Land Records How can TMG help us understand

Land Records How can TMG help us understand what the extensive real estate transactions tell us about the life of Frederick Wilhelm Franke (1823 -1883)?

Timeline -Frederick Wilhelm Franke • • • • • • • Chronology of events in life of FW Franke "the immigrant" All addresses are modern day 1823 Heneritte Bruning born Engter, Kingdom of Hanover 1824 FW Franke born Dissen, Kingdom of Hanover 1846 FW Franke immigrates 1849 FW Franke buys 8 plots in Baltimore City Cemetery 1850 cite Census 1850 FW and Henriette live in Balto, Md 1851 July 2 Fred W dies 1852 1512 Lombard Oct 28 Baltimore House Bldg Assn No 1 grant a mortgage to Conrad Schwartzkaupt 1510 Lombard Francis Holthaus grants a mortgage to Conrad Schwartzkaupt Holthaus appears to live across the Strawberry Alley from FWF 1853 May 5 1510 Lombard Frances Brown grants FW Franke a lease BCC BCR

Sample of real estate listings • • • • 1872 Mar 19 Balto Housing FWF • • • 556 546 CR 3716 -1 1873 Feb 17 North German Bldg Assoc FWF Release A 646 300 May 10 FWF Stauss Mtge A 612 251 Sept 29 FWF Crownfield Deed A 630 135 Sept 29 Crownfield FWF & Anna M Deed A 630 136 1876 Strauss, Joe FWF • • • Release A 740 109 May 12 FWF United German Mtge A 740 109 Anna M RE & Fire Ins 1877 Apr 7 FWF Crownfield CR 4866 -2 1878 Jun 12 FWF Deed Pfennig Asst A 771 167 A 814 144 see F CR 4888 -1 Nov 25 United Ger HP Release Real Estate & Fire Ins A 827 158 see F CR 4894 -2

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Vol 4 1902 • Sanborn map block 1368

Bob Weimer • Land. Sell [P] < and [PO]> sold <[M]> <[L]> <[D]> • Land. Buy [P] bought <[M]> from [R: GRANTOR] <[L]> <[D]>

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Types of Transactions • Land. Aquire (Deed, Assgt, Lease, Sublease, Bond) • Land. Disp (Deed, Assgt, Lease, Sub-lease) • Mortgage • Release

Ground Rent The transactions designated as lease, sublease and assignment contain the terms “… 99 years or renewable forever subject to a yearly payment…”, This is what commonly is referred to “ground rent”

Cover the conditions • Land. Acquire [P] < and [PO]> <[M 1]> from [R: GRANTOR] <[M 2]> <[D]> • Land. Disp [P] < and [PO]> <[M]> <[D]>

Mortgage and Release complement each other Mortgage [P] <[M 1]> from [R: GRANTOR]> <[M 2]><[D]> Release <[R: GRANTOR]> granted a release from a mortgage to [P] < and [PO] > for the property <[M]><[D]>

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Conditions of Transactions Mortgages are short term – a few years long-no declining balance mortgages Interest to be paid as sum every six months Mortgages are obtained from people early. Institutions appear around 1870.

• Although the Frederick Wilhelm Franke household is first household in the 1512 e Lombard st (new address) in the 1880 census, he was a tenant in the property he owned for over 20 years. • All of his real estate was liquidated before his death in 1883; therefore, no probate.