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Name: VON SCHELLENDORFF, Friedrich 'Fritz' Georg Heinrich Bronsart
Nee: son of Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, classical musician and composer
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1968 Hanover
Death Date: 25 Dec 1918 Berlin
First Date: 1901
Profession: Zebra farm of F.D. Baillie
Area: Taveta, 1901, Lucania, Athi, Mbugunu, Kinani, Voi, Machakos
Married: 1. In London 9 Feb 1901 Isabella Bunce b. 1872; 2. 1907 Anne Bates b. 29 May 1857 Barton, near Luton (div.) (dau of Thomas and Charlotte Bates); 3. In London 1914 and in Frankfurt am Main 15 Dec 1917 Doris Emilie Papenhagen b. 2 Apr 1882
Book Reference: Hut, Jessen, Percival, EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906, Gazette
General Information:
Gazette 1 Feb 1908 Bird licence Kitui
North - arr. Zanzibar from Europe 20/3/1901; at Taveta on way to Mbugmi 17/4/1901; at Taveta 17/9/1901; arr. Nairobi from GEA via Naivasha May 1903; Settler's Game Licence, Nairobi 10/9/1903; proposing to run the Col. F.D. Baillie zebra farm, Lucania, April 1904; 1906 Lucania; 'a suspicious and unscrupulous character' (Sir Charles Eliot, FO 2)
Gazette - 15/10/1901 - Notes - It is understood that Baron Bronsart von Sheblendorff has been very successful in capturing and training Zebras in the vicinity of Kilimanjaro. These animals, it appears, are strong in chest, powerful of muscle, and their immunity from tsetse fly will doubtless render them a valuable acquisition in the labour market of this country especially and possibly in that of others. It transpires from the Baron's experiments that he finds himself able to tame and break in Zebra within a period of 9 months at a price of from Rs 200 to Rs 600 according to the points of the animal and degree of training required by the purchaser.
Gazette - 20/5/14 - Land reverted to Crown - Baroness Anne Bronsart von Schellendorf - Kitui
Jessen - Zebra farm 5 miles from Athi river station - breeding for domestic purposes.
Percival - training zebras - was very persevering on his farm at M'buguni, near Kilimanjaro.
North - Issued with Settler's Game Licence 10/9/1903, Nairobi
Gazette - 20/5/14 - Land reverted to Crown - Baroness Anne Bronsart von Schellendorf - Kitui
Jessen - Zebra farm 5 miles from Athi river station - breeding for domestic purposes.
Percival - training zebras - was very persevering on his farm at M'buguni, near Kilimanjaro.
North - Issued with Settler's Game Licence 10/9/1903, Nairobi