Alexander Willem VAN ANDEL [1880-1966] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Alexander Willem VAN ANDEL [1880-1966]

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Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Mon, 2020-05-04 00:41
Names
Given: 
Alexander Willem
Family: 
van Andel
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1880-12-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Rotterdam
Birthplace (country): 
the Netherlands
Death
Date: 
1966-01-23
Cause of death: 
natural

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. This portrait shows the manager of the HK office: Mr. A.W. van Andel. Gwulo.com shows his full name: Alexander Willem van Andel. He was on several Hong Kong Jurur's lists, between 1908 and 1927. <a href="https://old.gwulo.com/%3Ca%20href%3D"https://gwulo.com/jurors-list-1908">https://gwulo.com/jurors-list-1908" rel="noreferrer nofollow">gwulo.com/jurors-list-1908</a>

The Dutch site archieven.nl returns only one Alexander Willem van Andel, it is very likely the man in the photo. He was born 6 December 1880 in Rotterdam and died 23 January 1966 in Rotterdam. He was married to Kate Davies.

1256   N.V. Internationale Crediet- en Handelsvereniging Rotterdam/C.V. en N.V. Wm H. Muller & Co. (Internatio-Muller N.V.) 1402 Foto album van kantoren in China.

courtesy Stadsarchief Rotterdam, <a href="https://old.gwulo.com/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl">http://www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl</a>

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Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2020-05-05 17:01.

Dear reader,

Alexander Willem van Andel was married to Kate Davies, it is likely they married in Hong Kong. Do you know of a way to find out when they were married and other information about Kate Davies?

Many thanks,

Pieter

Submitted by David on Tue, 2020-05-05 17:03.

There are some tips in the "Useful links" on this page that may help, especially the old newspapers and the Carl Smith cards.

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Wed, 2020-05-06 13:42.

Many thanks David