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Name: ULYATE, Kenyon Robert William
Nee: son of Raymond Robert Ulyate
Birth Date: 8 May 1913 Nairobi
Death Date: 29 June 1981 Pietermaritzburg
First Date: 1913
Profession: Farmer
Married: In Moshi 8 May 1940 Margharita De Luigi b. 30.8.1924 Nairobi, d. 25 June 2013 Eshowe, S. Africa
Children: Robin Nino (18 Aug 1942 Moshi-22 Aug 2015 Nairobi); Phyllis Joan (Gray) (15 July 1945); Sally Suzan Valentine (Copp) (14.2.1947 Moshi)
Book Reference: RS
General Information:
Web Kenyon Ulyate, Ray’s second son on cessation of the Safari Company joined the East African military command. Because of his knowledge of East African farming conditions he was appointed office in-charge of the wheat scheme in the Ngare Nairobi -West Kilimanjaro area. Using Italian POW,s vast tracks of land was plowed and planted up with wheat using Farmall Equipment from America. With the ending of the war Kenyon was allocated 5000 acres of farm land by the then colonial government.
The family moved to the Natal region of South Africa, while two of his children moved to Kenya and Scotland.