About Otto William Schwartz
Lived 1715 – 1785 (aged 70). Otto William Schwartz was a politician.
Otto William Schwartz (May 12, 1715 – October 5, 1785) was a Russian-born fur trader and political figure of German descent in Nova Scotia. He arrived with Governor Edward Cornwallis and represented Lunenburg County (i.e., the Foreign Protestants) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1773 to 1785.
He was born Otho Wilhelm Schwartz near Riga. Schwartz entered the fur trade and, in 1749, came to Halifax with Edward Cornwallis. The following year, he married Anna Justina Liebrich, a widow. In 1757, he joined the petitioners seeking representation in Nova Scotia.
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Canadian politician (1715-1785)
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Otto William Schwartz was born on 12 May 1715.
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Otto William Schwartz died on 5 October 1785.
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Otto William Schwartz was a politician.
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