Robert Walrave Boissevain

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
1900- Procuratiehouder scheepsagentuur J. Daendels & Co. te Batavia
1905- Directeur Labouchere, Oyens & Co., bankiers te Amsterdam
1908-1912 Directeur Koninklijke West-Indische Maildienst ald.
1912- General-manager United Fruit Cy. te New York
1915-1918 Chef Boissevain & Co. te Soerabaja
1921-1930 Directeur Comp. Commerciale Nord-Americaine te Parijs
1921- President United Steam Navigation Company te New York

Other information:

Robert aged 24.