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Name: VANDERHOOF, William Birkbeck
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1882 New Jersey
Death Date: 1950 Newton Abbot, Devon
Nationality: USA
First Date: 1909
Profession: Arnold Cheney & Co. manager
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Manhattan 7 Oct 1907 Estelle Pendleton Despard. b. 25 Oct 1886 Brooklyn, New York, d. 28 Apr 1968 Roehampton, UK
Children: Cornelia Despard (Thorn) (14 Feb 1911 Bronxville, NY-18 June 1944 London); Gertrude B. (Biddle) (9 Aug 1917 Bronxville-2002 Exmouth)
Book Reference: Drumkey, Playne, North
General Information:
North has W.F. Vanderhoof
Playne Messrs. Arnold, Cheney I'C Co., whose principal imports are cotton goods, were the first to import ‘'American" goods to this country. Large stocks are stored at Aden for distribution along the East Coast. They export an immense amount of ivory, which is bought locally and through other connections. The manager chooses and selects the ivorv here. The firm have their own pianoforte-kev factories in the Lbiited States, where all their ivory is consumed. A few skins and chillies are occasionally shipped. The head office for the East Coast is at Zanzibar (for description see the Zanzibar section of this work), and there are branches in Aden, Muscat, Alcppey, India, Smyrna, and London. Partners : Mr. |. A. Jones, Mr. Win. M. Vanderhoof, and Mr. W. B. Arnold (son of the original founder).
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Torquay, as 'marine insurance underwriter retired'