Johan William Colenbrander collection 1860-1998

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Johan William Colenbrander collection 1860-1998

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1460

The collection consists primarily of photocopies of documents and photographs, assembled by Johan Cornelis Alphons Lawrence Colenbrander, which relate to the personal life and professional activities of his father, Johan W. Colenbrander.

2 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351392

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Colenbrander, Johan William, 1859-1918.

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Johan Colenbrander was born in Pinetown, Natal,in 1857. He enlisted with the Natal Mounted Rifles in 1870 and participated in the Zulu War in 1879. Colenbrander was active as a soldier, businessman, interpreter, agent, and hunter in Natal, Swaziland, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland until 1900 when he moved to South Africa to command Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. After the Boer War Colenbrander was engaged in several unsuccessful business ventures in South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mexico. He died in 1918....