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Name: CHILDS, Harris Robbins

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Birth Date: 28.5.1872 New York city

Death Date: 24.3.1922 Manhattan

Nationality: American

First Date: 1899

Profession: Previously acting American Consul in Zanzibar for some years he established his firm of Ivory Exporters in Mombasa in 1907 and was well known at the Coast for his hard work and enterprise in those early pioneering days. Childs & Joseph

Area: Zanzibar, Mombasa

Married: In Manhattan 15 Dec 1903 Eleanor Stuart Patterson b. 24.6.1872 East Orange, New Jersey, d. 27 Apr 1952

Children: Edward Patterson (Zanzibar 12.10.1904-1981)

Book Reference: Gillett, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Gazette

School: Harvard

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
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.

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