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Name: WALKER, Ernest 'Bumps' (Major)
Nee: Uncle of Henry Arthur Walker
Birth Date: 11 June 1887 Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
Death Date: 11 Sep 1970 Muthaiga, Nairobi
First Date: 1912
Profession: Farmer
Area: Ol Joro Orok, 1922 Chania Bridge, 1930 Kegio, Thika, 1919 partner with Dawson Kegio Upper Chania Estate
Married: 1. In London 14 Apr 1921 Mildred Katherine Grace 'Timothy' Heaton-Ellis b. 14 Jan 1894 Wyddial, Herts., d. 26 May 1952 Ol Joro Orok; 2. 1953 Dorothy Hyacinthe Bunbury Eames b. 1926 Pontypridd, d. 6 Sep 1993 Western Cape, S. Africa
Children: Peter Martin Brabazon (1 May 1922-16 Jan 2006); Timothy Robin Charles (22 Jan 1925 Royston, Herts.-29 Feb 1964 Innsbruck); Jonathan Mungo Palmes (17 Feb 1929-24 Aug 2012)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Burke, Wolseley-Lewis, A. Allen, Gazette, Barnes
War Service: During WW1 served with EAMR - A Sqdn. 7/8/14 - 27/4/15 - To KAR (Capt.). WW2 in Ethiopia and Madagascar
General Information:
Cobbold - 1934 - coffee estate a few miles beyond Thika, lying on the edge of the Kikuyu reserve, close to the Chania river. It is one of the best shambas in the country.
Hut also has Major E. Walker 1921 Limuru
East Africa & Rhodesia - 5/6/52 - Mrs Mildred Kathleen Grace Walker, wife of Major Ernest Walker, who has died in Ol Joro Orok, Kenya was the daughter of the late Sir Charles and Lady Heaton-Ellis.
Red 22 - Capt. E. Walker, Kegio Estate, Chania Bridge
Wolseley-Lewis - 1930s Kiambu - Bumps Walker had the top coffee estate, Kegio, in Thika ……….. For some reason Bumps took exception to my practising with my .22 pistol, shooting rats in the store. Also I was not popular with his wife 'Timothy', because I had a rather serious affair going on with a married girl. ……….. [war] I left everything in my banda, which must have irritated Timothy because she had to tidy everything and store it. I say irritated because she bundled the whole lot up without packing anything and all my glass was broken. Poor Timothy died later of cancer of the spine and Bumps was to marry the woman who had been looking after her, Dorothy
Wolseley-Lewis - After WW2 - Bumps Walker retired to his farm but when Timothy, his wife, died he sold up and went to live at Limuru having married again, Dorothy.
A. Allen - Walker was the business partner of C.C. Dawson and farmed at Chania Bridge.
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Ernest Walker - Planter, Kegio, Chania Bridge
Nakuru North cemetery - Mildred (Timothy) Katherine Grace Walker, born Wyddiall Hall, Buntingford, Herts, died 26/5/1952
Hut also has Timothy Walker (1), Ol Joro Orok married to "Bumps"
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List has Mildred Katharine Grace
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