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Name: CUTHBERT, William
Birth Date: 1895
Death Date: 1 June 1945 murdered on his farm at Eldoret
First Date: 1938
Profession: 7th Day Adventist. Farmer, Eldoret
Area: Turbo
Married: In Hull 1916 Florence Wray b. 1895
Children: Raymond Nathan (16 June 1917 Cannock, Staffs.-25 Nov 1990 Winchester); Maurice (1919 Southampton)
Book Reference: Hut, Gazette
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Gazette 24 July 1945 probate
https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/ William Cuthbert was killed on the farm after a nasty fight with one of his workers. The worker had failed to follow certain instructions and William Cuthbert physically confronted him. The worker, Chepsiror araap Butuk, holding a machete, fatally stabbed Cuthbert. Butuk, seeing what he had done, fled from the farm and took his own life. After the death of her husband, Florence Cuthbert sold the land and left with her sons for South Africa.