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Name: THORD-GRAY, Ivor

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Nee: born Thord Ivor Hallstrom

Birth Date: 17 April 1878 Stockholm, Sweden

Death Date: 18 Aug 1964 Dade, Florida

First Date: 1906

Profession: Sailor, soldier, police officer, adventurer, ethnologist, linguist

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1. In Lydenburg, Transvaal 1904 Edith Georgina Voss b. 7.8.1884 Hopetown, S, Africa, d. 27 Jan 1969 Somerset West, S. Africa (div. 1909); 2. In USA 1916 Isabelle M. Gibb b. 1887 Clunie, Perthshire; 3. In Manhattan 23 Mar 1922 Belle Walker Lebling b. 2 Aug 1875 Eire, Penn., d. 26 May 1923 New York; 4. In New York 7 Jan 1925 Josephine Toerge-Schaefer b. 18 Nov 1892 New York; 5. 1933 Winnefred Alice Ingersoll b. 21 Mar 1883 Canton, Illinois, d. 25 Apr 1960 Dade, Florida

Children: 1. George Stewart (18 Dec 1906 Lydenburg, Transvaal-1970 Port Alfred, S. Africa); Edward (1908 New York) 2. Angus (25 Sep 1917); another

Author: Gringo Rebel

Book Reference: Cuckoo, Wikipedia

War Service: Northumberland Fusiliers

General Information:

Cuckoo - 1906 - Inspector of Police in Nbi. under Foran. Subsequently transferred to the Egyptian Police
Wikipedia - sailor, prison guard, soldier, government official, police officer, rubber plantation owner, ethnologist, linguist, investor, and author.[1] He participated in thirteen wars spanning the continents of Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe.
He was Swedish-American
Captain of Nairobi Police 1907

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