Leopold Conrad (1839-1918): Difference between revisions

Leopold Conrad was born in the southern Hanoverian town of Duderstadt on October 4, 1838 to Franz Phillip Conrad, a shoemaker, and his wife Wilhelmine Catharine Käsehagen. <ref> {{cite book |last= Specht|first= Raymond|author-link= |date= 2009|title= The flight of The Woodpecker|url= |location= St. Lucia, Queensland|publisher= Raymond Specht|page= |isbn=978-0-646-50726-2}}</ref> While Hanover was a Protestant state, Duderstadt, which is very near the border  was primarily Catholic, and the Conrad family subscribed to this denomination. At the age of 13, Leopold was apprenticed to his uncle, Leopold Käsehagen, a butcher in Duderstadt. After three years he was deemed to have completed his training and gained employment as a journeyman in Celle