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Name: VAN HEERDEN, Hendrick Petrus
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1879 Ladybrand, Free State, S. Africa
Death Date: 17 July 1954 Eldoret
First Date: 1909 arrived from S. Africa
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Took up 'Farm 17', Uasin Gishu. He and his family transformed it from thick bush into a well laid out farm
Area: Uasin Gishu. HBEA 1912 - Farm 17, Uasin Gishu, 1922 Eldoret, 1925 Farm 29, Eldoret
Married: Freda Christina Keese b. 1 Apr 1902 Barkly East, Eastern Cape, S. Africa, d. 25 Apr 1987 Pretoria
Children: Theodorus; Louis Felix (10 June 1923 Eldoret-17 May 1981 Warmbaths, S. Africa)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Eldoret, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Medals, Barnes
General Information:
Land - 1910 - H.P. van Heerden - Grazing and agricultural, 3276 acres (Farm No. 17) - Uasin Gishu - 13/8/10 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/8/10 - Registered 31/8/10
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - P.H. Van Heerden, Farm No. 17
Medals - East Africa Road Corps - Peter Van Heerden, No. 82, Private
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - Hendrick P Van Heerden, Farmer, Eldoret
Hut has H.P. Van Heerden at Farm 24 in 1912
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Uasin Gishu, transformed bush to well laid out farm. Took up 'Farm 17' Uasin Gishu with his family
Eldoret cemetery Hendrik Petrus Van Heerden / gebore 22 Sep 1879 / oorlede 17 julie 1954 salig is die wat rein Van Hart / is want hulle sal God sien