Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1424
  • Surname: Reyer
  • Forename and paternity: Alexander Alexandrovich
  • Фамилия: Рейер
  • Имя и отчество: Александр Александрович
  • S: m
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1895-04-30
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1946-05-29
  • Occupation // Профессия: Architect and contractor
  • Burial place // Место захоронения: Hungjao Road
  • Obituary // Некролог: NCDN 1946-04-30; 05-03
  • Notes // Примечания: “Died at his residence, in his 51st year, Alexander Alexandrovitch Reyer, the belover husband of Ludmila, father of Alexander and Vitaly.” Architect, builder, general contractor. Born in Petrograd. Reyer’s career in Shanghai started in 1920; he was president and general manager of the Reyer Construction Corporation. He was the only Russian expatriate to be featured in George Nellist’s Men of Shanghai (1933). Wife Anna Reyer (née Kasproff) and sons Alexander (1924–2004) and Vitaly (b. circa 1925) later emigrated to the USA. Biography on Building Russian Shanghai: https://sites.google.com/view/russianshanghai/architects/l-z/a-a-reyer “Mrs A. A. Reyer wishes tto thank all her friends for the kind expressions of sympathy, floral tributes and donations to charity during her recent bereavment.”