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Name: GODFREY, William Marriott
Photo Source: Louise - Gert Vanmarcke; Godfrey extracted from a photo in British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol
Birth Date: 1 Mar 1891 Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Death Date: 11 May 1971 Hythe, Hampshire
First Date: 1916
Profession: Hotelier; engineer 1910
Area: Box 11, Eldoret
Married: 1. Louise Marie Van Bets b. 13 Oct 1892 Brussels, Belgium, d. 1981 New South Wales, Australia (sister of Jeanne Van Bets and prev. m. Charles Octavio De Acha); 2. Nona b. 1889
Children: Arthur Henry De Acha (stepson, 22 Mar 1914 Chile-1970 Riverdale, Perth, W. Australia); Michael John Edmond (22 May 1923 Eldoret-1954 Swan, W. Australia)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ruiru, Gazette
War Service: East African Motor Transport Corps
General Information:
Red 22 - Steward, Uasin Gishu Gymkhana Club, Eldoret - W. Godfrey
Ruiru - Motor Engineer, Box 766 Nairobi
Gazette 1/10/1919 - Dissolution of Partnership between Thomas Alfred Hall, Adrian Murray Robertson and William Marriott Godfrey in business as Hotel Proprietors, Auctioneers, Land Agents and Mail Coach Contractors at Eldoret under the style of T. Hall & Co. From 12/9/1919 business will be carried on by A.M. Robertson and W.M. Godfrey under the style of A.M. Robertson & Co.
Red 31 - c/o Godfrey's Car Mart, Nairobi.
Hut - partner with Hopwood and Murrell, Pioneer Hotel Garage, Eldoret
Gazette - 19/11/1929 - General Retail Liquor Licence - W.M. Godfrey - Trocadero, Govt. Road, Nairobi
On 16 Apr 1934 Louise transferred the Trocadero Bar and Restaurant on Government Road to the Trocadero Ltd., a limited liability company.
Gazette, 6 Dec 1938 Nairobi Voters List with Louise Marie
Gert Vanmarcke: Louise moved to Australia in 1953. Her parents Henri Van Bets (23 Sep 1871 Brussels-5 Jan 1962 Mombasa) and Justine Maes married in Brussels in 1890, after which between 1901 and 1911 they moved to Finchley, London, where in 1911 Henri was a butler, and daughters Jeanne (dressmaker) and Louise (hat maker) lived with them. Henri and Justine likely returned in 1922 to Belgium (potentially due to the ilness and later death of Justine's sister in 1922; or at least by 1934 when they lived again in Brussels). After Justine's death in 1948, on 27 September 1948 Henri moved to Kenya. He is buried under the name Bets in Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery. Jeanne never married and moved from London to Kenya on 25 May 1934. On 4 June 1955 she moved to Australia together with her sister Louise (who already arrived beforehand as a tourist on 26 May 1953).
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