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Name: PRETTY, William Tertius
Birth Date: 1866 Ipswich
Death Date: 9 Aug 1944 Eldoret
First Date: 1937
Profession: Automobile engineer
Area: Eldoret
Married: In Ipswich 1893 Mabel Hewitt Paul b. 1871 Ipswich, d. 31 Oct 1956 Eldoret
Children: Doris Mary Freda (Keble-White) (15 Oct 1894 Ipswich-1989 Bury St Edmunds); William Jack (1898 Ipswich); Robert Philip 'Lofty' (27 Nov 1902 Ipswich-1 Sep 1967 Mombasa); Thomas Hewitt (27 Jan 1908 Ipswich-11 Jan 1992 Depwade, Norfolk)
Book Reference: Golf, Hut, Settlement, Barnes
General Information:
President of Eldoret Golf Club in 1937.
Settlement - 1945 - Agent for Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler Cars - Pretty Bros., Eldoret
Hut - garage
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll has Thomas Hewitt Pretty, automobile engineer, Eldoret (son)
Eldoret cemetery in loving memory / of / William Tertius Pretty / died August 9th 1944 / aged 80 years / also of / Mabel Hewitt Pretty / "Grannie" / his beloved wife / died October 31st 1956 / aged 86 years