Johan Wilhelm Hempel

[1][2] He was born on July 20, 1860, to Nielsine Agnete Christine Møller and Simon Christian Ludvig Hempel in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had a brother, Captain Christian Ludvig Hans Hempel (1862-1937).

[3] He married Ophelia Maren Abelone Christensen on May 28, 1902, in Copenhagen.

[4] In 1903 he was the captain of the Thingvalla Line ship SS Kekla.

In 1904 he became the captain of the Peace Ship of Henry Ford.