Page 67 - Hotel Tunnel's 100 Years of History

The old house along with properties numbered 346-351 had been owned at various times by the joint sugar refineries Patrioten and Sva- nen. From March 30, 1826, it was owned by the sugar factory corpo- ration Patrioten, which was authorized by the Kommerskollegii with
a permit on May 8 of that year. They obtained auction on April 10, May 8, and June 5 and a final deed on December 23 of that year. Then from July 6, 1832, it was owned by the manager Johan Daniel Ruhe, who obtained permission from the Kommerskollegii to continue the factory operations on August 14 of that year and obtained auction
on August 6, September 3, and October 1, 1832 and a final deed on March 23, 1833. From April 1, 1838, it was owned by the chamberlain and major Count Nils Anton Barck, who, after Ruhe's death on April 16, 1836, had rented the factory from his niece Bengta Sophia Kock- um and obtained auction on April 23, May 21, and June 18 and a final deed on December 24 of that year, all in 1838. Finally, from August 13, 1842, after Count Barck had to close down operations, it was owned by the Danish subject, sugar refiner Carl August Hedemann-Ga-
de, who obtained permission from the King on February 3, 1843 to possess the properties and permission from the Kommerskollegii on March 3, 1843 to continue sugar production. He obtained auction
on April 3, May 1, and 29 and a final deed on October 2 of that year. After Hedemann-Gade also had to close down the loss-making sugar operations, he sold the property on June 20, 1844 for a price of 4,000 riksdaler to the merchants P. G. Barkman and Chr. Bergh, "the stone building in which the sugar factory, known as Svanen, had previously been operated and which had previously belonged to the aforementio- ned gentlemen's current estate and lot under numbers 352, 353, and 354 in this city, which is included in the estate registry."
On the 16th of December, 1862, among the first group of city council members, Barkman did not often attend their meetings. He passed away on April 14, 1863 in Copenhagen, where he sought treatment for an illness. After Barkman's death, his inventory was made on July 10, 1863. Besides his wife Catharina Christina Moller, he left behind five children, all born in property number 353, namely: 1) daughter Hele- na Maria, born June 25, 1824 and married on August 2, 1846 to phar- macist Lorens Vilhelm Lindbeck in Söderköping; 2) son, merchant Olof Theodor Barkman, born November 6, 1825; 3) daughter Emma Christina, born September 25, 1827 and married on May 26, 1852 to merchant in Copenhagen Carsten Erik Christian Friis; 4) daughter Jo- hanna Gustava, born June 3, 1829, unmarried; and 5) daughter Laura Cecilia, born May 6, 1831 and married on May 28, 1852 to merchant in Malmö Hans Jacob Fredrik Friis, brother of the aforementioned C. E. Chr. Friis in Copenhagen.
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