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Henri M. Braëm

Danish Consul

Centurion, 1878–1900

Full Name Henri Monod Braëm

Born 19 April 1835 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 13 February 1900 in Vienna, Austria

Buried Kommunalfriedhof, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Proposed by Henry Drisler and Adam T. Sackett

Elected 1 June 1878 at age forty-three

Century Memorial

Henri M. Braëm was for many years Danish consul at this port, and was prominent in the business and social life of the city. For ten years he was a vestryman of Trinity Church, and was connected with many of the prominent institutions of New York. He had an agreeable personality, and at his country home in Lenox, and his town residence, displayed a liberal and attractive hospitality. During the latter part of his life he had resided in Vienna, where he died.

Henry E. Howland
1901 Century Association Yearbook