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Name: BROCHNER, Arthur
Nee: stepfather of Andrew Holmberg
Birth Date: 28 June 1887 Denmark
Death Date: 14 Mar 1960 Nairobi. Buried in a small private cemetery on Wangu Estate, Thika
Nationality: S. African. Passenger list says Danish
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Sisal farmer
Area: Between Nairobi and Thika, Hut - 1922 Kiambu, 'Wango' Estate
Married: In Kenya 1930 Olga Marie Holmberg née Kullberg b. 14 Nov 1888 Johannes, Stockholm, d. 16 May 1962 Wangu Estate, Thika (prev. m. to Emil Evald Oskar Holmberg b. 1884)
Children: Karin Marie (Higgins) (1935); Per Arthur (1930)
Book Reference: Rundgren, Mrs J. Stutchbury, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Racing, Wed
General Information:
See wife's entry. Holmberg shot her and then himself), She was known as 'Wango' - a ferocious woman.
Rundgren - Andrew Holmberg lived with his stepfather on a big sisal estate between Nairobi and Thika. The stepfather was a big angry-looking S. African named Brockner, with a tight Hitler-type moustache, a sjambok which he carried on a string at his wrist and a terrifying habit of snapping it at his jack boots ..…..…
Racing - Owner of 'Jew Suss' - 1930 - Mr A. Brochner
Racing - Owner of 'Assam' - 1930
Red 31 has Brochner, Box 626, Nairobi
Gazette 17 May 1960 probate
Gazette 5 June 1962 wife's probate