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Name: KLOPPER, Johannes Jacobus
Death Date: 17 Jan 1933 Kipkabus
First Date: 1909
Profession: Working for Sir Alfred Pease, when Roosevelt visited him, with Prinsloo. Strong, upstanding men, good mechanics, good masons. I afterward stopped at the farm of Klopper's father .... Farmer
Area: 1922 Eldoret, Kipkabus, Hut 1919 Farm 7 later Farm 82, 1909 Karlfontein, Kapiti Plains, 1922 Thika, Kitanga, Athi
Married: Jacoba Catherina
Children: ?Pieter Theunus Christian
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Roosevelt, Sundown, Elephant People
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - D sqdn. 7/8/14 - 1/12/14 - Re-enlisted 4/10/15
General Information:
Red 22 - Chania Bridge
Land - 1908 - J.J. Klopper - Grazing, 2000 acres, Athi River, 13-12-06, Registered 9-4-08
Land 1909 - P.T.C. Klopper, G.J. Snyman, and J.J. Klopper - Grazing and agriculture, 1949 acres - Uasin Gishu - 21/6/09 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/10/09 - Registered Feb. 1910
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kisumu - J.J. Kopper [sic], Farmer, Muhoroni
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - J.J. Klopper, Farm No. 22
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Johannes Jacobus Klopper, Dutch, age 30, died 21/6/21 ?
Red Book 1912 - J.J. Klopper - Machakos
Gazette 10/8/1921 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of Johannus Jorubus [sic] Klopper late of Thika who died at Nairobi on 21/6/1921. Applied for by Mrs Anna Madeleina Klopper of Thika
Hut - J.J. Klopper (2) 1909 Potha Machakos
Red Book 1912 - J.J. Klopper - Machakos ?
Sundown - Neighbours of the Woodleys on the Athi Plains in the 30's. Had several lovely daughters and made the best biltong, drying out the meat on wires stretched across the bedrooms.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Gazette 3 Apr 1934