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Name: JOSEPH, Hugo Schwartzchild
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1886 New York
Death Date: 3 Feb 1942 Manhattan
Nationality: American
First Date: 1907 - from USA
Profession: Merchant. Employed by Childs & Co., later partner Childs, Parr & Joseph.
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Hollywood, NJ, 16 Aug 1917 Louise Henrietta Morgenthau b. 12 Jan 1896 Chicago, d. 14 Feb 1994. She was niece of Harry L Morgenthau, ambassador to Turkey
Children: Marie Louise (Brill) (10 Mar 1922 New York-13 June 2013)
Book Reference: Gillett, Golf, Playne, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
Playne - Harris R. Childs, who came to BEA about 1907, was for many years Acting American Consul in Zanzibar, and is American-born. He has been in the ivory business all his life. Mr William R. Parr, another partner in Childs & Co. is an Englishman. He has been in EA for about 20 years, 17 of which have been spent in Madagascar. He has always been in trade, and is on the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr Hugo S. Joseph came from the United States in 1907 and joined the firm as partner, having faith in the future of the country. They buy ivory and ship it to New York - also importers of American soft goods and agricultural machinery
Red Book 1912 - H.S. Joseph - Mombasa
Gazette 1/2/1922 - Petition for Insolvency of Harris R. Childs and Hugo S. Joseph trading in co-partnership as Childs & Joseph. Petition brought by National Bank of S. Africa.
Golf - Present at the formation meeting of Mombasa Golf Club in 1911. Traders in ivory, large quantities exported to USA