View entry
Name: BROWSE, Victor Maurice
Nee: bro of Jack and Reginald Browse
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1902 Sea Point, Cape of Good Hope
Death Date: 11 Mar 1996 Nairobi
First Date: 1928
Profession: Optician, Wardles Ltd.
Area: Nairobi
Married: Estelle 'Stella' Wescob b. 2 Oct 1902 New York
Children: Molly (Frank) (20 Mar 1936-8 May 2012); Dorothy; John (1928-1 Jan 2003 Los Angeles); Jilly (1938-28 Mar 2002)
Book Reference: Ron Stevens, Red 31, Web, Richard Browse
General Information:
Source - Interview with Ron Stevens - 19-9-96
Web - President of Nairobi Rotary Club - 1948-49
Richard Browse - Victor was the second [brother] to come up from Johannesburg and he was a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers in London. …………. Victor worked within Wardle's before going on his own and was in practice in Kenwood House, opposite Kassam Kanji the Bicycle Shop in what was then Hardinge Street but now Dedan Kimathi Street.
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Victor Maurice Browse, Optician, Box 103, Nbi and Stella Browse, Married woman, Hurlingham Road, Nbi