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Name: BRANNSTROM, Birger August
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1898 Wuono Mikkonen, Nedertornea, Sweden
Nationality: Swedish
Profession: Miner in Kakamega, farmer, hunter
Area: Naivasha, Ol Kalou
Married: 31 Jan 1931 Ruth Madeline Baxendale b. 6 Dec 1900 (div.) (sister of Nevill Salisbury Baxendale)
Children: Judith Ingrid Madeline (Simonds) (2 Aug 1931-7 Apr 2029); Erik (1933); John Andrew (1934)
Book Reference: Burke, Carnelley, Wolseley-Lewis, Red 25, Hut
General Information:
Wolseley-Lewis - Aunt Deedee had two daughters and a son by Baxendale: Betty, who became an actress and ended up in America, and Ruth and Nevill who both came to Kenya. Nevill married Audrey Herbert, and Ruth married a Swede named Brannstrom.
Ira H. Morse & Julie B. Morse, Yankee in Africa, 1936 Every hunter has his own particular hobby - one man is a lion hunter, one is good for rhino, etc. Waller was a good all round man, splendid in tracking other game. So I now made up my mind ... to engage the hunter Branstrom [sic], who had been lauded as a fine elephant man, to go out specially for that.