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Name: D'ETIENNE, Ossian Laurent Frouville
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1856 Mauritius
Death Date: 14 Jan 1913 Paris
First Date: 1906
Profession: He and his wife were the first managers of the Nakuru Hotel. Stephen Ellis's ledger shows him at Nairobi and as bad debt July 1907
Area: Nakuru, Nairobi
Married: In London 1912 Hortense Jaeck b. 13 Jan 1868 Ors, Nord, Framce
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, Hut, Kill, Playne, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, Harmony, EAHB 1907
General Information:
SE - Frouville D'Etienne - Nbi - July 1907 - Bad Debt
Playne - Nakuru Hotel - Built by Lord Delamere about 1907 - The hotel has accommodation for 50 people. There is a large dining-room. sitting-room, bar, and billiard-room; also stabling for 15 horses. Stores of tinned goods, tobacco and cigarettes etc. are kept for the convenience of travellers. The hotel is only 3 minutes walk from the railway station. The manager, Mr Frouville d'Etienne, has a long lease of the hotel, and he and his wife are always most kind and attentive.
Land - Madame D'Ettienne [sic] leased 5885 acres at Nakuru, later sub-divided
Land - 1912 - Mrs H.F. D'Etienne - Grazing and agricultural, 5885 acres - Gilgil - 18/10/09 - Under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/11/11 - Registered 2/1/12
Advertiser - 4/9/1908 - Nakuru - Mr & Mrs D'Etienne gave a farwell lunch to Messrs Tanner & Corbett
Advertiser - 25/12/08 - Nakuru Hotel is run on most up to date lines by Mr & Mrs Frouville D'Etienne
Advertiser - 14/5/1909 - Insolvency Jurisdiction - Frouville d'Etienne petitioned to be declared an Insolvent
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 3/12/06, age 47, Merchant, Nairobi
EAHB 1907 - Nairobi (Victoria Street)
Kill - 1909 - owned and managed the Nakuru Hotel with his portly spouse.
Gazette - 1/5/1906 - Liquor License - Mr Frouville d'Etienne, Nairobi