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Name: SCHEFFLER, George Richard Otto
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1874
Death Date: 10 Jun 1911 Mombasa, chronic dysentery
First Date: 1909
Last Date: 1911
Profession: Deutsch-Englische Ost Afrika Kompagnie - manager of rubber estates for it. Kibwezi Rubberlands Ltd.
Area: Kibwezi, Machakos
Married: In Berlin 27 Apr 1901 Pauline Helene Sophie Borschardt
Children: Marie-Luise Erna Hertha (1 July 1901)
Book Reference: Playne, Barnes, Red Book 1912, Hut, North
General Information:
Playne - Deutsch-Englische Ost Afrika Kompagnie. .... Mr Scheffler, his wife and family have lived here [Kibwezi] for two and a half years, and enjoy perfect health
Playne - Deutsch-Englische Ost Afrika Kompagnie - formed in 1906 in Berlin with entirely German capital. The company have a concession of 50 square miles at Kibwezi and 85 sqare miles at Voi, and both properties are controlled by Mr R.F.P. Huebner, the managing director. The Kibwezi property is under the management of G.R.O. Scheffler, who was formerly in the Cameroons and also the Royal Botanical Gardens at Berlin. ..…..…
Mombasa cemetery - Geo. Richard Otto Scheffler, died 10 Jun 1911, age 36, European Hospital, Chronic Dysentery
Red Book 1912 - G.R.O. Scheffler - Machakos
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death