Capt. J.B. Belfrage bought Thirlestone Estate, Upper Kiambu about 1930, bequeathed it to his son Colin on his death. He and Peggy were both very active at Mombasa Golf Club. He belonged to Mombasa Club and was President of the Caledonian Society, Mombasa in the early 30's. Source: Mrs Colin Belfrage  

Red 25 - Vice-President, Caledonian Society of Mombasa

Curtis - 'A Voyage in s.s. Bajune, 1919' .... Captain Jim Belfrage, after serving in a number of Clan Line ships, came out from the United Kingdom to Kenya in 1919 to take up the offer of a good job. However, the job vanished while he was en route. He tells the story of the alternative employment he found. His son Colin, aged 4 at the time of the voyage, later became a coffee farmer at Kiambu. 'I met a man called Ambrose Smith who with Mayer of the EA Standard, Conway Harvey, and General Charrington had decided to start up a coastal service on the EA coast and I got the job as manager to start the company. It was called the East African Steam Navigation Company. Mayer, who was the leading light in this coastal venture, had gone down to Mombasa and bought a small twin screw steamer called 'Bajune'. She was really a river craft and had been used by an Italian firm on the Juba River until the British had taken her over to land troops on the German East African coast. She was in the battle of Tanga. ..... look for another job, and was lucky. The African Wharfage Co. wanted a Mombasa Superintendent and I had just applied to them at the right time and was appointed. I was there for twenty years, retiring at the end of 1939 when I had eye trouble and just couldn't carry on.'

EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Frieslands - J.B. Belfrage, Thirlestane Estate, Nairobi

Gazette - 8/4/1930 - Liable to serve as Jurors and Assessors - J B Belfrage, Kenya Landing & Shipping Co. Ltd., Mombasa

Gazette 6 Oct 1972 wife's probate