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Name: STEYN, John Bertram
Birth Date: 28 Jan 1884 Stellenbosch
First Date: 1909
Profession: Farmer; general merchant
Area: Tiluet Farm Kitale, Farm 12 No Kitale
Married: In Eldoret, Lara Dorothy Burt b. 13 Feb 1893 Cape Colony, S. Africa, d. 13 Feb 1916 Trans Nzoia, in childbirth
Children: Bertram Fletcher (12 Feb 1916 Bredasdorp, S. Africa-25 Nov 1972) [called Bertram Warren in Lara's death cert.]
Book Reference: KFA, Nicholson Memoirs, KAD, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Nicholls, SS, North
General Information:
Red 22 - J.B. Steyn, Kitale Estates, Kitale - General Merchant
Gazette - 24/6/14 - Partnership between Dr. A.W. Waite of Durban and John Bertram Steyn of Uasin Gishu dissolved 4/5/14
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - J.B. Steyn, Farm No. 95
Nicholls - 1913 - Trans Nzoia farm purchaser - J. Bertram Steyn who had fought for the British in the Boer War.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - J.B. Steyn, Holmleigh, Trans Nzoia, P.O. Soy, BEA - Farm 188
Gazette 9/11/1921 - Application for Wine Merchants and Grocers Liquor Licence - Farm L.O. 1842, Kitale
KFA - Purchaser of Lease on the Trans Nzoia - 1913. Crossed Nzoia River to start farming before 1914.
Nicholson - Pioneer farmer in the Trans Nzoia.
Red 25 - J.B. Steyn - Land and Estate Agent, Kitale
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - John Bertram Steyn, Farmer Kitale
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll expunged