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Name: STEEVENS, Leslie John Nasmyth
Birth Date: 8.1.1897 Kensington
Death Date: 15.4.1952 Molo
First Date: 1926
Last Date: 1952
Profession: Farmer. Manager of 'Marindas', Molo, after Capt. Cecil Soames' death, growing lavender oil
Area: 1930 Keringet Molo, sold to J.P. Ryan (c. 1930)
Married: Peg
Book Reference: Bovill, Red 31, Hut, Garden, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
War Service: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
General Information:
Garden - '(On Cecil Soames estate) ..... Mr Steevens the distiller, a hefty young man, oozed balmy odours as he moved about the place, to the great disgust of the cattle and dairy manager, who had the rather sinister name of Slaughter, and did not seem to favour perfumes ....….'
East Africa & Rhodesia - 15/5/52 - Mr L.J.N. Steevens, who has died in Nakuru at the age of 55, was the son of the late Sir John Steevens and of Lady Steevens, of Mayfield, Sussex. He had been a settler in Kenya since 1926
St. Alban's Church, Molo, churchyard - Leslie John Nasmyth Steevens, born 8/1/1899 [year is incorrect], died 15/4/1952 aged 53
Red 31 has L.J. Steevens, Keringet, Molo
Gazette 19 Aug 1952 probate required by Ethel Steevens