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- Child Elias Abinun de Lima
Birth date 07-08-1862
Place of birth Willemstad
Gender Man
Father Salomon Abinun de Lima
Mother Silva Senior
Event Geboorte
Event date 07-08-1862
Event place Willemstad
Document type BS Geboorte
Heritage institution Nationaal Archief Curaçao
Institution place Willemstad
Collection region Nederlandse Antillen
Sourcenumber 214.0
Registration date 01-01-1862
Document place Curaçao
Aktesoort Geboorteakte
- Elias A. de Lima, his family being of Dutch extraction. He attended a Dutch school on the Island of Curacao until the age of fourteen, then went to Germany, where he completed his education at the Gymnasium Andreanum in Hildesheim.
He came to the United States in 1880, entered the house of D. A. de Lima & Company, one of the leading firms doing business with Latin America, in which he became a partner in 1883. Since the death of Mr. D. A. de Lima in 1881 he has been the senior member of the firm. He is also president of de Lima, Cortissoz & Company, a firm which, like that of D. A. de Lima & Company, is largely and actively interested in business with Latin America and the West Indies.
Mr. de Lima became president of the Hungarian American Bank in 1908, and conducted this institution very successfully; but in 1910 he and his friends sold out the control of that bank which they held. He then became the head of one of the largest financial institutions of the City of Mexico, the Banco Mexicano de Commercio e Industria, with which prominent Mexican interests, the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, the international banking house of Speyer & Company, and some other leading American financial men are closely identified.
Mr. de Lima, who has always been a Republican in politics, has taken an active part in the affairs of the country through the commercial organizations of which he has been a member, especially through the New York Board of Trade and Transportation. He has been especially active in efforts to develop our foreign commerce through the reform of the Consular Service and the wide discussion of methods of fostering our foreign trade.
He was chairman of the committee appointed in March, 1906, by the Board of Trade and Transportation, and composed of Hon. W'illiam Mc-Carroll, Hon. Charles A. Schieren, Hon. Oscar S. Straus, INIr. Charles A. Moore and Mr. Henry W. Peabody, which arranged for a National Convention which was held in Washington for the purpose of discussing the best methods of reforming the Consular Service. The work of this convention was enfinently successful and resulted in the passage of Senator Lodge's bill which has placed the Consular Service of the United States on a footing of high efiiciency.
In February, 1907, Mr. de Lima conceived and brought about, through the New York Board of Trade and Transportation and other leading business organizations of the country, the most important National Commercial
Convention ever held in Washington, for the purpose of considering the measures best calculated to develop our foreign commerce and disseminating information in regard there to.
President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Root, Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of War Taft, and many other men prominently connected with the National Government and with the Government of several of the States, took an active part in the deliberations of the
convention, which has resulted in great and lasting lienefit to our foreign trade.
His firm brought action against the United States Customs authorities for the recovery of duties on products imported into the United States from Porto Rico after the annexation of the island. The action was successful and resulted in determining the tariff relations between our insular possessions and the United States.
When President Roosevelt was endeavoring to establish stable conditions in Santo Domingo by a treaty with that country, and his eft'orts seemed to have been defeated in the Senate, Mr. de Lima instituted and carried on a campaign throughout all the States whose Senators were opposing the ratification of the treaty, and did nutch to enlighten inHuential men and the general public on the questions at issue by writing several exhaustive articles on the subject. The treaty was finally ratified by the Senate.
His educational preparation, wide travel in European and Latin American countries and in the West Indies, his knowledge of foreign languages, his familiarity with foreign trade and its requirements, his experience in banking, especially in international banking, and his intimate knowledge of Latin America, place him in the ranks of those best qualified to deal with what is perhaps the most pressing commercial question before this countrv. namely, the proper adjustment of our relations with Latin America.
A. de Lima never sought public office, but in 1904 he was elected by both the Republicans and Democrats of Larchmont, Westchester County, a trustee of that village, and he was again unanimously elected to that office in 1906. In 1910S both parties nominated him and he was elected president of that village, and there were general expressions of regret when he declined a reelection in l910.
He is a director of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, a member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York; was one of the founders and has since been one of the most active members of the Japan Society of New York, and is a member of the New York City Club, Republican Club, New York Athletic Cluli, Larchmont Yacht Club and of the Pilgrims Society.
Mr. de Lima married, in New York City. February 14, 1901. Miss Lucie Robinson Spanneut.
Hermano de Padre de Domingo Mortimer A. de Lima de Barranquilla, Colombia
- De A. Heineman, enero 7 de 1913, S-DB, 3710
Elías S. A. de Lima llegó a la dirección del BMCI en octubre de 1910, él procedía de Nueva York donde fue dueño y accionista de varias firmas especializadas en el comercio internacional: De Lima, Cortissoz & Co., D.A. de Lima & Co. Director del New York Board of Trade and Transportation, del Hungarian-American Bank y de la India Wharf Brewering Co., véase, DB-S- 3707.
- De Lima, Elias S. A., merchant, banker; born on Island of Curacao,Dutch West Indies; son of S. A. de Lima, merchant, and Sylvia Senior A. de Lima; family of Dutch extraction; attended a Dutch school on the Island of Curacao until age of fourteen, then went to Germany and completed education at the Gymnasium Andreanum in Hildesheim; married,N.Y. City, Feb. 14, 1901, Lucie Robinson Spanneut. Came to the United States, 1880, and entered the house of D. A. de Lima & Co., a leading firm in the trade with Latin America; became partner, 1883; senior member from death of D. A. de Lima, 1891, until end of 1910; also president, 1907-1910, of De Lima, Cortissoz & Co., who are likewise engaged in trade with Latin America and the West Indies. President Hungarian-American Bank of New York, 1908-1910; since then managing director Banco Mexicano de Comercio e Industria, in the City of Mexico, with which prominent Mexican interests, the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, the international banking house of Speyer & Co., and some other leading American financial men are identified. Republican. Director N.Y. Board of Trade and Transportation, and chairman of its committee which arranged for the National Convention held in Washington to discuss plans for reforming the U.S. Consular Service, of which the outcome was the passage of the Lodge bill, which effected most salutary changes in that service; also conceived and brought about the National Commercial Convention of February, 1907, which effected marked improvement in the foreign trade of the United States; did effective work in securing ultimate ratification of the Santo Domingo treaty. Elected by unanimous vote trustee of village of Larchmont, 1903; re-elected in 1906, and elected president of the village in 1908. Member Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Japan Society of New York. Clubs: City, N.Y. Athletic. Address: Banco Mexicano de Comercio Industria, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Elias Salomoh Abinun De Lima
NACIMIENTO 7 Ago 1862 Willemstad, Curaçao
DEFUNCIÓN 23 Nov 1928 (de 66 años de edad)
Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
SEPULTURA Incinerado
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1862 - 1928 (66 años)
Salomoh de Eliau Abinun de Lima y Cohen Henriquez, n. 1 Sep 1834, Curacao, Antillas Holandesas 
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