Gideon Louis Boissevain Explained

Gideon Louis Boissevain (October 4, 1870 - April 25, 1924) was president of the Hilliard Hotel Company and on the board of directors for the Knickerbocker Trust Company.[1] [2]

Biography

He was born on October 4, 1870, in Amsterdam to Johannes Boissevain and Johanna Juliane Hoek.

He married Arabella Helen Magee in 1899. She was the daughter Emma S. and George J. Magee.[3] [4]

In 1906 their house in New Castle, New York, was robbed and $10,000 worth of jewelry was taken.[5] [6]

He died on April 25, 1924, in Manhattan.[7]

He was buried on Berkeley Memorial Cemetery in Middletown, Rhode Island.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Knickerbocker Trust Co. Directors . . January 10, 1903 . 2013-11-30 .
  2. News: Mrs. Jon Boissevain Wins A Paris Divorce. New Yorker, a Maryland Carroll, Is Among Three Americans to Receive Decrees. . . September 28, 1930 . 2013-11-30 .
  3. News: Mrs. Arabelle Boissevain. Widow of Former Head of Hilliard Hotel Co. Dies in Paris . . 2013-11-30 .
  4. Web site: Mrs. G. Louis Boissevain (ca. 1875-1928) . June 9, 1928 . 2013-11-30 . .
  5. News: Boissevain Home Robbed. Police Think Some One in Banker's Household Stole His Valuables . . October 16, 1906 . 2013-11-30 .
  6. News: Detective Persuaded Boissevain Butler to Confide in Him. Telling the Dishonest Servant He Would Help to Dispose of the Jewelry He Stole . . November 11, 1906 . 2013-11-30 .
  7. News: G. Louis Boissevain Dead In New York . . April 27, 1924 . 2013-11-30 .