Peter Forrestall 1864-1921 Peter Forrestall was born in 1864 in Nova Scotia. He worked for the Native Affairs Department as Native Commissioner of the Chibi District at Chibi Station. He was referred to by locals as Ndambakuwa – ‘the one who refuses to budge on anything.’ Forrestall also managed Nyazuguwi Ranch, Victoria – one of…
Ona M Parmenter 1889-1977 Ona M. Parmenter was born March 20, 1889 in Clark, South Dakota, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Parmenter. She was one of the first nurses to be graduated from McKennan Hospital Training School (now Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1914. After a period…
Louis Winkleman Louis Winkleman was the General Manager of the Companhia da Zambezia in Blantyre. He was in charge of affairs for the company, north of the Zambesi. A formal branch building was opened c.1900. References Sessional Papers, Volume 92 (1900) FB
Robert C Gates 1892-1964 Robert C. (R. C.) Gates was born November 1892 in Renova, Pennsylvania to William and Gertrude (Rhoads) Gates. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1915 and married his wife, Mildred Colcord. The Gates came to Southern Rhodesia in 1922 as part of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s Rhodesia Mission Conference. He was…
Andrew Milroy Fleming 1871-1954 Andrew Milroy Fleming was the son of Reverend John Fleming of Edinburgh. After his education at Durham School he received his medical training at the University of Edinburgh, qualified as Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master in Surgery (CM) in 1893, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons…
Frederick George Hosking 1890-1968 Frederick George Hosking was born on 1 January 1890 in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 14 December 1929 he married Olive Mazoe Pascoe. They had two sons, Vincent Frank and Rirchard John. Hosking was a commission agent and broker in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia under the business name of F G Hosking. He…
Andries Adriaan Louw 1862 – 1956 Andries Adriaan (Andrew) Louw, a pioneering Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) missionary, was born February 26, 1862 in Fauresmith, South Africa. He was the eldest son of Rev. A.A. Louw, the first minister of the DRC church in Fauresmith, and Jemima Murray, and nephew of Andrew Murray. Louw was forced…
Deanna Durbin 1921-2013 Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer who appeared in musical films in the 1930’s and 1940’s. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic…
Joseph Cotten 1905-1994 Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He first gained worldwide fame in three Orson Welles films: Citizen Kane (1941), The…
Paul Kiderlen Paul Kiderlen was a German stamp dealer who dealt from Ulm, Wurtemburg, Germany from about 1890 to 1910. Kiderlen was one of three prominent stamp collectors in the region that included Alfred Rieder and Julius Kinze. Kinze and Kiderlen specialised in covers franked with multiple stamps from exotic places. All three exchanged covers…
