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Name: JONES, John Edward

First Date: 1904

Profession: Cotton grower

Area: Malindi

Book Reference: HBEA, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Medals, North, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Gazette

General Information:

North has 2 people called John Edward - one a Swahili interpreter, the other a cotton grower. They cannot be the same person because the interpreter died aged 33 at Mile 345 Macadara omn 23.8.1903 and is buried at Mbaraki. The other John Edward did not arrive (with his wife) till 28.7.1904.
Drumkey - Member of Land Board
EA Diary has J.E. Jones as Swahili Interpreter at Court in Mombasa
Land - J.E. Jones leased 10000 acres at Malindi, passed to Magarini Syndicate, Protectorate: forfeited to Crown
Land - 1907 - J.E. Jones - Cotton, 10,000 acres, Sabaki River, 10-12-05, Registered 10-1-07
Advertiser - 12/6/1908 - Appointments - To be unofficial members of the Road Board in their respective Provinces - Seydie - W.A.M. Sim, J.E. Jones
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Intelligence Department - To be Lieutenant - J.E. Jones
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Permitted to resign his appointment - Intelligence Dept. - Lieutenant J.E. Jones to date 28th October 1914
Medals - East African Intelligence Department - Lieutenant
North - John Edward Jones - Appt. EAP July 1899; Court Interpreter 1902
North arr. Mombasa from England with wife 28-7-1904; Malindi District with wife growing cotton 30-6-1905
Red Book 1912 - J.E. Jones - Malindi
Gazette 15/1/1908 - Appointed non-official Member of the Land Board
Gazette 15/4/1910 - Dissolution of Partnership between  John Edward Jones, Arnold Francis Burrowes and Patrick William Burrowes under the name of 'Jones and Burrowes' in the business of Planters at Malindi has been dissolved by mutual consent from 1/3/1910.
FindaGrave John Edward JONES BIRTH 1870 DEATH 23 Aug 1903 (aged 32–33) Mombasa, Kenya BURIAL Mbaraki Cemetery Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya [died at 348 Makadara]

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