Christoffel Jan PREIJER

                   ART EXPERT PREYER FALLS TO HIS DEATH; Troubled with Asthma, He Seeks Low-Silled Window for Air and Stumbles Out.
August 13, 1913, Wednesday
Page 9, 525 words

Fell to death from window in 5th Floor apartment in NY.  Suffered from asthma and apparently fell out of the window while getting a bit of fresh air.  Died instantly from broken neck and fractured skull.  Summarized from NY Times Aug 13, 1913.
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ART CRITICISM IN COURT.; Mr. Ranger Faces Preyer, Whom He Accuses of Criminal Libel -- Preyer Answers Charges.

January 28, 1900, Wednesday
Page 9, 550 words
Magistrate Hogan yesterday held an examination in the charge of criminal libel brought by Henry W. Ranger, the landscape artist, against David C. Preyer, editor and publisher of The Collector and Art Critic, published at 13 West Twenty-eighth Street, for an article published in the issue of that paper dated Jan. 17.
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The marriage to Carroll is David's second marriage according to the 1910 US Census.  it also states that he emmigrated to the US in 1880, the same time as Jean, but before Carl.

Art Critic and Dealer in NY

Author of 4 (known) art books

The Art of the Netherland Galleries Being a History of the Dutch School of Painting Illuminated and Demonstrated By Critical Descriptions of the Great Paintings in the Many Galleries - Illustrated (F. Bol, Rembrandt, A. Van Ostade, and many others) by David Preyer (Hardcover - 1908)

The Vienna galleries : Giving a brief history of the public and private galleries of Vienna, with a critical description of the paintings therein contained (The art galleries of Europe) by David Charles Preyer (Unknown Binding - 1911)

The art of the Berlin galleries;: Giving a history of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum with a critical description of the paintings therein contained, together ... Century Art (The art galleries of Europe) by David Charles Preyer (Unknown Binding - 1912)

The art of the Metropolitan Museum of New York: Giving a descriptive and critical account of its treasures, which represent the arts and crafts from remote antiquity to the present time ([The Art galleries of America series]) by David Charles Preyer (Unknown Binding - 1933)



Name: Preyer, David C Birth - Death: 1862-1913 Source Citation:
Who Was Who in American Art. Compiled from the original thirty-four volumes of American Art Annual: Who's Who in Art, Biographies of American Artists Active from 1898-1947. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1985. (WhAmArt 1)
Who Was Who in American Art. 400 years of artists in America. Second edition. Three volumes. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999. (WhAmArt 2)

1910 US Census shows him as C. David - who knows? Also shows this as his second marriage.
                  

                   Divorce date Sept 5 1917
Bruidegom Abraham Preijer   Bruid Wilhelmina Keij   Plaats Baarn Datum echtscheiding 05-09-1917 Opmerkingen Vonnis Arr.Rb.'s-Gravenhage 24-05-1917. (huw.voltrokken Baarn 23-04-1891)

Abraham was an Art Dealer. He immigrated to the US around 1883.   Once here, he took numerous trips back to Europe to buy Art for sale in the US.  One of his sons was a WW1 Pilot that was KIA and buried in France.  Another son went to the Art Institute in Chicago then went to Holland to be a banker.

Detail resultaat: (Vader bruidegom)
Bron 	Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk
Archieflocatie 	Het Utrechts Archief
Algemeen 	Toegangnr: 481  Inventarisnr: 203  Gemeente: Baarn  Soort akte: Huwelijksakte  Aktenummer: 10  Datum: 23-04-1891
Bruidegom	Abraham Preijer  Leeftijd: 28  Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam
Bruid	Wilhelmina Keij  Leeftijd: 23  Geboorteplaats: Baarn
Vader bruidegom	Christoffel Jan Preijer
Moeder bruidegom	Helena Maria Westenberg
Vader bruid	Gerrit Keij
Moeder bruid	Marretje van Leersum
Nadere informatie 	Huwelijk ontbonden 24-05-1917 te 's-Gravenhage, ingeschr. Baarn 5-09-1917
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Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 
about Abraham Preyer

Name: Abraham Preyer
Arrival Date: 13 Nov 1883
Port of Arrival: New York
Destination: USA
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occuption: Merchant
Relationship to Head of Household: Head of household
Origin: Netherlands
Purpose: Permanant Sojourn
Port of Departure: Amsterdam
Ship Name: Edam Ship
Accommodations: Steerage
                  

                   Her brother Abraham lists her address in the US as Harrison Street 87, West Orange, NJ.

The Genlias database shows another female spelled Berndina married to an Antonius Jacobus Van Dam having 8 children.  There is however no record of the marriage or of a separate birth for her.  She starts bearing children in 1894.  I can not tell if this is a coincidence or whatever. (GAS June 11, 2008)

Detail result: (Father bride)
Source  Civil register - Marriage
Archive location 	Noord-Hollands Archief
General Number of finding aid: 358
Item number:            28
Municipality:              Bussum
Type of record:         Huwelijksakte
Record number:       5  Registration date: 10-05-1894
Groom	            Charles Henrij Hawkins  Age: 40  Place of birth: Newark America
Bride	                        Bernardina Catharina Preijer  Age: 25
Place of birth:            Amsterdam
Father groom	            William Hawkins
Mother groom	Margaret Catharina Hudson
Father bride	            Christoffel Jan Preijer
Mother bride	            Helena Maria Westenberg
Additional information 	beroep bg.: koopman; beroep vader bg.: koopman