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Name: OLSEN, Oscar Christian August
Birth Date: 22.4.1857 Halden, Norway
Death Date: 1927/8 Halden, Norway [?1925]
Nationality: Norwegian
First Date: 1897
Profession: Trader
Area: Zanzibar, Malindi
Married: In Ostfold, Norway 28 Aug 1907 Marie Johanne Andrea Osterberg née Hanssen b. 28 Aug 1879 Fredrikshald, , d. 1920 Chicago
Children: Oystein (22 July 1910 Sanoen); Harry; Oscar
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - Trader - agent for Norway East Africa Trading Co.; Malindi; Offering timber for sale June 1897 (ZG); Issued with bird licence at Mombasa 12/9/1903 arr. Zanzibar as captain of the Norwegian sailing schooner 'Larken' with a cargo of wood for the Norway East Africa Trading Co. and remained in Zanzibar as agent for the Company, April 1895; offering timber for sale in Zanzibar Gazette June 1897; Bird Licence, Mombasa 12/9/1903; due to dep. Zanzibar for Europe on leave 6/4/1904; Arr. Zanzibar from Europe 17/11/1904