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Cazenove Family

 Family

Dates

  • Usage: 1775 - 1971

Biography

The Cazenove family came to America from Geneva, Switzerland, in the late 18th-century and settled in Alexandria in 1797. It was known for its shipping and imports and married into the Lee family. James O'Hara Cazenove d.1971 was the last of that name to live in Alexandria.

Anthony Charles Cazenove (1775-1852) was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Imprisoned during the revolution, he immigrated to the United States in 1794 and went into business with Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin in Fayette County Pennsylvania. He married Ann Hogan of Philadelphia (1776-1843), and moved to Alexandria, Virginia where he established Cazenove and Co., they had 10 children.

Paul Charles Cazenove (1799-1801) died in childhood. Charles John Cazenove (1801-1834) married Sarah Greenleaf of Boston to whom a letter from A. C. Cazenove survives. Paulina Cazenove (1806-1891) married John Fowle. Charlotte Cazenove (1812-1836) married North Carolina Congressman William B. Shepard. Octavius Anthony Cazenove (1813-1841). Harriet Cazenove (1817-1861) who married Gazaway Lamar of Georgia (1798-1874).

Ann Maria Cazenove (1803-1859) married General Archibald Henderson. Their daughter Charlotte married into the DuPont family.

Eliza Frances Cazenove (1798-1857) married William C. Gardner (1791-1844) their children included Constance T. Gardner (1820-1849) who married Maryland Congressman Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) and Anne Eliza Gardner (1819-1885), who married Cassius F. Lee (1808-1890).

William Gardner Cazenove (1819-1877) married Mary Elizabeth Stanard (1822-1892) and had a son named Anthony Charles Cazenove (1849-1897). William took over management of Cazenove and Co. in partnership with Lee and was later the guardian for one of the Gardner children.

Louis Albert Cazenove (1807-1852) married Frances Ansley (1820-1847) in 1837 and had Frances E. Cazenove (1838-1884) and Charlotte Louise Cazenove (1840-1914). He later remarried to Harriett Stuart Turberville (1823-1896) of the Lee family and had a son named Louis A. Cazenove (1851-1925). Cassius F. Lee became the guardian of these children after 1852.

Louis A. Cazenove (b 1851) married Mary O’Hara and had two sons. Louis A. DeCazenove (1878-1852) changed his last name to an older Swiss version, worked as a chemical Engineer at Dupont, and married Edith Patton Cazenove. James O’Hara Cazenove (1880-1971) was an inventor, engineer, and investor, and was considered the last of the family.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Alexandria Marine Railway Company, stock certificates of A. C. Cazenove, 1849 - 1851

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscripts vertical file is an open artificial collection containing a wide variety of unique manuscript items relating to Alexandria, Virginia residents, businesses, organizations, and history.The majority of the items are manuscript pages but the collection also includes books and ephemera. It is strong in local business advertisements, stationary, and records as well as correspondence, legal and financial papers, memorabilia, and school-related documents. The majority of...
Dates: Issued: 1849 - 1851
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Collectables-Stocks

Alexandria Steam Ferry Company, stock certificate of A. C. Cazenove, 1839-10-01

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscripts vertical file is an open artificial collection containing a wide variety of unique manuscript items relating to Alexandria, Virginia residents, businesses, organizations, and history.The majority of the items are manuscript pages but the collection also includes books and ephemera. It is strong in local business advertisements, stationary, and records as well as correspondence, legal and financial papers, memorabilia, and school-related documents. The majority of...
Dates: Issued: 1839-10-01
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Collectables-Stocks

Cazenove, A.C., Account of Rents due to his Estate, 1851 - 1853

 File — Box: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject includes business records primarily relating to named individuals. For the records of named businesses see: businesses, for correspondence relating to personal and private matters see: personal.

Dates: 1851 - 1853
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Personal Business

Cazenove, Anthony W., letter to Sarah E. Greenleaf, 1826-07-17

 File — Box: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject includes personal letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as personal certificates.

Dates: 1826-07-17
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Personal

Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

 Collection
Identifier: MS212
Scope and Contents This collection covers the history of the Cazenove Family of Alexandria from the 1790s to the 1970s. The first part of the collection features records from James O’Hara Cazenove (1880-1971), consisting primarily of correspondence and records relating to his business interests and investments, as well as legal documents and business related litigation. Some of the correspondence and notebooks relate to his role as an inventor including a patent for an improved eggbeater from the 1920s. It...
Dates: 1786 - 1970
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / Cazenove Family Papers (MS212)

Cazenove Letter re: events of August 1814, surrender of Alexandria, Undated

 File — Box: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject includes personal letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as personal certificates.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Personal

Cazenove, Lewis Albert, University of Virginia certificate of proficiency, 1874-06-02

 File — Oversize Box: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject includes personal letters, diaries, and memoirs as well as personal certificates.

Dates: 1874-06-02
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Personal

Middle Turnpike Co., stock certificate of Anthony Cazenove, 1831-07-09

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscripts vertical file is an open artificial collection containing a wide variety of unique manuscript items relating to Alexandria, Virginia residents, businesses, organizations, and history.The majority of the items are manuscript pages but the collection also includes books and ephemera. It is strong in local business advertisements, stationary, and records as well as correspondence, legal and financial papers, memorabilia, and school-related documents. The majority of...
Dates: Issued: 1831-07-09
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Collectables-Stocks

Smoot and Co., misc. receipts, Cazenove acct, 1894 - 1896

 File — Box: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject consists of records from Alexandria businesses from banks and industrial enterprises to small businesses like wholesalers. They include financial records, receipts and billheads, but also catalogs, advertisements and account books. Also listed here are some promotional materials about the Alexandria business community in general.

Dates: 1894 - 1896
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Businesses

Wise & Co., insurance agents, receipt, Cazenove acct, 1889-11-30

 File — Box: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subject consists of records from Alexandria businesses from banks and industrial enterprises to small businesses like wholesalers. They include financial records, receipts and billheads, but also catalogs, advertisements and account books. Also listed here are some promotional materials about the Alexandria business community in general.

Dates: 1889-11-30
Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS240, Vertical File (Manuscript) (MS240) / Businesses

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