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Name: GROBLER, Cornelius Johannes
Death Date: 11 July 1913 Nairobi, executed
First Date: 1905
Last Date: 1913
Profession: Trekker from SA
Area: Nakuru
Married: 1907 Alida Cornelia Joubert b. 1888, d. 1913, murdered by husband
Children: Cornelius Johannes (bapt. on ss Feldmarschall on way to Mombasa 11.4.1908); Alida Cornelia (Molo 21.7.1909 bapt at Nairobi 18.8.1910)
Book Reference: Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Leader14 - 1913 - Towards the end of January a European named Grobelaar murdered his wife at Nakuru.
Leader14 - 1913 - On July 11 Grobelaar, who had been found guilty of murdering his wife at Nakuru, was executed at the Nairobi Gaol. This was the first instance of a European suffering the extreme penalty in British East Africa.
Red Book 1912 - C.J. Grobler - Naivasha [twice] and C. Grobler - Naivasha
East African Standard 26 Apr 1913 Wife had been living with her father in Nakuru for 2 months. She picked up her bro Jan Joubert from Nakuru Scholl and was walking along the Solai road when her husband rode up on a bike and asked her to return to him. She refused and he shot her 6 times, then shot himself in the jaw. He rode to Joubert's farm and said he had been shot by Heppes. The jury found him guilty but made a recommendation of mercy, but he was sentenced to death.
His wife died 48 hours after the shooting.