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Name: SEHOF, Gustave Maximilian

Nee: 'Max Schol' or Max Stolle, father of Hubert Stanton and Kurt Sehof

Birth Date: 26.11.1870 Britz, Germany

Death Date: 22.1.1925 Nairobi

Nationality: German

First Date: 1912

Area: Nairobi

Married: In King William's Town 21 Aug 1893 Anna Fiebiger b. 23 Jan 1877 Reichenberg, Bohemia, d. 1939 Nairobi

Children: Agins (1895-1895); Clara Marie (1896-1958) (Destro); Max Kurt (Dagoretti 11.5.1909) and see below for 11 others

Book Reference: HBEA, Red 31, John Grainger, Leader14, Red Book 1912, North

General Information:

John Grainger has Max Stolle, born 26/11/1870 in Britz, died 22/1/1925 Nairobi - married Anna on 21/8/1893 in Kingwilliamstown, Cape Colony. At some time and for some unknown reason Max's name changed from Stolle to Sehof. They had 13 children, only some of whom had any connection with East Africa - Agins - born East London 14/3/1895, died 5/8/1895 Delagoa Bay, Clara - born 3/10/1896 Johannesburg - married J. Destro 3/12/1913 in Nairobi - died 28/11/1958, Hubert - born 2/6/1898 Johannesburg - changed his name to Stanton - game trapper at Rumuruti. Then retired to Bushwackers at Kibwezi. Eva - born 7/8/21900 Durban - Farmed at Limuru - married Brown, Richard - born 26/6/1902 District of Dundee, Natal - died 27/2/1904 at Mapula, Natal, Walter - born 21/4/1905 Imbezane, Natal - died 20/2/1907 Durban, Natal, Alfred - born 30/4/1906 Durban. Max and Anna travelled up from South Africa. He was a Forest Officer and he planted all the gum trees on the hill on the left of All Saints Church, Nairobi. Kort - born 11/5/1908 Dagoretti. Hilda - born 11/2/1911 Parklands, Nairobi - died 30/5/1919 Parklands, Rudolph - born 29/7/1912 Edginton Estates near Race Course Road, Nairobi, Kathleen Clara Sehof - born 29/7/1914 Kilimani, Nairobi - married Peter Holness - Fisheries Officer who introduced Nile Perch into Lake Victoria. Previously not found Lake side of Owen Falls. Hedwig Hertha Mary Sehof born 28/9/1918 at Belgaum, India Felix Mick Sehof born 3/4/192? In Brazil (changed his name by Deed Poll to George Barrington and was a White Hunter in Kenya) Max died on 22/1/1925 in Nairobi. Anna died in the early 1940s in Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - M.G. Sehof - Nairobi
Red 31 has M.K.Sehof, Box 471, Nairobi.
?Max Kenneth Sehof - KR973

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