Luis Roberto Scholtz

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Biography:
Luis was one of the founders of the first radio station in Venezuela in 1926. The following is from radiodx.com and is copyright of Ragusa Media Group, PO Box 14339, Wellington, New Zealand:
This year marks the 77 years of the issuing of the first official license to install a radio station in Venezuela; this first license was granted by the Ministry of Public Works and Economy the 25 of September, 1925, to Mr. Arturo Santana and Mr. Luis Scholtz, who founded "Arturo Santana, Scholtz & Company" with the purpose of operating the "Empresa Venezolana de Radiotelefonía"; it was Mr. Alfredo Muller who had the honor of being the first official announcer of this station, thus becoming the first ever radio announcer in Venezuela. This license not only gave them the exclusive rights to broadcast, but also the exclusive rights for the commercialization of the receivers. Friday, April 2, 1926, arrived at the port of La Guaira from New York the equipment for the first Venezuelan radio station.
This first station was called AYRE Broadcasting, their studios were located in a building in the corner of El Tejar, and the antenna and the transmitter in a lot nearby the bullring the "Nuevo Circo", not to far from the Bolivar square in Caracas. AYRE began its transmissions the night of May 23, 1926.
The newspaper El Universal, in its edition of May 24, 1926, depicts its inauguration as: "The Station AYRE Central Broadcasting of Caracas, inaugurated last night, was constructed by the powerful American company Western and its reach is of 2,000 miles, it is moved by two electrical motors, its power is of 12 horses. Its height is 65 meters".
Thanks to the technical capacity of Mr. Luis Scholtz, AYRE was as good as any of the best stations of its time; the station consisted of a transmitters made by the Western Electric and towers of 65 meters height to support the antenna. Some historical reviews indicate that its power was 1 Kilowatt, but if what was published by the newspaper El Universal is correct, and its power was 12 horses, then its actual power was + - 9 Kilowatt (12 HP multiplied by the conversion factor that is 746).
Unfortunately this station was in the air a very short time; the dictator of the moment, General Juan Vicente Gomez, did not see Mr. Arturo Santana with very good eyes, Santana was also a colonel in the Venezuelan army and aide-de-camp of his older son, General Jose Vicente Gomez, who was exiled in Switzerland for political reasons; and taking advantage of the serious political turmoil of April 7, 1928, when two military bases in Caracas revolt and a military conspiracy starts up, in which also some university leaders who in the end would finish jailed participated, Gomez, adducing reasons of "state security", ordered the closing of the station, this action marked the end of the first chapter of the broadcasting history in Venezuela. AYRE was born thanks to the political influence of Colonel Santana, and is this same political influence what determine its closing.

Died:
Age 69 at death.

Luis married Avelina Patcheco on 25 Jun 1892. Avelina was born about 1873 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 22 Jan 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Christopher Scholtz, I was born on 25 Mar 1893 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 9 Dec 1976 in Broward County, Florida.
2. Maria Luisa Scholtz was born on 7 Jul 1897 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 25 Jul 1960.
3. Luisa Margarita Scholtz was born on 11 Oct 1899 in Caracas, Venezuela.
4. Victor Manuel Scholtz was born on 27 Jul 1900 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 24 Apr 1968.
5. Olga Marie Scholtz was born on 9 Sep 1903 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 2 Jul 2006 in Youngtown, Arizona.

Other Events:

• Name: Johan C. Scholtz

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Biography:
He and his family lived in Caracas. He was Consul in La Guaira, Venezuela for Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and others because he was fluent in several languages. Today, La Guaira is just a few minute ride down the hill from Caracas, however, before the turn of the century it was a long trip. So, Johan used to live during the week in La Guaira and go home to Caracas when he could.
Johan had a sister named Mimi. This we know from a circa 1860 picture with the caption "Tia Mimi hermana mia querada de Papa LH" and a picture of Carlos with the caption "Para mis queridos tia Mimi, Mamachi + Papachi, de su sobrino Carlos, Julio 16/1894"

Died:
His son Henrique's 1921 passport application stated he was dead about 15 years.

Johan married Obdulia Roldán on 1 May 1858 in Venezuela. Obdulia was born on 20 Jul 1841 in Venezuela; died on 2 May 1916 in Caracas, Venezuela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Obdulia Scholtz

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Biography:
Her parents were said to have been from Sevillia, Spain. Their family may have owned a winery there. The 1910 census for her son Henrique says that she was born in Spain and was Spanish. This probably meant Venezuela. Henrique and most of his children were listed the same way.

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• Occupation: a pharmacist.
• Baptism: 10 Dec 1813

Frederik married Maria Augusta Möller on 9 Sep 1835 in Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao. Maria (daughter of Joseph Möller and Cornelia Petronella Engelbronn) was born on 27 Nov 1815 in Curaçao; died on 23 Apr 1849 in Curaçao. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Augusta Scholtz

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Married:
They were married by the Governor of Curaçao and the subjected islands.

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The marriage banns and marriage record are extremely hard to read but according to the translator it says that Johan is from Elssloth in the Duchy of Limburg. The Duchy of Limburg is in what is now Belgium.
The only problem is that the only Elssloth I can find was in the Duchy of Oldenburg in Germany a couple hundred miles away.
There were several small villages in the Duchy of Limburg whose names look similar to a hand written Elssloth such as Elendorff.

Johan married Maria Elisabeth Margaretha de Jonge on 29 Jan 1804 in Curaçao. Maria (daughter of Evert Carel de Jonge) was born on 27 Dec 1785 in Curaçao; died on 22 Jun 1852 in 2nd borough, huis nom 76a, Willemstad, Curaçao. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria Elisabeth Margaretha Scholtz
• Name: Maria Elisabeth Margaretha Zeppenfeldt

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Anecdote:
He was a ship captain, who came to Curaçao on March 4, 1815.

Joseph married Cornelia Petronella Engelbronn on 2 Apr 1815 in Curaçao. Cornelia (daughter of Johannes Adreanus Engelbronn and Maria Wilhelmina van Kamphuizen) was born on 7 Jun 1795 in Curaçao; died on 20 Dec 1881 in Curaçao. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Cornelia Petronella Möller