Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....D'Esmond, William V. V. February 2, 1872 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM V. V. D’ESMOND, Civil Engineer. After long experience as a civil 
engineer in charge of important government work in Hawaii and elsewhere, 
William V. V. D’Esmond established himself in 1920 in private practice at 
Wailuku, Maui, in which he is still successfully engaged.
  Coming to Hawaii in 1912 as superintendent of construction with the 
Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, he was assigned to construction work 
at Schofield Barracks, Oahu. He has designed and supervised the construction 
of wharves and army and navy buildings in the Philippines, on the mainland, 
and in Hawaii, and designed and supervised the construction of permanent 
waterfront terminals for the territorial harbor board, servings as its 
engineer from 1917 to 1920. Also to Mr. D’Esmond’s credit are the concrete 
bridges and wharf of the Ahukini Terminal & Railway Co., Lihue, Kauai. Since 
locating on Maui he has designed many fine public buildings.
  Upon completing his education at the British Army Ordnance and Engineering 
Schools, Woolwich, England, and the University of Maine, Mr. D’Esmond served 
with the British Army from 1899 to 1900. He then became associated with the 
Bluefields Commercial & Industrial Development Co. of New York and Bluefields, 
Nicaragua, and in 1901 he was a draughtsman with the United States Navy in the 
Philippines. From 1902 to 1904 he was a draughtsman for the S. S. Hepworth Co. 
in New York City, and from 1904 to 1907 was assistant engineer with the 
Hollingworth & Whitney Co. in Waterville and Gardner, Me. For the next two 
years Mr. D’Esmond returned to the Navy, being chief draughtsman and assistant 
in the department of yards and docks at Cavite, P.I., when he was transferred 
to the civil engineering department, Q. M. Corps, U.S.A. In 1913 he was sent 
to Hawaii.
  Born at San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 2, 1872, Mr. D’Esmond is the son of 
Alexander V. V. S. and Faith Marion (Campbell) D’Esmond. His father was a 
major in the British Indian army. In 1919 Mr. D’Esmond married Mary Bal, and 
they have one son, Adrian Archibald D’Esmond. Mr. D’Esmond is a Forester and a 
member of the American Association of Engineers.


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