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Name: SCHEURKOGEL, Johannes Jacobus
Birth Date: 1892 South Africa
First Date: 1915
Profession: Farmer
Area: Molo, Eldoret
Married: 1. In Rietfontein, S. Africa 13 Mar 1912 Maria Elizabetha Joubert b. 1888, d. 25 July 1916 Nairobi; 2. Christoffina Magdelena
Children: Eric Abram (22 May 1913 Nakuru); Martinus (6 Dec 1914 Molo); Maria Elizabeth (11 June 1916 Kenya)
Book Reference: Gazette, Medals
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Molo - J.J. Scheurkolgel (Dutchman), Settler
Medals - Belfield's Scouts - Johannes J. Scheurkogel, No. 9559, Scout
See also Mary Elizabeth Schourkogel
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Nairobi South cemetery Mary Elizabeth Scheurkogel d. 25 July 1916 aged 30. Died of general septicaemia
Terence Gavaghan, Of Lions and Dungbeetles, 1999 He had his own farm lorry in Eldoret. He looked like an American bald eagle with wrinkled face and neck above powerful shoulders, bowed as if to bear a milk bucket yoke. His limbs were muscled like a Leonardo anatomical drawing, showing every sinew of unbelievable strength. He lived close to the earth, surviving on biltong and carrying a half walnut shell as an eyeball to use with his own urine to fend off blinding endemic trachoma and the like. In 1945 he was a Locust Officer.