated the 2^nd day of May, 1907.

Arthur Green BURDETT, late Arthur Green Schwabe

I, Herbert Priestly Burdett, heretofore called and known by the name of HERBERT PRIESTLY SCHWABE, of Heathwaite, Knutsford, in the County of Chester, Merchant, hereby give public notice, that on the 25^th day of April, 1907, I formally and absolutely renounced, relinquished and abandoned the use of my said surname of Schwabe, and then assumed and adopted and determined henceforth on all occasions to use and subscribe the NAME of BURDETT; instead of the said name of Schwabe; and I give further notice, that by deed poll, dated the 25^th day of April 1907, duly executed and attested, and enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court, on the 1^st day of May, 1907, I formally and absolutely renounced and abandoned the said surname of Schwabe, and declared that I had assumed and adopted and intended thenceforth upon all occasions whatsoever to use and subscribe the name Herbert Priestly Burdett, instead of Herbert Priestly Schwabe and so as to be at all times thereafter called, known, and described by the name of Herbert Priestly Burdett exclusively.

Dated the 2^nd day of May, 1907.

Herbert Priestly BURDETT, late Herbert Priestly Schwabe.