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Gustavo Adolfo Krogh

Gustavo Adolfo Krogh

Male 1861 - 1924  (62 years)


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  • Name Gustavo Adolfo Krogh 
    Birth 30 Jul 1861  Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Mar 1924 
    Siblings 1 brother and 3 sisters 
    Half-siblings 1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Johan Peter Ernst Krogh and Merceditta Aqueda Dominguez) 
    Person ID I1396  Simon and Related Families | Descendants of Francois Sellier Foucour, Descendants of Johan Peter Ernst Krogh
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2025 

    Father Johan Peter Ernst Krogh,   b. 23 Feb 1814, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1867, Venezuela Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Maria Francisca Sosa,   b. 15 Aug 1825 
    Marriage Abt 1854 
    Family ID F2087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Marie Faucour Sellier (aka Sellier),   b. 24 Aug 1866, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1961, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1886  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Andre Louis Krogh,   b. 1 Oct 1887, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1960, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Gustave Adolph Krogh,   b. 13 Mar 1889, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1957, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    >3. Lucie Carmen Krogh,   b. 17 Sep 1892, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1987, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     4. Marguerite Marie Krogh,   b. 10 Jun 1902, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1992, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +5. Robert Joseph Krogh,   b. 24 Jan 1904, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Feb 1980, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Documents
    Krogh, Gustavo Adolfo (1861-1924) | Faucour Sellier, Josephine (1866-1961) - Marriage    		Krogh, Gustavo Adolfo (1861-1924) | Faucour Sellier, Josephine (1866-1961) - Marriage
    1886 marriage record for Gustavo Krogh and Josephine Faucour Sellier from the parish records of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (which was united with Sacred Heart Church in the past), Port of Spain, Trinidad, page 255. Photograph courtesy Patricia Wight.
    Family ID F441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Jul 1861 - Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Oct 1886 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Krogh, Gustavo Adolfo (1861-1924) - Passenger Record    		Krogh, Gustavo Adolfo (1861-1924) - Passenger Record
    1883 passenger arrival record in New York for Gustave A. Krogh, merchant, age 24 years, native of Venezuela, on the S.S. Cyphrenes, inbound from St. Kitts and other ports.
    Krogh, Ernesto (1856-1927) | Krogh, Gustave Adolfo (1861-1924) - Business Announcement    		Krogh, Ernesto (1856-1927) | Krogh, Gustave Adolfo (1861-1924) - Business Announcement
    Announcement of the formation of Krogh & Co.. by Ernesto and Gustavo Krogh, from the Port of Spain Gazette, 10 April 1886, page 3.

  • 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 (over 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), L.A. Sellier (likely Luce Anne [née Joliclerc] Sellier), Ernesto Krogh, Maria Krogh de Prieto. One witness signature not legible.

      OCCUPATION:
      - Merchant (1883 passenger arrival record, 1886 marriage record)
      - Founded the firm of Krogh & Co. with his brother, Ernesto Krogh, located at 51 Henry Street in Port of Spain on 1 March 1886, according to a notice printed in the Port of Spain Gazette, 10 April 1886, page 3.
      - 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 specializing in trade with Venezuela.

      ADDRESSES:
      - Resident in Trinidad as of 23 December 1880, as he signed a legal notice as a witness, as published in the Trinidad Royal Gazette, 5 January 1881, page 23.
      - 28 Henry Street, Port of Spain (1887 and 1889 baptismal records of sons)

      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.
      - Arrived in Trinidad from Grenada on the R.M.S. Eden with his wife, Mrs. Krogh, on 29 July 1887, according to shipping news in the Port of Spain Gazette, 30 July 1887, page 3.

      DEATH:
      Full date from genealogical information provided by Jacob Krogh. Location not known.

      OTHER RECORDS:
      "A. Krogh, Esq." listed as one of the Stewards of the Santa Rosa Races in Arima for 1885, according to a notice printed in the Port of Spain Gazette, 4 July 1885, page 3.

      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)."


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