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Name: SMITH, Harry
Nee: son of David and Ann Smith
Birth Date: 1877 Leicester
Death Date: 27 Dec 1917 Nairobi
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1917
Profession: Farmer
Area: Lumbwa
Children: Ruth Bekibei (born to an African lady Esther Tapteigut)
Book Reference: Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Land, CWGC, Gazette, Medals, North, Barnes, Colin Whitehead, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette
War Service: E.Af. Supply Corps
General Information:
Playne - Chipsiown and Kapsigir - Mr Harry Smith, who had had previous experience in England and South Africa, came to BEA in April 1904, and took up these farms, which are 3 miles from Lumbwa railway station. There are 5000 acres, of which one-fifth have been fenced ........... The Ngando River supplies water, and there is no lack of timber. The house is of dressed stone. Stone is very plentiful here and easy to dress.
Drumkey 1909 - Directory of Residents - H. Smith, Lumbwa
Land - 1909 - H. Smith - Agricultural and grazing, 4000 acres, Lumbwa, 5-7-06, Registered 25-5-09
CWGC - Nairobi South Cemetery - Corporal Harry Smith, 4114, East African Supply Corps. 27th December 1917. Age 40. Son of David and Ann Smith. Born at Leicester, England. Grave V.D.3
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Lumbwa - H. Smith, Lumbwa
Medals - East African Signal Company - Harry Smith, No. 4114, Corporal ?
North - Harry W. Smith - from Johannesburg; at Mombasa, returning to Johannesburg from up-country 16/4/1904; arr. Mombasa from Lourenço Marques 13/12/1904; Listed as new member of the Settlers' Association, Nairobi 14/1/1905; Landholders' Game Licence, Lumbwa 30/10/1905; one of 86 signatures on a petition to the FO objecting to a proposed Zionist settlement in EA Feb-April 1905
Red Book 1912 - H. Smith - Kericho
Gazette 6/2/1918 - Probate and Administration in respect of Harry Smith, late of Lumbwa, who died at Nairobi on 27/12/1917. Applied for by Harry Edward Watts of Lumbwa.