8. | Hugo GREEFF was born on 16 Jun 1861 in Barmen, Germany (son of Ernst Hugo GREEFF and Britta METZNER); died on 4 Aug 1940 in Los Gatos, USA.. Notes:
Hugo attended the Barmen secondary school and then joined "Greeff-Bredt & Comp" as an apprentice. The year 1880-1881 he went to London and was active in several firms there. During 1905-1916 he was a partner in the e xport firm "Henderson & Liddel"
Because war made business impossible he bought a property "Durfold Hall", 132 Morgan in extent, which he sold at a profit after the war. He then moved to his son Hugo at Canterbury, and in 1924 to Los Gatos in California (65km south of San Francisco), where he found a new fatherland.
Hugo married Annie Edith AXFORD on 5 Feb 1890. Annie was born on 25 Feb 1867; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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