Cornelis Lievense
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Cornelis Lievense was a Dutch businessman who ran several import/export companies in the United States from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Lievense was born in Maassluis
, The Netherlands
, and came to the United States in 1924. During his career in the United States, Lievense was the President or director of a number of import/export companies and banks, most notably the Union Banking Corporation
, whose assets were seized by the United States government in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act
and the Domestic Fuel Corporation, which was blacklisted by the Canadian government in 1940 for similar suspicions.
Lievense died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey
, in 1949 at the age of 59.
Lievense was born in Maassluis
Maassluis
Maassluis is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 32,847 in 2004, and covers an area of 10.11 km² .It received city rights in 1811...
, The Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and came to the United States in 1924. During his career in the United States, Lievense was the President or director of a number of import/export companies and banks, most notably the Union Banking Corporation
Union Banking Corporation
The Union Banking Corporation was a banking corporation in the US whose assets were seized by the United States government during World War II under the Trading with the Enemy Act and Executive Order No. 9095. According to an Oct...
, whose assets were seized by the United States government in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act
Trading with the Enemy Act
The Trading with the Enemy Act, sometimes abbreviated as TWEA, is a United States federal law, , enacted in 1917 to restrict trade with countries hostile to the United States. The law gives the President the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the U.S. and its enemies in times of...
and the Domestic Fuel Corporation, which was blacklisted by the Canadian government in 1940 for similar suspicions.
Lievense died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 24,958. Ridgewood is an affluent suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown Manhattan.The Village of Ridgewood was...
, in 1949 at the age of 59.