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Herman ELFERS b. GERMANY @1878 mar., Katherine

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Re: Herman ELFERS b. GERMANY @1878 mar., Katherine

Posted: 23 Jun 2008 9:30PM GMT
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Herman was my grandfather who died in 1960.He was born in 1877 in Daverden, Germanany but did not marry my grandmother Katherine Margaret Evers until he was 30.His first child John was born in 1915 in NYC but subsequently died in thr great flu pandemic of 1918,In that year a second son William was born who went on to a successful life attending Hotchkiss,Princeton,and Harvard Business School before entering the Navy in the second world war.During the war he married the debutante Ann Rice of Hingham descended from Edmund Rice (1638) ,John Alden,and Mary Chilton of Mayflower heritage.William Elfers founded a famous venture capital firm Greylock and served on many corporate and non profit boards before his death on June 21 of 2005.He left three children William,Joanne,and Jane in addition to his wife Ann. His adopted sister Marie married Howard Lewis who had ties to Merriweather Lewis.
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Lora723 10 Dec 2002 5:10AM GMT 
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