What happened to the other adopted children?

This email, from Stan Stevens to an unspecified Linda, details the history of Henri Albert van Coenen Torchiana in how it pertains to his two adopted daughters, whom have slipped from the records of history.

Notables: Haswell Leask, Nina Leanore, Eva Miller, Eleanor Bump, Emile Dodi, H A Hihn, Henry Albert van Coenen Torchiana / Henri van Torchiana / Henry van Torchiana / H A V Torchiana / H A Van Coenen Torchiana, William George Torchiana, Catherine Geloudemans Torchiana / Catherine Torchiana, Academy of Arnheim, Stratton Kaufman & Torchiana, Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, Santa Cruz County Commercial League, Union League, Alumni of the College of Commerce of Amsterdam, Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz Surf, Holland-American Chamber of Commerce, Dutch Reformed Church, PEN / P.E.N., Family and Olympic Country, Pasatiempo Golf Club, Villa Fair View, Angelo Joseph Rossi, Dr Homer K Pitman, Netherlands Consul General, Tweedie Wilson
Creator: Stan Stevens
Source:
  • Who's Who on the Pacific Coast: a Biographical Compilation of Notable Living Contemporaries West of the Rocky Mountains
  • Index to Marriages from Early Newspapers
  • San Francisco Chronicle
Date: 2016
Type: DOCUMENT; EMAIL; ARTICLE; EXCERPT
Coverage:
  • Biographies
  • Santa Cruz
  • 2010s
  • Dutch
  • Netherlands
  • Holland
  • Politics
  • Dutch-American
  • Holland-American
  • Java
  • Javanese
  • Javanese-American
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-BIOGRAPHY T TO Z-1

Citation

Stevens, Stan. “What happened to the other adopted children?.” Who's Who on the Pacific Coast: a Biographical Compilation of Notable Living Contemporaries West of the Rocky Mountains. 2016. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138438. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.