| Boissevain | |
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| Country |  Netherlands  France  United States  Canada  United Kingdom |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Founder | Lucas Bouyssavy |
Boissevain is the name of a Dutch patrician family of Huguenot origin.
| Boissevain | |
|---|---|
| family | |
| Country | Netherlands France United States Canada United Kingdom |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Founder | Lucas Bouyssavy |
Boissevain is the name of a Dutch patrician family of Huguenot origin.
The family originates from the Dordogne in France. Lucas Bouyssavy (1660–1705) appears to have been the founder of today's [ when? ] Boissevain family. [1] Lucas sold his half of the ancestral property in the village of Couze to his brother Jean on 22 July 1685. [1] On 4 December 1687 he drew up his will in the town of Bergerac, Dordogne. [1] Because of Catholic persecution of the Protestants, he went into exile, first to Bordeaux, and then to Amsterdam (Netherlands). [1] He settled there in about 1691, using the name Boissevain. [1] Thus, all bearers of the name Boissevain are necessarily descended from Boussavy. [1]
In the course of the generations the family spread further over the rest of the Netherlands and Europe. Adolphe Boissevain (1843–1921) acquired an outstanding reputation in financing companies, particularly railway companies, e.g., the Canadian Pacific Railway. Along this line is situated, in Manitoba, the town of Boissevain, Manitoba named after Adolphe.[ citation needed ]
The investment bank owned by the family, Boissevain & Company (with offices in New York and Amsterdam) was acquired by Hallgarten & Company in January 1926. It had been in existence for around 25 years.[ citation needed ]
Daniel Boissevain (1856–1929), who turned against the family wealth and became a farmer and socialist activist in Alberta, Canada [2] contributed to the spread of the Boissevains over the North American continent, while Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain (1852–1919) contributed to the presence of the family in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).[ citation needed ]
Three children and a grandson of Amsterdam newspaper editor Charles Boissevain (1842–1927) emigrated to North America.
In 1947 Gideon Walrave Boissevain (1897–1985), minister plenipotentiary in Greece, Chile, Israel, then Dutch ambassador to Cuba, married Maria, granddaughter of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, in Paris [3] .
The family coat of arms features a silver shield with three green trees. Prior to the 20th century, these trees were represented in many different variations; in 1935 the family decided they would be box trees in all future uses, [4]
The Boissevain motto is in French: "Ni regret du passé, ni peur de l'avenir" (Neither regret for the past, nor fear of the future). [4]
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.
Abraham Pietersen van Deursen, aka Abraham Pietersen van Deusen, was an immigrant from Holland who settled in New Amsterdam and become one of the Council of 12 that was the first representative democracy in the Dutch colony. The Van Deursen, Van Deusen, Van Duser, Van Duzer, Van Duzor, Van Duzee, and Van Dusen families of the United States and Canada are all descended from Abraham Pietersen van Deusen, a miller and a native originating from Haarlem in the Netherlands.
Thomas de Keyser was a Dutch portrait painter and a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity. Rembrandt was influenced by his work, and many of de Keyser's paintings were later falsely attributed to Rembrandt.
Willem Jacob van Stockum was a Dutch mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity.
The Tuyll family is a Dutch noble family, with familial and historical links to England, whose full name is Van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Several knights, members of various courts, literary figures, generals, ambassadors, statesmen and explorers carried the family name.
The Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Willem Frederik Holleeder is a Dutch gangster, outlaw biker and convicted criminal. He is nicknamed De Neus because of the size of his nose.
Hilda Gerarda van Stockum was a Dutch-born children's writer and artist. She received a Newbery Honor.
Adrienne Minette (Mies) Boissevain-van Lennep was a Dutch feminist who was active in the Resistance before being arrested by the Nazis and sent to the Herzogenbusch concentration camp. After the war, she promoted the idea of the national liberation skirt, and some of these unusual skirts are now in Dutch museums.
Athanase Adolphe Henri Boissevain was a Dutch banker who financed North American railways.
Willem Gerardus "Wim" Anderiesen was a Dutch footballer.
Willem de Clercq was a poet and leader of the Réveil, the Protestant Church Revival in the Netherlands. He is known for his diary entries, which contain extensive reports of the events he witnessed. He was also a secretary (1824-1831) and later a director (1831–1844) of the Netherlands Trading Society.
Willem Johannes Leyds was a Dutch lawyer and statesman who served as state attorney and state secretary of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the Second Boer War, he was the Republic's special envoy and minister plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states.
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Charles Boissevain was a journalist, editor and part-owner of the Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad, a leading newspaper of the time. From 1872 he was on the editorial board of the literary journal De Gids.
Keizersgracht 143 is a canal house on the eastern side of the Keizersgracht between Leliegracht and Herenstraat in Amsterdam. It is a national monument of "very high value" (zeer hoge waarde) and "national distinction" (nationale kenmerkendheid) according to the Dutch Cultural Heritage agency.
Bicker is a very old Dutch patrician family. The family has played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They led the Dutch States Party and were at the centre of Amsterdam oligarchy from the beginning of the 17th century until the early 1650s, influencing the government of Holland and the Republic of the United Netherlands. Their wealth was based on commercial transactions, and in their political commitment they mostly opposed the House of Orange.
Willem van Ruytenburch, lord of Vlaardingen and Vlaardingen-Ambacht (1600–1652) was a member of the Dutch gentry and Amsterdam patriciate of the Dutch Golden Age. He became an alderman of Amsterdam and joined the Schutterij of Frans Banninck Cocq. Willem was featured, as a lieutenant, in Rembrandt's 1642 painting The Night Watch for which he is now probably most famous.
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Jacques Antoine Bonebakker was a Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller.
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