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Name: BOILEAU, Colin Campbell (Major)
Nee: son of George Wilson Boileau, bro of Edmund Knyvett Boileau
Birth Date: 26.5.1863 India
Death Date: 26.2.1911 Nairobi, accidentally shot while setting a leopard trap
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1911
Profession: Stock inspector
Area: Nairobi. EAHB 1905 has Maj. J. Boileau - Athi Plains
Married: In Assam, India 25 May 1896 Mrs Sarah Anna Maria Alicia Clarke née Boileau (2nd cousin) b. 11 Aug 1852 Ulverston, d. 24.5.1922 Nairobi (prev. m. to Capt. James Bond Clarke d. 1890)
Children: Madeline (Wyndham) [may be dau. of Clarke]
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, Cuckoo, Jessen, EAHB 1905, Drumkey, Advertiser, North, Barnes, Web, Gazette, KAD, Leader 14, Red 19
War Service: Served with the 5th Bengal Cavalry; Lieut. Norfolk Regt. 1884 Posted to Indian Army
General Information:
A very popular figure in Nairobi, many grieved the death of a friend when he died. Stephen Ellis's ledger contains Mrs Boileau.
SE - Mrs Major Boileau - Oct 1907
Jessen - Visited Major Boileau's near foothills of Donyo Sabuk and met John Boyes
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - Major C. Boileau, Valrosa Hotel, Nairobi
Advertiser - 12/3/1909 - Death - On Mar 6 at Dublin, Madeline wife of Maj. J.N. Wyndham, Wilts Regt., and only daughter of Mrs C.C. Boileau of Nairobi
North - wife arrived Mombasa from England to join husband at Donyo Sabuk 21-10-1904; Member of the Nairobi Mounted Section of the EAP Volunteer Reserve June 1905; Mrs Boileau died and was buried at Nairobi 24-5-1922
Nairobi South cemetery - Mrs Boileau is buried at Forest Rd. Cemetery - Colin Campbell Boileau, Major 5th Bengal Cavalry, died Feb 26 1911
Gazette 1/4/1910 - Major C.C. Boileau declared insolvent 24/3/1909 and is now applying for his discharge.
Cuckoo - 1904 - mentions him as a jockey at 2nd race meeting in Nbi.
KAD 1922 - Committee, EASPCA
Web - National Archives - Colonial Office. Maj. C. C. Boileau, decd., stock inspector, Veterinary Department, East Africa: gratuity to widow. [Accidentally shot while setting a leopard trap] 1911
Leader14 - Mrs Boileau - Nairobi
KAD has Mrs E.K. Boileau
Red Book 1919 - Mrs Boileau - PO Box 157, Nairobi
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