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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Switzerland

Index to Locations Geneva Unknown location Geneva Genthod Cemetery Vevey Village Cemetery Zurich Friedhof Nordheim Unknown Location Geneva, Switzerland Politicians buried here:   Alexander Cook Thayer (1865-1918) — also known as Alexander Thayer — Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., June 18, 1865. U.S. Deputy Consul in Trieste, 1901-02; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Venice, 1902-05; U.S. Vice Consul in Venice, as of 1916-17. Died, from dementia paralytica, in the Bellevue Sanatorium, Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, September 16, 1918 (age 53 years, 90 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Henry Thayer and Jane (Cook) Thayer; married, August 6, 1910, to Alice Bartlett Mansfield; nephew of Alexander Wheelock Thayer; third cousin once removed of John Ogden Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of Nathan Read; third cousin thrice removed of Timothy Bigelow; fourth cousin of Staley N. Wood; fourth cousin once removed of Rufus Heaton, Edward M. Chapin and George A. Dix.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Genthod Cemetery Geneva, Switzerland Politicians buried here: Hugh Simons Gibson (1883-1954) — also known as Hugh S. Gibson — of California. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 16, 1883. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1919-24; Switzerland, 1924-27; Luxembourg, 1927-33, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1927-33, 1937-38; Brazil, 1933-36. Died in Geneva, Switzerland, December 12, 1954 (age 71 years, 118 days). Interment at Genthod Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Francis Asbury 'Frank' Gibson and Mary Kellogg (Simons) Gibson; married, February 27, 1922, to Ynés Reyntiens.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Time Magazine, February 8, 1932 Village Cemetery Vevey, Switzerland Politicians buried here:   Robert John Thompson (b. 1865) — also known as Robert J. Thompson — Born in La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa, October 15, 1865. School teacher; railway mail clerk; newspaper editor; president and manager, National Recording Safe Company; U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1906-11; Aix-la-Chapelle, as of 1914. Died, of a heart attack, in Montreux, Switzerland. Interment at Village Cemetery. Friedhof Nordheim Zurich, Switzerland Politicians buried here:   Maurice Willard Altaffer (1893-1974) — also known as Maurice W. Altaffer — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born in West Unity, Williams County, Ohio, May 10, 1893. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Stuttgart, 1923; Frankfort, 1923-24; Aleppo, 1924-26; Nogales, 1926; Agua Prieta, 1926-27; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1927-29; Dresden, 1931-33; Zurich, 1933-43. Died in Zurich, Switzerland, July 11, 1974 (age 81 years, 62 days). Interment at Friedhof Nordheim.   Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Altaffer and Elizabeth (Kniess) Altaffer; married, July 9, 1925, to Jeanne Marguerite Rocher.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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