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Name: BOUWER, William Abraham Christiaan

Birth Date: 9 May 1894 Molteno, S. Africa

Death Date: 10 May 1978 Luckhoff, S. Africa

First Date: 1909

Profession: Member of Legco. and EA Central Assembly and for years the most outstanding spokesman of the Uasin Gishu Kenyans. Director of KFA in 30's. Farmer, Ainabkhoi

Area: Farm 730, Uasin Gishu, Eldoret, Hut 1931 Ainabkoi

Married: In Eldoret 9 May 1923 Florence Jane Emslie b. 14 Apr 1905 Witbank, Transvaal, d. 29 July 1990 Witbank, trained as a nurse and delivered babies all over Uasin Gishu

Children: Gordon (14 Feb 1924-6 July 2020 South Africa); Willem (3 Feb 1926-2010); Charles; Leonard; Joan (Freund) (27 May 1927-12 June 2022 S. Africa); Winifred (Marx)

Book Reference: Last Chance, KFA, KAD, Red 25, Hut, Red 31, Red 22, Habari 2009

General Information:

Habari 2009 - Afrikaners were well represented in the politics of the District Council, where the Plateau's representative from 1939 to 1948 was an elected Afrikaner, W A C Bouwer.
Red 25 - Honorary Permit Issuer
Gazette 31 Aug 1979 probate

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