Wilhelm Johann (Johann) Krohn
1836/7–1916
Russian-born British wine merchant. Also known as John Krohn. In 1858, together with his brother Nicolai (or Nicholas), founded the wine producing and exporting firm of Krohn Brothers & Co. in Madeira. Married Elizabeth Husband Grant in Madeira in 1866. Naturalised British citizen, 1885.
Sources
abm.madeira.gov.pt/en/resources/archives/, accessed 5 September 2019
Census returns of England and Wales 1891 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG12/108/99/19)
Cossart 1984
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 September 2019)
UK, naturalisation certificates and declarations, 1870–1916 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 September 2019)
Bibliography
Cossart, Noël. 1984. Madeira: the island vineyard. London: Christie’s Wine Publications.
