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Name: WILSON, John Tristram
Nee: son of Robert Henry Wilson, bro of Peter Edward Day Wilson
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1906 Middelburg, Transvaal, S. Africa
Death Date: 23 Sep 1986 Kericho
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1986
Profession: Tea planter at Kericho
Area: Buret Tea Co., Kericho
Married: 1. Ethel Mary Cushney b. 13 Dec 1907, d. 29 Mar 1974 Nairobi (dau of John William Cushney); 2. Joyce Spencer Harris b. 30 Jan 1917 Bedford, d. 25 Oct 2006 Nairobi, matron (prev. m. William George Edward Pickford 1900-1982)
Children: David ?; John; 2 dau.
Book Reference: Gillett, KGC, EAWL, Red 31, Hut, Stud, Barnes
School: Nairobi Govt. School and Michaelhouse, Natal
General Information:
Memoirs of Maurice B. Tennent - 1926 - [Lumbwa] - 'in the direction of Kericho were the Wilsons, their two sons and two daughters who lived at Mile 13. Wilson who had recently taken on a PWD job was living down at Lumbwa and I invited him up for the evening occasionally which in due course led to him inviting me back and spending the night at his farm at mile 13. I found Mrs Wilson charming and also her daughter - Noggs - and later I spent a week with John Wilson at Buret Tea Company where Butterfield was in charge.
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Frieslands - J.T. Wilson, Kisimot Farm, Kericho
Kericho Holy Trinity Church cemetery - in loving memory of John Tristram Wilson 13 Feb 1906 - 23 Sep 1986, a wonderful father to his family, Kericho was his life, RIP
Langata cemetery, Nairobi in / loving memory / of / Ethel Mary Wilson / born 13th December 1907 / died 29th March 1974 / much loved by her family
Hut - One of the earliest settlers in the Kericho district was Tristom {sic} Wilson who had come up from South Africa, and developed Kisimot Farm. His son John inherited the farm
Hut - spoke fluent Kipsigis
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List with Ethel Mary
Gazette 22 Nov 1974 wife's probate