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Name: BRESLER, Clarence Ivan

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Birth Date: 16 Sep 1898 South Africa

Death Date: 16 Oct 1958 Dar es Salaam

First Date: 1921

Profession: Sugar; Riddoch Motors

Area: Miwani

Married: In Tongaat, Natal 9 Dec 1920 Winifred Rose Stevenson b. 18 Aug 1902 Durban, d. 23 Aug 1942 Kenya

Children: Francis Ross (18 Apr 1921 Tongaat, Natal-1973); Hugh Ivan (21 Aug 1924-1993); Edna Madge (5 Feb 1928 Mau Summit-2009); Raymond Edgar (25 July 1933 Kisumu-1979); Douglas (1935 Kisumu-1942)

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, EA & Rhodesia

General Information:

EA & Rhodesia - 30/10/58 - Mr C.I. Bresler whose death in Dar es Salaam is reported was a director of Riddoch Motors Ltd. He had spent many years in Kenya and Tanganyika Territory.
EA & Rhodesia - 27/11/58 - A.T.B. writes from Tanganyka Territory - With the passing of Clarence Bresler - 'Bres' to his many friends - Tanganyika has lost one of 'the old school' who can ill be spared. He will be remembered by the older generation in Kenya as a member of the staff of the Victoria Nyanza Sugar Company, which he joined in 1921, and later as a partner in the sugar plantation at Miwani of Bresler and Starr. He served throughout the East African Campaign under conditions not likely to be forgotten by those involved. He joined Riddoch Motors Ltd., in Tanganyika in 1948, serving the company in Tanga, Moshi, Arusha and Dar es Salaam, where he was still working at the time of his death. His loyalty and devotion to the company's interests were outstanding, and he was appointed a director in 1957. Born in South Africa in 1898, he married Winifred Stevenson in 1919, losing his wife in 1942. After her passing he lavished his wealth of affection upon their five children, one daughter and four sons, who survive him. He was never happier than when surrounded by his family, whose loss is very great. Before his health prevented such activities, he was a keen yachtsman and fisherman, and, in his earlier days, an ardent cricketer. He was a prominent Freemason, holding the office of Grand Tyler in the District of East Africa in 1941-42, and he was a Past Master of Lake Lodge, Kisumu.
Hut - partner with Starr
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters list accountant Miwani
Gazette 5 July 1960 probate

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