Rautenberg, Schmidt and Company, a German firm established on April 21, 1849 by Henry Charles Rautenberg and Frederick George Schmidt of Hamburg [W05p672] [L02 table C]

Their offices were located on Malacca Street in Singapore. [B02]

Their branch office in Penang was known as Schmidt, Kustermann & Co. [W05p803]

Associated with Schmidt & Kustermann, Hamburg and a firm in Schaffhausen, Switzerland [W05p672]

On 17 April 1851 Mr. Rautenberg drowned in a squall of off Singapore. [W05p676]

Closed by the Custodian of Enemy Property with commencement of WWI [G01] [H06p488]

PERFINs 1879 to 1905 [G01]

Importers of all manners of good from Europe [W05p672]

Exporters of all manner of locally produced goods [W05p672]

Agents for Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company, Bremen and Antwerp underwriters, a number of insurance companies and mercantile companies [W05p672]

They had offices in Penang, Singapore, Hamburg and Schaffhausen, Switzerland

At one point H. C. Rautenberg operated, on his own, a Forwarding Agency.

Opened in Singapore in 1848, associated with Schmidt, Kustermann and Co., Penang, and Schmidt and Kustermann, Hamburg. Rautenberg drowned in 1851 and later partners joined Schmidt after 1858. M. Suhl became head of the firm in the 70’s and it was his son who was in charge from 1910 until the War. The firm held the Austrian Lloyd agency and was active in shipping and insurance. [Additional information from John Wilson 20 November 2006. [M04]]

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