Roth Family of Ludvika

I am working on compiling information and images about the Ludvika branch (my branch) of the Roth family ( desended from Benjamin Roth of Saxony ) in Sweden.  I will update this blog as I aquire more information and images.

How we came to Ludvika:

Carl Reinhold Roth was born November 18, 1797 in Lower Fösked. His career began in Stockholm, where he was employed by the merchant's firm Netterblad & Åbom. After some time he moved to Vij Ironworks in Ockelbo where his future father in law, John Alexis Atkins, was a famous Ironmaster (ironworks owner). Carl Reinhold married the first time on Wednesday, September 14, 1825 on the Wii use with Johanna Sophia Wilhelmina Atkins. She probably died in childbirth because records show her daughter was born and died almost simultaneously. Mother and daughter are buried in the cemetery Ockelbo. After John Atkins’ death in 1826, Reinhold took over as Ironmaster. In 1827 he married Augusta Jacobina Setter Hay, a merchant's daughter from Stockholm, and in 1831 established himself as a merchant there.

In 1836 he and Fredrik Langenberg each bought a third of  Ludvika Ironworks from Wetter Anders Dahl. In 1841 Reinhold was able to purchase the remaining third and then owned ⅔ of the Ironworks. The final third of the mill was bought by his children from Langenberg's heirs after Carl Reinhold’s death in 1858.

Ludvika Ironworks had three forges and six hearths. They got their pig iron from their own foundries, which in turn got the ore from their own mines. Though Reinhold became overseer of the ironworks, he continued to live in Stockholm and utilized the Ludvika estate only as a summer residence.

Carl participated as a member of Borgerskapet (Burgher / merchant social class) in the 1847-48 Riksdag (parliament) and was one of 50 most senior. In the 1856 Riksdag he was the eldest. He was also a member of St. Mary Magdalene parish church council.

Reinhold was in his time one of Stockholm's more prominent businessmen. He also owned Skogsegen (Judge Hörneåfor’s ironworks in Västerbotten), devoted himself to the nascent sawmill industry, and was  shipowner of the Augusta (named for his second wife).

Source: Kristoffer Huldt's översikt av släkten Roth (Overview of the Roth Family)