Robert Walrave Boissevain
(The following is copied from the geneological website of Chris Oakley, by permission, and is slightly edited for clarity)
Born: 12 March 1872, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 23 April 1938, Montreal, Canada
Father: Charles Boissevain
Mother: Emily Héloïse MacDonnell
Married: Ethel Rose Phibbs (1875-1937), 25 September 1900, West Brompton, London, England.
Children:
Theodora Jacoba, b. 14 August 1901, Batavia (West-Java), d. 31 January 1958, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cornelius Alfred, b. 28 December 1902, Semarang, d. 24 June 1963.
Frederick William, b. 13 September 1904, Batavia, d. 23 June 1943, Canada.
Hester, b. 23 October 1905, Naarden, d. 18 February 1999, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
Adrienne, b. 27 April 1908, Amsterdam, Netherlands, d. 23 February 1988.
Kathleen, b. 27 September 1909, Blaricum, Netherlands, d. 26 August 1930, Singapore.
Married: Anne Willemina Deterling, 27 May 1919, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.
Children:
Robert Fergus , b. 27 November 1920, Paris, France, d. 5 May 1997, Florida, USA.
Alfred Gideon Jeremie, b. 7 February 1923, New York, U.S.A.
Career:
1890-1900 Luitenant-ter-zee, Dutch Navy
1900- Buying agent, J. Daendels & Co., Batavia, Dutch East Indies
1905- Director, Labouchere, Oyens & Co., bankers, Amsterdam
1908-1912 Director, Royal West Indies Maildienst ald.
1912- General Manager, United Fruit Companyy, New York City
1915-1918 Director, Boissevain & Co., Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies
1921-1930 Directeur, Comp. Commerciale Nord-Americaine, Paris
1921- President , United Steam Navigation Co., New York City
