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Name: SCHWEDDING, Karl (Brother)
Nee: 'Brother Oscar'
Birth Date: 22.11.1842 Dusseldorf
Death Date: 26.1.1898 Zanzibar, heart attack
Nationality: German
First Date: 1871
Profession: White Fathers missionary
Area: Bagamoyo
Book Reference: North, Ujiji
General Information:
North - Arr. EA 1871 - organised caravans to the interior for the HGF and the White Fathers from Bagamoyo
Ujiji - Frere Oscar Schwedding (d. 1898) from Dusseldorf, served the Holy Ghost Mission in East Africa for over 25 years. His hunting exploits made Oscar one of the most talked-about Europeans on the East African coast.