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Name: RICALTON, Lomond

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Nee: son of James Ricaltan and Mary Ricalton 1837-1909

Birth Date: 15 Aug 1890

Death Date: 29 May1914 Nairobi

Last Date: 1914

Area: Nairobi

Book Reference: Barnes, Gazette

General Information:

Nairobi South cemetery - L. Ricalton, died Jun 1914, buried 11 Jun 1914
Gazette - 30 Sep 1914 James Ricalton [his father] obtaining elephant licence 14 Apr.1914
FindaGrave Lomond Ricalton Birth unknown Death 29 May 1914 Nairobi, Kenya Burial Brookside Cemetery Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Memorial ID 186196662. Inscription: CENOTAPH- Died and buried at Nairobi, B.E.A; Aged 24 yrs
https://maplewood.worldwebs.com/forums/discussion/james-ricalton From "The Life of James Ricalton" by his daughter, Kathryn Ricalton Murphy: "In 1909 at the age of 65 James Ricalton took a trip to Africa and walked from Cape Town to Cairo, a distance of 1500 miles. Wearing out many pairs of shoes and averaging 30 miles a day. He had a safari of 20 natives to carry his baggage and to help him hunt wild game. He shot many elephants, hippopotami, antelopes, and wild buffalos, bringing home a great many trophies to add to his large collection of curios gathered from all his trips around the world...."In 1912 Mr. Ricalton left for another trip under Thomas Edison's direction, this time to experiment with the famous inventor's moving picture camera. His son Lomond accompanied him and while father and son were in the jungles taking moving pictures of big game Lomond contracted typhoid fever. Mr. Ricalton transported him to the nearest British hospital, 50 miles away, but the trip on rough jungle roads aggravated the boy's condition, and after two weeks in the hospital, despite the best of care, he died and was buried in Nairobi, British East Africa. This tragedy ended Mr. Ricalton's travels...." http://www.ricalton.org/ricalton_africa.html
 

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