Personal Life
He was born in Tromsø as the son of businessman Hans Conrad Holmboe (1828–1923) and his wife Jakobine Henrikke ("Rikka") Harris (1835–1913). He had several brothers and sisters. Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was named after his maternal great-grandfather, politician Johan Henrik Rye. His paternal granduncles Even, Hans and Leonhard were involved in politics too, so were his paternal uncle Jens Holmboe and maternal grandfather Anton Theodor Harris. His cousin Thorolf Holmboe was a painter.
In 1893 he married Johanne Adolfa Holmboe, who hailed from Ålesund. Her paternal grandfather being Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe; she was a cousin of Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe. The couple had several sons and daughters, who wrote their last names with a hyphen; Rye-Holmboe.
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