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Name: MAYERS, Russell John Eric 'Rusty'
Nee: son of George R. Mayers
Birth Date: 23.7.1921 Kenya
Death Date: 1995 Worthing
Profession: Farmer
Area: Ruiru
Married: In Kenya 1951 Sally Elizabeth
Children: Eric Charles Russell (bapt. 2 Oct 1953 Ruiru); Lynette Fides (14 Oct 1959 Kenya-1 Aug 1982 Kenya); another
Book Reference: Pembroke, Bap
School: Pembroke House & Cheltenham
General Information:
Pembroke - A businessman, Rusty is best remembered as an outstanding all-round sportsman, excelling in tennis but very competent at squash, hockey, cricket, golf and snooker. He wrote - "…. My family came from Australia in 1919 and started sugar at Miwani near Kisumu, among the first sugar to be grown extensively in Kenya. …. (more)."
Pembroke No. 22, 1928, Songhor