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Name: VERSLUYS, Guillaume Mello Laurillard Jonkheer Van Reigersberg
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1885 The Hague
Death Date: 27 Aug 1981 Nairobi
Nationality: Dutch
First Date: 1929
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 3 Apr 1954 Elizabeth Cecile Henriette Benson b. 1906, d. London 12 Apr 1974
Book Reference: Perham, Aschan
General Information:
Aschan - 1925 - A Dutch friend [of Blixen] Mello Versluys ……….
Aschan - Mello Versluys, the Blixen's closest neighbour [at Bahati], had appropriately named his farm Holland Estate. He and Blix were longstanding friends and had hunted together in the Belgian Congo. It was Versluys who had the fortune to collect the prized tusks of Jaho the invincible, whose tusks together weighed 290 pounds. Mello, who Cockie named 'the little ray of sunshine' due to his hang-dog expression and delight in being the bearer of bad news, had loaned the Blixens his silver Rolls Royce in which to tour Europe on their honeymoon.
Perham - 1929 - Dinner & dance at Muthaiga with Versluys, a Dutchman with a vast car.
Gazette 1 Aug 1975 wife's probate
Gazette 4 Dec 1981 probate for Guillaume Mello Van Reigersburg Versluys