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Name: SMART, Benjamin Tilley
Nee: bro of Arthur Thomas and William Henry Smart
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1878 Dudley, Staffordshire
Death Date: 31 July 1969 Mombasa
First Date: 1906 March
Profession: Farmer at Limuru. He opened Smart's Butchery on Govt. Rd. in 1907 and later opened Smart's Hotel, Victoria St. Stephen Ellis's ledger shows B.J. Smart and A.J. Smart at Smart's Hotel [B.T. And A.T.]
Area: 'Riverdene', Nairobi, Limuru, Nakuru
Married: In Wolverhampton 16 July 1899 Winifred Kate Worrall b. 26 Mar 1873 Wolverhampton, d. 30 Jan 1950 Limuru
Children: Edith M. (1902); Hilda Winifred (Apr/May 1900, m. Harry James Wisdom of Gilgil); Madeleine (1904 Wolverhampton-23 Jan 1976 Mombasa, buried in Kisauni cemetery, m. Guy Ingram Sutton); Rudolph (1913)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Red 25, Hut, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, Advertiser, EAHB 1907, SKP, Red Book 1912, Gazette, KAD, Red 31, Hut, North
General Information:
SE - B.J. Smart - Mar 1909
Advertiser - 16/10/1908 - Advert - S. McCall's Central Butchery - B.T. Smart, Manager
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - Mr & Mrs B.T. Smart both arrived 1906 - Limuru - also says Mrs B.T. Smart arrived Mar 1907? North also says 1907.
Red Book 1912 - B.T. Smart - Nairobi
Considine - New European School Nairobi - Hilda W. Smart - b. 29/4/1890 - 12/9/1910 - Duke St
Considine - New European School Nairobi - Edith M. Smart - b. 15/10/1891 - 12/9/1910 - Duke St
Considine - New European School Nairobi - Madeline Smart - b. 28/4/1895 - 12/9/1910 - Duke St
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Benjamin Tilley Smart - Farmer, Riverdene, Nairobi Plains
Red 31 has B.F. Smart, Kedowa, Hut the same
Gazette 31 Oct 1969 probate
FindaGrave Benjamin Tilley Smart BIRTH 1 Apr 1878 Dudley, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England DEATH 31 Jul 1969 (aged 91) Mombasa, Kenya BURIAL
Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa. Inscription: in loving memory / of / Benjamin Tilley Smart / born 1-4-1880 / died 31-7-1969 / R.I.P.
FindaGrave Winifred Kate
Worrall SMART BIRTH 26 Mar 1873 DEATH 30 Jan 1950 (aged 76) BURIAL
All Saint's Church Cemetery Limuru, Kiambu, Kenya. Inscription\\\\\\\\\; in loving memory / of / Winifred Kate Smart / born 25th March 1873 / died 30th January 1950 / at rest
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