Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff (1820 - 1883)

Biography
Dr. Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff was born on 18 Jul 1820 in Eisencach, Saxony, Germany to Heinrich August, Baron von Gersdorff (1793 - 1874) and Augusta Theodora von Tschirschky und Bogendorf ( - 1883) and died on 29 Jun 1883 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. He married Caroline Choate (1834 - 1874). On Jul 1863 he was still living in Salem and in 1871 he was living in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts as he was a professor of pathology and therapeutics at Boston University. He is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1848 he arrived in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He settled in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. In 1883 he graduated from the Boston Latin School in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. In 1887 he graduated from Harvard College. He attended Harvard Law but did not graduate. In 1889 he arrived in Manhattan, New York, USA where he competed his education for the bar as a clerk at his uncle's law firm, Evarts, Choate & Beaman. In 1865 he moved to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA and became a professor in pathology and therapeutics at Boston University. He stayed there until after his admission to the New York bar. In Mar 1802 he left to become Managing Cler, of the Seward office. He was the personal secretary of Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate.

Ancestry
He is a descendant of nobility, royalty and imperial lineage. Von Gersdorff’s father was Dr. Baron Heinrich August von Gersdorff who was born on 13 Jun 1793 in Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany and died in 1874. He married Augusta Theodora von Tschirscky und Bogendorff who died on 2 Dec 1883 in Eisenach, Saxony Germany. Through his mother, a great grandfather of Dr. Ernsts was Heinrich XXIX, Princely Count von Ruess-Ebersdorff who was born on 21 Jul 1699 in Ebersdorff, Thuringia, Germany and died on 22 May 1747 in Herrnhaag, Germany. He married Sophie Theodora, Countess von Castell-Remlingen who was born on 12 May 1703 in Castell, Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany and died on 8 Jan 1777 in Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany. Through Heinrich XXIX he is illegitimately descended from Maximilian I von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, Archduke of Austria (1459-1519 through a mistress of his. Maximilian’s parents were Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, Archduke of Austria (1415-1493) and Princess Eleanor of Portugal (1434-1467). He is descended from King John I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1455-1513), King Casmir IV Jagiellon of Poland (1427-1492), King John de Valois of France (1319-1364), King Casmir III Piast the Great of Poland (1310-1370) and Johann V von Ascania, Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst (1504-1551). Through Princess Eleanor of Portugal, von Gersdorff was a descendant of King Edward III of England and Lord of Ireland (1312-1377) and Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of England (c.1310/15-1369).

Children

 * 1) Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)
 * 2) George Bruno de Gersdorff (1866 - 1964)

Lineage
Kaspar von Gersdorff ( - )

Hireonymus von Gersdorff ( - )

m. Martha von Luttichau ( - )

Wolf Kaspar von Gersdorff (1598 - 1632)

m. Anna von Wolfersdorff ( - )

Siefried von Gersdorff (1627 - 1674)

m. Anna Maria von Rackel (1673 - 1703)

Wolf Ernst von Gersdorff (1666 - 1714)

m. Maria Susane von Temritz (1668 - 1707)

Siegmund August von Gersdorff (1702 - 1797)

m. Erdmuth von Metradt (1709 - 1781)

Ernst Siegmund von Gersdorff (1737 - 1797)

m. Charlotte Marie Elenore, Countess von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1761 - )

Heinrich August, Baron von Gersdorff (1793 - 1874)

m. August Theodora von Tschirschky und Bogendorf ( - 1883)

Dr. Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff (1820 - 1883)

m. Caroline Choate (1834 - 1874)

Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)

m. Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921- 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Cavaleiro Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b.1982)

Books
Parents Birth Immigration Genealogy Education Occupation
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 493
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 493
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 494
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 494
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 494
 * The Cravath Firm and It's Predecessors, 1819-1947, by Robert T. Swain, p. 494-945

Google Books
General Birth Immigration Education Occupation Marriage Children Death Parents
 * Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 16-18, by Essex Institute, P. 84
 * Annual Report of the Essex Institute, by Essex Institute, P. 2
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 16-18, by Essex Institute, P. 84
 * Annual Report of the Essex Institute, by Essex Institute, P. 2
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 16-18, by Essex Institute, P. 84
 * Annual Report of the Essex Institute, by Essex Institute, P. 2
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 16-18, by Essex Institute, P. 84
 * Annual Report of the Essex Institute, by Essex Institute, P. 2
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volumes 16-18, by Essex Institute, P. 84
 * Annual Report of the Essex Institute, by Essex Institute, P. 2
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.
 * Proceedings: Volume 7, Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, by Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, P. 32 - 33.

Internet
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