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Name: SCHWEDDING, Karl (Brother)

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Nee: 'Br. Oscar'

Birth Date: 22.11.1842 - Dusseldorf

Death Date: 26.1.1898 - Zanzibar - heart attack

Nationality: German

First Date: 1871

Profession: Missionary

Area: Bagamoyo

Book Reference: North, Ujiji

General Information:

North - Arr. EA 1871 - organised caravans to the interior for the HGF and the White Fathers from Bagamoyo
Ujiji - Frere Oscar Schwedding (d. 1898) from Dusseldorf, served the Holy Ghost Mission in East Africa for over 25 years. His hunting exploits made Oscar one of the most talked-about Europeans on the East African coast.

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