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Name: SMART, Arthur Thomas
Nee: bro of Benjamin and William Henry Smart
Birth Date: 1873 Dudley, Staffs
Death Date: 12 Nov 1944 Nyeri
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Profession: Winding engine driver; Land Grant 1903 - About 20 acres - Nairobi - May 25 - 99 years' leasehold. Further grant - cultivation, 39 acres near Nairobi - Oct. 26 Leasehold. Butcher, Nyeri 1938
Area: Nairobi, Nyeri
Married: In Dudley 1902 Lilian Bird b. 1876 Dudley, d. 14 Feb 1938 Nyeri
Children: Arthur Ewart (31 Jan 1902 Dudley-12 Jan 1955 Nyeri)
Book Reference: Land 1903, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, North, Drumkey, Descending, EAHB 1906, Medals, EAHB 1907, Barnes
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - B Sqdn. 8/8/14 - 28/9/14
General Information:
SE - A.J. Smart - Smart's Hotel - Sept 1907
North - Uganda Railway - From Dudley; UK appt. as Winding Engine Driver 27/9/1899; Winding Engine Drivers to be given 3 months' notice 20/9/1901; due to dep. Mombasa at end of contract 20/11/1901; had recently returned to EA 5/3/1903; Committee member of Colonists' Association, Nairobi Dec 1905
Descending - Photgraph of "Mr M. Gallagher, with the first three Incline Drivers Messrs Shutt, Smart snr., Smart jnr., lowering the first locomotive. Mr John Hudson who arrived in October 1897 should have been in the party.
North - Living in tent on shamba half a mile from Nairobi with Alderton 17/3/1903
Medals - East African Signal Company - Arthur J. Smart, EAMR, No. 157, Private
St. Peter's Church, Nyeri cemetery - Arthur Thomas Smart who passed away 'RIP' 12 Nov 1944 AND Lilian Smart 1879-14 Feb 1938
AND Inscription: everlasting memory of / my beloved husband / Arthur Ewart Smart / born 31-1-1902 / died 12-1-1955 / until we meet again dearest
Mills Railway - Escarpment - Winding Engines - The winding engines worked well and their crews, Alderson [sic], Hosie, McLean, Shutt, Stuart, Smart, Spence and Thom "were all comfortably housed".
Gazette - 5/8/1925 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Arthur Thomas Smart, Butcher PO Nyeri
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Red 31 has A.T. Smart, Nyeri
Hut- Butcher