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Dannemann, Geraldo, 1851-1921

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Personal name headingDannemann, Geraldo, 1851-1921
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Variant(s)Dannemann, Gerhard, 1851-1921
Associated countryBrazil Germany
LocatedBahia (Brazil : State)
São Félix (Bahia, Brazil)
Birth date1851-04-23
Death date1921-04-21
Place of birthBremen (Germany)
Place of deathHamburg (Germany)
Field of activityTobacco industry Cigar industry
Profession or occupationIndustrialists
Found inGeraldo Dannemann, the entrepreneur, 2014: pref. (he became the biggest manufacturer in Bahia, with three factories and tobacco warehouses in several towns; he became the first "intendente" of the town of São Félix; by that time he had changed his name from Gerhard to Geraldo; in 1907, when he felt his presence was no longer indispensible in São Félix, the base of his tobacco and cigar empire in Bahia, he handed over the reins of the Dannemann & Companhia business to his eldest son Gerlado Dannemann Junior, and returned to his homeland; a naturalised Brazilian citizen, he died 11 April 1921 in Hamburg, Germany) p. 9 (Gerhard Dannemann, born 23 April 1851 in Bremen, Germany) p. 10 (in 1872, he embarked on the voyage to Brazil)