Family tree of Georges NAGELMACKERS

Industrialist, Businessman

Belgian Born Georges Lambert Casimir NAGELMACKERS

Belgian founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

Born on June 24, 1845 in Liège, Belgique , Belgium

Died on July 10, 1905 in Villepreux, France

Born on june 24 43

Deceased on july 10 27

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Nagelmackers

Gerardus

1731 - 1798

Mouillard

Marie Lambertine

- 1782

Dupont

Lambert Quirin Joseph

1768 - 1848

Fabry

Marie Anna Françoise

1766 - 1847

Orban

Michel Joseph

1752 - 1833

Fawe

Jeanne

1755 - 1839

de Rossius d'Humain

Louis

1748 -

Florquin

Marie Thérèse

- 1846

Nagelmackers

Gérard Théodore Pierre

1777 - 1859

Dupont

Sophie Anne Marie

1795 - 1874

Orban

Henry Joseph

1779 - 1846

de Rossius d'Humain

Thérèse Albertine Eugénie

1797 - 1871

Nagelmackers

Edmond Charles Joseph

1820 - 1892

Orban

Eugénie Jeanne

1823 - 1894

Nagelmackers

Georges Lambert Casimir

1845 - 1905

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Born into a family of bankers with interests in railways and close links to the court of King Leopold II of Belgium, Nagelmackers trained as a civil engineer. As a young man he fell in love with an older cousin. When his feelings were not reciprocated, his family encouraged him to travel to the United States of America to help him recover and also further his professional studies. He spent a total of 10 months travelling throughout America during which time he was exposed to train travel on Pullman carriages. He became convinced that there was a market for Pullman type carriages in Europe. After a proposal to George Pullman to collaborate on developing the European market was rebuffed Nagelmackers returned to Europe.

In 1870 he published a proposal to develop sleeper carriages for the European market. However the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War delayed the granting of a concession from the Belgian government and the establishment of his first sleeper carriage service.

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