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Willem Cornelius Bastian De Fremery

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Willem Cornelius Bastian De Fremery

Birth
Netherlands
Death
21 May 1922 (aged 89)
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
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Plot 8
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Born at the de Fremery estate "Ouwendijk" in 's Gravenzande, The Netherlands. William Cornelius Bastian de Fremery, scion son of pioneer James de Fremery. Successful businessman and owner one of the first large estates in Oakland, Ca. Married Ellen Ober Campbell. William Cornelius came to California in 1853 started out in San Francisco as a clerk; became a bookkeeper in his brother James de Fremery's importing business; Director of the San Francisco Savings Union Bank, founded by his brother, James de Fremery, also later its Vice-President, Vice Consul of the Netherlands; director of the California Fruit Canner's Association which is now known as Del Monte; a director of the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway until 1913; and built his 16 room Victorian home on a seven acre site in Oakland at 77 Fairmont Avenue which became known lovingly as "The Aunt-Hill" because of the maiden Aunts who lived there. Besides his business activities, his garden in Oakland, where he propagated roses, occupied much of his time. In 1968 when the last of his unmarried daughters died the Mansion was demolished by their youngest son, Donald de Fremery. Oakland was undergoing radical change and the family decided that they did not want the beautiful old home changed into a rooming-house or somehow ruined. There were seven daughters and two sons born to the marriage.
Born at the de Fremery estate "Ouwendijk" in 's Gravenzande, The Netherlands. William Cornelius Bastian de Fremery, scion son of pioneer James de Fremery. Successful businessman and owner one of the first large estates in Oakland, Ca. Married Ellen Ober Campbell. William Cornelius came to California in 1853 started out in San Francisco as a clerk; became a bookkeeper in his brother James de Fremery's importing business; Director of the San Francisco Savings Union Bank, founded by his brother, James de Fremery, also later its Vice-President, Vice Consul of the Netherlands; director of the California Fruit Canner's Association which is now known as Del Monte; a director of the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway until 1913; and built his 16 room Victorian home on a seven acre site in Oakland at 77 Fairmont Avenue which became known lovingly as "The Aunt-Hill" because of the maiden Aunts who lived there. Besides his business activities, his garden in Oakland, where he propagated roses, occupied much of his time. In 1968 when the last of his unmarried daughters died the Mansion was demolished by their youngest son, Donald de Fremery. Oakland was undergoing radical change and the family decided that they did not want the beautiful old home changed into a rooming-house or somehow ruined. There were seven daughters and two sons born to the marriage.

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"A Native of Holland"

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located in Plot 8 in the De Fremery plot

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