Carl Heinrich von Siemens
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, Mecklenburg
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- March 21, 1906 in Menton
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, France
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) was a German entrepreneur, a child (of fourteen) of a tenant farmer
Farmer
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. He is a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens, von Siemens since 1888, was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens' name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens...
and William Siemens, sons of Christian Ferdinand Siemens (July 31, 1787-January 16, 1840) and wife Eleonore Deichmann (1792-July 8, 1839). They had two more brothers, Hans Siemens (1818-1867) and Friedrich August Siemens (December 8, 1828-May 24, 1904), married and father to Friedrich Carl Siemens (January 6, 1877-June 25, 1952 in Berlin
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), married on May 22, 1920 in Berlin
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to Melanie Bertha Gräfin Yorck von Wartenburg (February 1, 1899 in Klein Oels-May 15, 1950 in Berlin
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) (the parents of Heinrich Werner Andreas Siemens (born September 28, 1921, Annabel Siemens (born May 3, 1923), Daniela Siemens (born July 31, 1926) and Peter Siemens (born November 8, 1928).
In 1853, Carl Siemens traveled to St. Petersburg where he established the branch office of his brothers company Siemens & Halske. Siemens had a contract for constructing the Russia
Russia
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n telegraph network at the time.
Carl went to England in 1869, where he assisted his brother William
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
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. In the 1880s, he returned to Russia before he became the senior chief executive of Siemens & Halske after the death of his brother Werner
Ernst Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens, von Siemens since 1888, was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens' name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens...
in 1892. He resigned in 1904.
For his service to Russia, he was ennobled by Tsar
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Nicholas II
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in 1895.
His grave is preserved in the Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde (Cemetery No. III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church
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and New Church
Deutscher Dom
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) in Berlin-Kreuzberg
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, south of Hallesches Tor
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.