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Name: FELTHAM, Charles Samuel
Birth Date: 10.5.1855 Richmond, Surrey
Death Date: 13.1.1900 Kiu
Nationality: British
First Date: 1897
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Transport contractor - brought first wagons to reach Fort Smith from coast, delivering goods for Smith, Mackenzie & Co. at Oct. 1897; based at Kilindini June 1899
Area: Kilindini
Book Reference: North, Nicholls, Graphic
General Information:
North - Applied for 6 square miles of land at Lukenia on Athi Plains 30-6-1896
Nicholls - Fort Smith - In October of 1897, two Cape wagons drawn by oxen under the charge of C.S. Feltham arrived in Fort Smith to provision the Smith Mackenzie shops in the interior.
Kenya Graphic - Preston - Genesis of a Colony - 'somewhere near Kiu Station one of our early caravan men, Mr Feltham, reported having discovered a seam of coal, and was so impressed with his find, that he intended settling down at Kiu; poor chap, he did so in real earnest for we buried him there before moving on - and the secret of the coal find is buried with him. …….'
Gazette 15 Dec 1900 probate