Johann G. Ludwig (Wanja) de Knoop 1846 - 1918
Johann G. Ludwig (Wanja) de Knoop , General Colonial Merchant (1881, merchant (1891), general merchant (1901). He owned some very valuable are rare stringed instruments. "Baron Knoop The life & times of a violin collector Philip E. Margolis Baron Johann Knoop was possibly the greatest violin collector of all time. He is a member of that small fraternity of collectors who managed to put together a quartet of Stradivari instruments – two violins, a viola and a cello. And Knoop did it not once, but twice.... By 1877, the 25th anniversary of Knoop's company, he had helped establish more than 100 cotton mills and had supplied 187 different factories with machinery. His name became so popular in Russian that it was mentioned in a proverb "Every church has a priest, every factory a Knoop" see http://www.cozio.com/forum/Topic2680-5-1.aspx"
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| Born: Moscow, Russia, , 22nd Jul 1846 | Baptised:
| | Died: St Magnus, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England May 1918 | Buried:
| | Family: de Knoop |
Sources
Census
- 1881 census (lodger - Bull Hotel, Woodbridge, Suffolk, , England)
- 1891 census (head of household - St Magnus, Dacres Road, Lewisham, London, , , England)
- 1901 census (lodger - Kings Rd, Brighton, Sussex, England)
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Timeline
| 22nd Jul 1846 | Born (birth) Moscow, Russia | | 1874 | Married Gretchen (Margrette) Mary A. Kern
(de Knoop ) 1856 - ante 1891 (marriage) | | 3rd Apr 1881 | Lodger in 1881 census (census) Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | | 3rd Apr 1881 | Head of household in 1881 census (census) Lewisham, Kent, England | | ante 1882 | Johann G. Ludwig (Wanja) de Knoop
(Kern , Stuart King ) 1846 - 1918 inherited the title Knoop [B] | | 1891 | Head of household in 1891 census (census) London, England | | 1899 | Married (marriage) | | post 1899 | Made a will (will) | | 1901 | Lodger in 1901 census (census) Brighton, Sussex, England | | May 1918 | Died (death) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
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