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Name: VAN AARDT, Willliam Christian Abraham 'Willie'
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1865 Ermelo, Mpumalunga, S. Africa
Death Date: 30 May 1924 Eldoret, accident
First Date: 1906
Profession: Trekker from SA to GEA who moved to EAP 1906-7. Built small post office at Farm no 64, Eldoret, in 1909/10
Area: Eldoret
Married: Louisa Hester Jacoba Engelbrecht (later Smit - name renounced 1941) b. 17 Feb 1885 S. Africa
Children: Gertruida Johanna (9 Nov 1903 Middelburg, Transvaal); Johannes Jacobus (1905); Dirk Marthinus (1906); William Abraham (1 Jan 1907 Nairobi-10 Oct 1964 Randjesfontein, Johannesburg); Aletta Wilhelmina Christina (17 Dec 1916 Kenya-15 Jan 2004 Gawler, South Australia)
Book Reference: KAD, Hut, Red Book 1912, KFA, Eldoret, Red 25, Red 22, Nicholls, Leader14, SE
General Information:
Red Book 1912 - W.C.A. Aardt - Uasin Gishu
Hut has W.C.A. as Willie, Post Office etc.
Eldoret - relinquished the ownership of Farm 64 as he considered the land unsuitable for farming. The Post Office, built of random rubble by him on the site facing the present public gardens near the Motor Mart, was opened at the end of 1910. When this building was completed the history of Eldoret begins. ....... Mr van Aardt also built a round stone-and-thatched house (opposite the New Lincoln Hotel) which became a clerk's house, an office and store, at a cost of £167.
Red 22 - W.A. Van Aardt, Eldoret
Leader14 - W.A. Van Aardt - Uasin Gishu
Red 25 has W.A. Van Aardt, Eldoret
Old Africa - 11-12-08 - L S Van Aardt - My father's cousin Willie built the first buildings in Eldoret using wattle and daub and corrugated iron. He used one cent pieces for washers since they were cheaper than the real ones.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - W. Van Aardt, Farm No. 97
Red Book 1912 - W.A. van Aardt - Uasin Gishu
Stephen Ellis Ledger shows as Bad Debt 1909 (as Van Wardt)
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