Alexander Willem VAN ANDEL [1880-1966]

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) had started his career in Rotterdam, at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). In 1938, he went to Shanghai for the firm. The Japanese interned him, and most other Dutch nationals, from 1943-45. In camp, he met his wife Nancy and they married after the war. After a leave in The Netherlands, they returned to the Orient, where Charles continued to work for HCHC in Hong Kong.

Twenty years before Charles started, in 1918, a photo album was made of the Hong Kong office and office staff. This portrait shows the manager of the HK office: Mr. A.W. van Andel. Gwulo.com shows his full name: Alexander Willem van Andel. He was on several Hong Kong Jurur's lists, between 1908 and 1927. <a href="https://gwulo.com/jurors-list-1908" rel="noreferrer nofollow">gwulo.com/jurors-list-1908</a>

The Dutch site archieven.nl returns only one Alexander Willem van Andel, it is very likely the man in the photo. He was born 6 December 1880 in Rotterdam and died 23 January 1966 in Rotterdam. He was married to Kate Davies.

1256   N.V. Internationale Crediet- en Handelsvereniging Rotterdam/C.V. en N.V. Wm H. Muller & Co. (Internatio-Muller N.V.) 1402 Foto album van kantoren in China.

courtesy Stadsarchief Rotterdam, <a href="http://www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl</a&gt;