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Name: ROBSON, Edward Rene 'Teddy'
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1902 South Shields, Durham
Death Date: 29 Dec 1978 Nairobi
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1974
Profession: Pharmacist - owned his own business
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 1931 Marion Ellen Geater b. 18.8.1909 Nairobi, d. 2001 (dau of Richard Mannell Geater)
Children: 6 daughters; Francis James (25.1.1936 Nairobi-8 Feb 2003 Adelaide, Australia)
Book Reference: EAWL, Red 31, Who's Who 63, Harmony
War Service: Local Kenya Defence Force
School: St. John's Leatherhead Surrey; Durham University, Pharmaceutical Degree
General Information:
Source: Mrs E.M. Robson
Who's Who 63 - came to Kenya 1927, started own business E. Robson Ltd.; ex Town Councillor; Patron Radio Society of EA, Cine Society of Nairobi, Nairobi Swimming Club; Representative Royal Life Saving Society
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 4/9/39, age 37, Chemist, Nairobi, died 29/12/74
Red 31 - 1930 c/o Wardles Ltd.
Gazette 7 Aug 1981 probate
Ancestry Passenger list London-Mombasa 18 Mar 1931 he was with Ellen Marjorie Robson b. 1903
Went to Fremantle 1962
FindaGrave Edward Rene “Teddy” ROBSON Birth 14 Feb 1902 Death 29 Dec 1978 (aged 76) Burial Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Plot Section:15 Lot: Memorial ID 23317309. Notes: Pharmacist. Possibly father of Marigold. He was buried in Section 15 long after the cemetery was closed to routine burials and so was only likely to be buried in an existing family grave. He is not listed in the available register so the exact grave is unknown.