Adolphus John Rutjes

Birth: Dec. 15, 1835 Charleston Charleston County South Carolina, USA Death: Jun. 1, 1911 Nice, France

Adolphus John Mignot was the first of four children born to Rémy Mignot (1801-1848) and his second wife Théonie Marie Louise Alexandrine (de la) Rivière (1819-1875), daughter of Jean-Pierre (John Peter)(de la) Rivière, a French aristocrat who had escaped the Revolution to the United States, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina. His father Rémy Mignot was also born in France and emigrated to Charleston in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars. He owned a fashionable coffee shop and confectionary in the port city. After Rémy Mignot's death, his widow married Adolphus Johannes (Adolph John) Rutjes, a close family friend for whom Adolphus John Mignot was named. As an adolescent Adolphus John Mignot was sent to boarding school at the Flushing Institute outside of New York City. Later, together with his siblings, he was sent to Eindhoven in the Netherlands and enrolled in the Institut des Jeunes Gens where his stepfather Rutjes's brother was headmaster.

On August 1, 1858, Adolphus J. Mignot with his brother-in-law Anthonius Alexander Martinus (Anton) de Block (1830-1906) founded the Mignot & De Block cigar manufacturing firm, which in time became the largest industrial complex in Eindhoven. The company, which later produced cigarettes, prospered for more than a century when it acquired by Phillip Morris in 1969.

Adolphus J. Mignot married in Amsterdam on April 12, 1868 Johanna (Jeanette) Christina Hubertina Maria Smelt (1843-1914), daughter of Gerrit Smelt and Maria Catherina (Mimi) Schillemans of Amsterdam. The couple had twelve children: 1.) Maria Catharina Gerardina Johanna (1867-1938) 2.) Théonie Maria Johanna (1868-1895) 3.) Jeanette Hubertine Bernardine Marie (1870-1919) 4.) Adolphe Antoine Louis Marie (1871-1964) 5.) Josephine Jeannette Marie (1875-1959) 6.) Remi Pierre Paul Adolf Marie (1876-1877) 7.) Remi Pierre Paul Antoine Marie (1878-1953) 8.) Cornelia Alida Jeannette Marie (1879-1958) 9.) Eugene Adolf Jeanette Marie (1882-1962) 10.)Alida Alexandrine Théonie Jeanette Marie (1885-1970) (In addition, two children were stillborn.)

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Parents:

 Rémy Mignot (1801 - 1848)

 Théonie Marie Louise Alexandrine de la Rivière Mignot Rutjes (1819 - 1875)

Spouse:

 Johanna Christina Hubertina Maria Smelt Mignot (1843 - 1914)*

Children:

 Adolphe Antoine Louis Marie Mignot (1881 - 1964)*

 Eugene Adolphe Jean Marie Mignot (1882 - 1962)*

Siblings:

 Louis Rémy Mignot (1831 - 1870)**

 Adolphus John Mignot (1835 - 1911)

 Adrian Paul Mignot (1844 - 1923)*

 Cornelia Rutjes Churchill (1851 - 1921)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Eindhoven Sint Caharina Cemetery Eindhoven Eindhoven Municipality Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

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Created by: John W. Coffey Record added: Apr 11, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68233247