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Name: ANDERSON, R. E.
Birth Date: ?11 July 1855 Somerset East, S. Africa
Nationality: British
First Date: 1901
Profession: A mineral prospector who safaried on foot in most parts of EA, he was the first to run Tudor House Hotel in Mombasa.
Area: Mombasa
Book Reference: Gillett, Norden, North
General Information:
Norden - 1923 - near Narok - met a Transvaaler driving oxen teams - working at the Mara mines near the Tanganyika border. At the moment he was conveying a transport of mining machinery from Kijabe, and hoped to cover the distance of 160 miles .... in 22 days .... Mr Anderson ? ..... At Chacha - Mr Anderson our Transvaal cowpuncher and ox-cart friend was also there and had fallen in love with the KAR man's [keeping cooperative store with his wife] 16 year old sister-in-law
North - Mineral prospector in EA c.1902
?Robert Embleton Anderson in S. Africa