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Pieter Borssum Waalkes

Van Borssum Waalkes was a confectioner and sugar worker. He set up the company Noblesse with Otto Frank and Jo Kleiman.

Person

  • Pieter van Borssum Waalkes
  • Born on: Oct. 2, 1904
  • Born in: Sneek, Nederland
  • Died on: Oct. 27, 1973
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Pieter van Borssum Waalkes was a confectioner and sugar worker. He set up the company Noblesse with Otto Frank and Jo Kleiman.[1] The company, which started on 1 September 1950, wanted to make cream truffles with a longer shelf-life using preservatives such as alum. The experiment failed.[2] The partnership was dissolved on 15 June 1951, after which Van Borssum Waalkes continued with Noblesse at his own risk. He took ownership of the stock and raw materials on condition that he took on the receivables, worth fifty-three hundred guilders, as a debt.[3]

Later, Van Borssum Waalkes was involved in the development of Supec, a pectine preparation developed and sold by Opekta for large-scale sugar-work production. In the cellar of Marnixstraat 301, he also carried out the small-scale production of fruit cubes and truffles, which he sold through neighbourhood shops.[4]

Source personal data.[5]  Addresses: Hoofdweg 212hs, Amsterdam (1936); Marnixstraat 301hs (1951).[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Handelsregister Amsterdam, inv. nr. 3154, dossier 75280, akteletter a. 
  2. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief Hofhuis: Trancriptie interview F. Hofhuis door Teresien da Silva (AFS), 17 november 2011, p. 37-39 (00:04:18-00:09:15).
  3. ^ Privébezit J.J. van Borssum Waalkes: Overeenkomst tussen Pectacon en P. van Borssum Waalkes (concept), 30 juni 1951. 
  4. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief Hofhuis: interview F. Hofhuis, p. 38 (00:06:15).
  5. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart P. van Borssum Waalkes.