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Name: GROOTVELD, Johannes Abraham
Birth Date: 22 Dec 1910 Overischie, Netherlands
Death Date: 3 Oct 1998 The Hague
First Date: 1936
Last Date: 1965
Profession: Managing Director, Twentsche Overseas Trading Co, Mombasa, trading in tea, coffee, timber, hides, skins
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Mombasa Cathedral 1938 Williemien Toppen b. 14 Feb 1909 Appingedam, Neths, d.17 Oct 2000 The Hague
Children: Fenna Jannigje (Kelly) (1939); Marianne (1941-2010 Gasselte); Corrie (1944); Willem (1951)
Book Reference: EAWL, Mrs F. J. Kelly (dau)
General Information:
Longstanding member of Rotary Club.
Lived (when a bachelor) in Palace Hotel, Mombasa; then Cliffe Avenue with family, then Nyali