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Gerard Hendrik VAN DEN POLL [c.1880-c.1960]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-23 15:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
van den Poll
Given: 
Gerard Hendrik
Birth
Date: 
c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
unknown
Death
Date: 
c.1960-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Cause of death: 
unknown

Gerard Hendrik van den Poll worked at Holland-China Trading Company in Hong Kong as an assistant in 1918. He was photographed there and also at the Guangzhou office. He is listed in the 1918 Juror's list.

Birthplace (country): 
the Netherlands
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Holland-China Trading Company: portrait Van den Poll at Guangzhou office, 1918

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-06-22 15:23

Charles Gesner van der Voort 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. The Guangzhou office was also photographed.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
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