Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Von Hamm, Conrad Carl July 24, 1870 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CONRAD CARL VON HAMM, Business Organizer. Correspondence about Hawaiian 
postage stamps desired by a young German bank clerk for his collection was 
responsible for the arrival in Honolulu of Conrad Carl von Hamm and the 
subsequent establishment of The von Hamm-Young Co., Ltd.
  Anxious to obtain stamps of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Mr. von Hamm, then with 
the Bremer Filiale der Deutschen Bank, Bremen, Germany, wrote to William 
Maertens, a distant relative, and then senior partner in Hoffschlaeger & Co., 
Honolulu importers. During the exchange of letters Mr. Maertens suggested that 
Mr. von Hamm should come to Hawaii. He arrived in 1890, entering the employ of 
Hoffschlaeger & Co. at a salary of $60 a month.
  During the several years that followed Mr. von Hamm, through diligent 
application to his work, received a number of promotions. In 1899, less than 
ten years after his arrival, he was offered a partnership by Hoffschlaeger & 
Co., but instead of accepting this flattering proposal he decided to launch 
into business for himself, and interested the late Archibald A. Young and the 
late Alexander Young in the establishment of The von Hamm-Young Co., Ltd., 
with which he continues today as president and managing director.
  Mr. von Hamm was born July 24, 1870, at Bremen, Germany, the son of J. B. C. 
and Rosalie (Meinecke) von Hamm. He received his education in the Realschule, 
Bremen, graduating at the age of fifteen at the head of his class. Although 
his father desired that he should continue his studies, Mr. von Hamm overcame 
parental objection and entered the Bremer Filiale der Deutschen Bank of Bremen 
in 1885, continuing there until his departure for Honolulu. He is now 
president and manager, The von Hamm-Young Co., Ltd.; president and director, 
Alexander Young Estate, Ltd.; president and director, Territorial Hotel Co., 
Ltd.; president and director, Alexander Young Building Co., Ltd.; vice-
president and director, American-Hawaiian Motors Co., Ltd., and a director of 
the Bishop Trust Co. Mr. von Hamm was formerly director and treasurer of the 
Merchants’ Association of Honolulu. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, 
Pacific, Commercial, Oahu Country, Hawaii Polo and Racing Clubs, Y.M.C.A., Ad 
Club, Pearl Harbor Yacht Club, National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A., and 
a life member of the Queen’s Hospital.
  He married Ida Bernice Young, daughter of the late Alexander Young, June 30, 
1898, in Honolulu. They have two daughters, Constance and Rosalie Ruth von 
Hamm.


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