Here is either more info on Heinrich Barella or more questions in an attempt to indirectly acquire info on Heinrich Leue.
Sources give Heinrich Barella as being born in 1819 in Soest, Germany( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Germany ) and died in Berlin in 1893. I think these dates to be correct and would greatly appreciate any date info from Stockel on Heinrich Barella. Additional info would aide in reconciling a name/date issue in Soest, Germany. Apparently Soest has been inhabited by Barellas from some time and even today a Waffen Barella owned by G. Kramer is a Sauer dealer in Soest-Ostönnen Germany can be found(6th one down):
http://www.sig-sauer.de/index.php?id=567...Hash=108588d141 .
But the quandary on Heinrich is that on January 3rd 1819 in Soest, Germany, a Friedrich Wilhelm Barrella was born to Anton Barella and Anna Gertrud Simon Barella. Then on June 2nd 1822 a Heinrich Philipp Johannes Barella was born to Anton and Anna Gertrud Barella. Since Friedrich Wilhelm’s brother has 3 names and considering the 1819 date, which for now I think to be correct for Heinrich Barella; therefore, I think his full name to be Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Barella. The other possibility is that his name is Heinrich Philipp Johannes Barella and his birth date to be June 2nd 1822.

He must have received his master gunsmith sheep skin prior to 1844, in the early 1840s, as in 1844 he founded his firm H. Barella Gewehrfabrik in Magdeburg, Germany. Being purely conjecture on my part, I think in the late 1840s or early 1850s Heinrich married a Leue if he was the uncle to Heinrich Leue as I can’t locate Heinrich Barella having a sister born in Soest. But the possibility exists.

I don’t know the date or any more info as the scanned transcript where Heinrich Barella was an expert witness in the Trial of Soghomon Tehlirian is quite possibly quite lengthy and difficult to navigate:
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=The_Trial_of_Soghomon_Tehlirian .


The following is something of a stretch but does have some merit to it. On June 14th, 1860 the steamer Schiller(immigrant transport) left Germany headed to Baltimore with a Wilhelmine Leue of 51 years, a Heinrich Leue(“Schuhmacher” but I think it to be a poor understanding of buchsenmacher) of 24 years, a Johanne Leue of 20 years, a Minna Leue of 18 years and a Marie Leue of 16 years all from Harrenburg(I think it to be a poor understanding of Herrenberg) all headed to St. Louis, Missouri. The probability exits for another fella born in Germany in late 1837 with the same name. If it was the same Heinrich Leue, he had to return to Germany relatively soon as Leue & Timpe were in fully swing by 1866. There is a site with a Leue & Timpe example: http://www.horstheld.com/0-leue.htm , which notes that Heinrich Leue was a supplier to the Prussian Court. And last there is a 1918 example of Heinrich Leue in “The Double Gun Journal” Volume 20, Issue 2 Summer 2009 as a scoped falling block type in 8X57IR with Barrel address:
“WAFFENFABRIK LEUE & CO. BERLIN CHARLOT-TENBURG”
“LIEFERANTEN FUR DIE DEUTSCHE ARMEE & MARINE”

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Raimey
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