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Name: ROSSLIEN, Edward Theodore
Birth Date: ?1872
First Date: 1914
Profession: Manager, Falls Estate
Married: Anna Elizabeth Gildenhenijs
Children: Anna Elizabeth (13 Mar 1913 Nairobi-29 May 1917 Nairobi, arsenic and strychnine poisoning); Edward Ronald (12 Feb 1914- 21 July 1916 Nairobi)
Book Reference: EAMR, Barnes, Gazette
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - F Sqdn. 10/8/14 - 20/10/14 - Cpl. 20/8/14; KAR (Intelligence Dept.)
General Information:
Nairobi South cemetery - Edward Rosslien, died July 1916, buried 27 July 1916 (UK Foreign and Overseas Registers says he was 2 months old when he died, so birthdate may be wrong)
Gazette 29/7/1914 - Manager for Rudolf Franz Mayer and Maria Anderson at the Falls Estate
In Medals of WWI his name was spelt Rosslein, which was crossed through and Rosslien substituted.
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death of son Edward
Nairobi South cemetery Anna Elizabeth ROSSLYN (sic) Birth 1913 Death 29 May 1917 (aged 3–4) Burial Nairobi South Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Plot 392 Memorial ID 231186025