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Name: KING, William John
Birth Date: ?1873
First Date: 1902
Profession: Established Colonial Stores & Whitlark, King & Co. in Mombasa. Treas. Parklands 1906 , Retired to Mombasa, keen sailor.
Area: Nairobi., Mombasa
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KFA, EAHB 1905, Red 31, Hut, North, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Rift Valley, Red Book 1912
General Information:
KFA - 'On January 26th 1903, 26 settlers met at Mr T.A. Wood's house in Nairobi to found a Planters' and Farmers' Association , and decided to send one of their members to the Union to open up a market for potatoes. Soon afterwards, Mr W.J. King left for Lourenço Marques with a collection of samples which he sold successfully in the Transvaal for about £12 a ton. ........ The Association appointed him as agent to organize an export trade and everyone believed his fortune to be as good as made. Nairobi's first parson, the Rev. P.A. Bennett, was voted to the chair of the Association, W.J. King became the first secretary and T.A. Wood the treasurer.'
North - Settler, Farmer; Land Grant application 14/10/1902, Kikuyu; Appt. Sec. of Planters & Farmers Association 26/1/1903, Nairobi
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - W.J. King (BEA Corporation), Mombasa
Land - 1906 - W.J. King - Grazing, 995 acres, Mbagathi, 23-7-04, Registered 28-8-06
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - King, W.J.
EAHB 1907 - Nairobi (Colonial Stores)
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 17 Aug 1926 - W.J. King
Red Book 1912 - W. J. King - Mombasa
EAHB 1905 - Colonial Stores, Nairobi.
Red 31 has W.J. King, Nakuru, Hut the same
Block Notes - 1903 Nairobi - Mr Wood had an assistant by the name of King
Gazette 29 Dec 1934 Mombasa Voters roll William John King, Auctioneer, Macdonald Terrace, Mombasa
Gazette 29 Dec 1934 Rift Valley Voters roll King, William John, Secretary, Club, Njoro
Kenya Defence Force Box 23, Mombasa, enrolled 1917