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Name: SCHERMBRUCKER, Christopher Frederick
Photo Source: Buffalo Barua 13, Nov 2010
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1904 Grahamstown, S. Africa
Death Date: 11 Feb 1969 Cape Town
First Date: 1926
Profession: Solicitor, Kaplan & Stratton
Area: Eldoret
Married: 1. Mavis Munnik b. 1907, d. 29 May 1950 Nairobi; 2. In Johannesburg 24 Feb 1953 Helen Elizabeth Muller née Beck b. 29 Dec 1922 Pretoria, d. 25 Sep 1977 Cape Town (prev. m. Charles Geoffrey Muller 1920-1951)
Children: Christopher (13.1.1935 Eldoret-27.1.2017); John Frederick; William; (?Daphne, Geoff, Justine, Vicky-Lyn)
Book Reference: Barnes, Rugby
General Information:
The history of Eldoret rugby has been compiled from information kindly provided by Messrs C.F. Schermbrucker and "Stompie" Jones. Rugby on the Plateau had been going on for some years before Mr Schermbrucker arrived in Eldoret in 1926.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Kenya Regiment no.2727 [?son] d. 27 Jan 2017 UK
Gazette 1 Aug 1950 1st wife's probate
St Paul's Church, Kiambu, cemetery Mavis Schermbrucker 29.5.1950