Husband: Robert Daniel Crommelin  
   Born: 20 JUL 1841    in: h. Houtrust, Heemstede, The Netherlands
   Died: 4 APR 1907   in: The Hague, The Netherlands
 Father:  Gulian Cornelis Crommelin
 Mother:  Louise Smissaert



Married: 28 SEP 1876   in: Amsterdam, The Netherlands   


   Wife: Julie Elisabeth Tutein Nolthenius 	
   Born: 22 SEP 1853    in: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   Died: 30 SEP 1939   in: Delft, The Netherlands
 Father:  Julius Hendrik Tutein Nolthenius
 Mother:  Elisabeth Maria Wymar


CHILDREN
  Stillborn Daughter Crommelin	(	- 2 AUG 1877)	
  Doctor Claude August Crommelin	(22 DEC 1878	- 1 JUL 1965)	
  Henri Crommelin	(19 MAR 1880	- 18 APR 1958)	
  Kitty Crommelin	(12 OCT 1885	- 12 MAY 1988)	
  Rudolph Maximiliaan Crommelin	(13 APR 1887	- 6 MAR 1959)	

Robert Daniel Crommelin

Robert Daniel Crommelin, officer of the navy 1864, lieutenant at sea first class 1875-1876, member of the firm Tutein Nolthenius & de Haan, bank commissioner in shares in Amsterdam 1877-1901 From a letter to Jacques Crommelin by his Aunt Kitty Crommelin, January 28, 1980: Dear Jacques, Your letter was quite a surprise to me. To begin with, I like your handwriting very much because it is so like your father's, and though, of course, I loved all my three brothers, your father always has been my favourite one. Well now, here comes my answer as well as I can, about your grandfather (Robert Crommelin). Yes, I think there certainly was quite a resemblance with Rudolph in their features, but regarding their personalities - I believe that they were different. My brother, Rudolph, as you say, was an extrovert, and in this way was more like our mother. She was a very remarkable woman, very original and always in her time very modern. I am glad you say you were so fond of her... But now about my father. He was a good, a quiet man, never putting himself forward, but having a very good sense of humor, which he showed in amusing remarks. He had been a naval officer and when he came to my mother's father to ask the consent to marry his daughter (this was the custom in those years!), his future father-in-law gave his consent only on condition that he should leave the navy. You must understand that in those times a naval officer had to go to our East Indian colonies for three years, then be a few years in Holland, then again leave for three years, etc. etc. Also the trip to the East Indies took at least six weeks or more and so did letters. The wife was never allowed to accompany her husband, stayed at home and had to bring up the children who seldom saw their father. So your grandfather indeed left the navy and took up business work in the office of Tutein Nolthenuis en de Haan. He married and my parents lived in Amsterdam. I have often heard my mother say that though my father never complained, his heart stayed with the navy. He always kept several friends of old times. I myself remember him as a very kind man. On Sundays Rudolph and I went for a walk with him and he always chose the part f Amsterdam where harbour works were, and told us about ships. We liked this very much. When I was about 15 years old (about 1900), my father very, very, slowly began to be ailing physically, and also somewhat mentally. He had to stop working. My parents went to live in the country, later on in the Hague. These were difficult years, though my father never was a difficult patient. My mother made his life as good as possible; took very good care of him. At age 64 he got the flu and unexpectedly died. My mother then was 52 years old; your uncle Philip and I had been married for about a year. So here you see what I could tell you about your good grandfather. If you have any more questions, do ask me... Aunt Kitty