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Andre Louis KROGH

Andre Louis KROGH

Male 1887 - 1960  (72 years)

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  • Name Andre Louis KROGH 
    Born 1 Oct 1887  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 May 1960  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I6351  Sellier
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2021 

    Father Gustavo Adolfo KROGH,   b. 30 Jul 1861, Ciudad Bol?var, Bol?var, Venezuela Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1924  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Josephine Marie FAUCOUR SELLIER (AKA SELLIER),   b. 24 Aug 1866, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1961, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1886  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Violet BLANC,   b. 1 Jan 1897, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1983, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married Aug 1924  Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Erik KROGH,   b. 15 Jan 1929, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1946, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2017 
    Family ID F2382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: Full date and location given in genealogical information provided by F. Anthony (Bolo) Krogh, a nephew.

      MARRIAGE:
      Wife identified as Violette Blanc in genealogical information provided by Maren Barcant, a niece.

      OCCUPATION:
      - Medical graduate of the University of Edinburgh, according to his listing in the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago in C.B. Franklin, Trinidad & Tobago Year Book, 1923 (Port of Spain: Franklin's Electric Printery, 1923), page 210. Member of the Medical Board in Trinidad and Tobago, beginning in 1919.
      - Chief Medical Officer in Tobago for part of his career.

      DEATH: Full date and location given in genealogical information provided by F. Anthony (Bolo) Krogh, a nephew.

      BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (Written by F. Anthony Krogh):
      "Born October 1, 1887 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and died of a stroke in the same city on May 25, 1960. As a schoolboy, he attended St. Mary's College, Port of Spain. He was a top student and winner of a Trinidad government scholarship to study in Great Britain. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University in Scotland where he obtained the degrees Ch. B. and M.D. He then joined the British Army Medical Corps as an officer and was in Egypt and Palestine during World War I. On returning to Trinidad he joined the Civil Service and was Chief Medical Officer of Tobago for many years. Later, he returned to Trinidad and worked at the San Fernando Hospital and on retirement from government service joined his brother Robert in private practice in San Fernando. Andre was for some time engaged to be married to Violet 'Bully' Maingot, but he married Violet Blanc (b. January 1, 1897, d. May 2, 1983) in August 1924. They had one son."

      NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS:
      Listed (as "A.L. Krogh, Trinidad") as having achieved Second Honours, Junior Division, in physiology at the School of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, for the Winter Session, 1907-1908, in The Scotsman, Wednesday, 25 March 1908, pa.