Charles Gunther
Charles Gunther may refer to: * Charles F. Gunther (1837–1920), German-American candymaker and collector of historical artifacts *Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822–1885), mayor of New York, 1864–1866 *Charles Günther, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Charles Günther, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (6 November 1576 – 24 September 1630 in Kranichfeld) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt from 1605 to 1612 and then the ruling Count of Hohenstein, Lord o ...

Charles F
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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Charles Godfrey Gunther
Charles Godfrey Gunther (April 7, 1822 – January 22, 1885) was a Democratic Mayor of New York City from 1864 until 1866. Early life Gunther was born in New York on April 7, 1822, into a family of recent immigrants from Germany."The Mayor Elect"
''

Harper's Weekly

'', December 19, 1863, at 813. His father, Christian G. Gunther, was a wealthy fur merchant, and Gunther would eventually join the family business. Gunther was also a

volunteer firefighter

for many years.

Political career

Gunther was active i ...
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