Gustavo Adolfo KROGH

1861 - 1924  (62 years)

• Name	Gustavo Adolfo KROGH
  Born	30 Jul 1861	Ciudad Bol?var, Bol?var, Venezuela
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 1924
  Person ID	I1396	Sellier
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Josephine Marie FAUCOUR SELLIER (AKA SELLIER),   b. 24 Aug 1866, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 2 Oct 1961, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 95 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1886	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  Children	1. Andre Louis KROGH,   b. 1 Oct 1887, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 25 May 1960, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 72 years)   2. Gustave Adolph KROGH,   b. 13 Mar 1889, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 21 Oct 1957, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 68 years)   3. Lucie Carmen KROGH,   b. 17 Sep 1892, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 11 Dec 1987, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 95 years)   4. Marguerite Marie KROGH,   b. 10 Jun 1902, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 1992, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 89 years)   5. Robert Joseph KROGH,   b. 24 Jan 1904, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago ,   d. 29 Feb 1980, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIRTH: - Full date and location from genealogical information provided by Jacob Krogh. - Roughly consistent with age (24 years) in the 23 June 1883 passenger arrival record for Gustave A. Krogh in New York, in "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957" on ancestry.com. Place of birth and citizenship given as Venezuela. - Consistent with notation that he was of full age (0ver 21 years) in his 1886 marriage record. MARRIAGE: Full date given as 25 October 1886 in marriage record for Gustavo Krogh and Josephine Faucour Sellier from the parish records of Sacred Heart Church, Port of Spain, Trinidad, page 255. Witnesses--J.F. Sellier (likely Jules Faucour Sellier). Sellier (likely Luce Anne [n?e Joliclerc] Sellier), Ernesto Krogh, Maria Krogh de Prieto. One witness signature not legible. OCCUPATION: Merchant (1883 passenger arrival record, 1886 marriage record) Accountant, Grell & Co., Port of Spain, Trinidad. According to Allister Macmillan (ed.), The Red Book of the West Indies (London: W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1922), page 194, Grell & Co. was a shipping firm in Port of Spain specializingrade with Venezuela. TRAVEL: - Sailed from New York to Demerera, British Guiana, arriving there on 19 February 1883, and then from Demerara to Trinidad, leaving the former on 23 February 1883 and arriving on 25 February 1883, all on board the S.S. Cyphrenes, according to mentions of "Krogh" in Lloyd's List, Friday, 16 March 1883, page 8, columns 23 and 24. - Arrived in New York on 23 June 1883 on board the S.S. Cyphrenes, according to the passenger arrival record for Gustave A. Krogh in New York, in "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957" on ancestry.com. DEATH: Full date from genealogical information provided by Jacob Krogh. Location not known. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (Written by F. Anthony Krogh): "Gustavo was born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela and traveled to Trinidad as a young man, where he married Josephine Marie Sellier. He worked as an accountant for many years with the firm of Grell & Co., and also worked for some time in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana)."