Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....De Freest, Samuel ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com June 2, 2011, 9:13 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist SAMUEL DE FREEST, Customs Broker and Attorney. Engaged in his present business for a quarter of a century, Samuel De Freest, customs broker and attorney, has been established in Honolulu since 1900. Before his removal to Hawaii, he was employed as a traveling salesman on the mainland. Descendant of a Dutch family founded in America in 1800, Mr. De Freest was born at North Greenbush, N.Y., the son of Isaac Henry and Catherine (Van Allen) De Freest. He received his education in the public schools of De Freestville, N.Y., later attending the Union Classical Institute and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. Mr. De Freest and Addie Helene Farmer were married in Honolulu, May 8, 1901. They have three children, Katherine I., Grace H., and Elizabeth M. De Freest. Mr. De Freest is a Mason, Elk, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Oahu Country, Commercial, Rotary and Outrigger Canoe Clubs. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/defreest287bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb