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Name: FOTHERINGHAME, George Dempster

Birth Date: 19 Sep 1858 Kirkwall & St Ola, Orkney

Death Date: 18.10.1908 Eldama Ravine, degeneration, fatty heart

First Date: 1904

Last Date: 1908

Profession: Farmed at Eldama Ravine

Area: Eldama Ravine

Book Reference: Gillett, Elephant Stone, EAHB 1905, Hut, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, AJ, North, Gazette

General Information:

Elephant Stone - a farmer who lived on a rise near the Eldama Ravine in Uganda. His two dogs, a Great Dane, King and a fox terrier, Spot tackled a lion and drove it off.
Land - 1909 - G.D. Fotheringhame - Grazing, 10000 acres, E. Ravine, 23-1-04, Registered 4-6-09
Land 1909 - C.N.M. Harrison, Administrator of the Estate of the late G.D. Fotheringhame - Buildings, 16.6 acres - E. Ravine - 27/2/05 - Leasehold for 25 years from 1/7/09 - Registered 24/1/10
Advertiser - 30/10/1908 - Mr Fotheringham died at Eldama Ravine about a fortnight ago - heart disease
Agricultural Journal - Brands Allotted and Registered, September 1908 - G.D. Fotheringham, Ravine - Ravine G1F
North - Formerly in Rhodesia; Eldama Ravine Feb 1904; Land Grant application Eldama Ravine 9-1-1905; Employer's Game Licence Nairobi, April-June 1905; Landholder's Game Licence, Ravine 4-5-1905
Gazette 1/11/1908 - Letters of Administration in the estate of George Dempster Fotheringhame late of Eldama Ravine who died at Eldama Ravine on 18 October 1908.

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