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Name: CORNFORTH, John Charles MC
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1894 Hartlepool
Death Date: 29 May 1955, Nairobi
First Date: 1922
Profession: Coffee planter
Area: Makuyu, Chania Bridge, 1937 Maji Kiboko Estate Ruiru, partner with Carew
Married: In Mombasa 5 Mar 1945 Clara Violet Band b. 4 Feb 1897 Hanwell, Middlesex, d. 17 Feb 1984 Bolney, W. Sussex (dau of Herbert Taylor McCrea Howes; prev. m. John Morrell Vivian Band 1902-1943 and later m. Alexander 'Pat' Culbertson Lyons 1892-1970)
Book Reference: Golf, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Wolseley-Lewis, SS
General Information:
Wolseley-Lewis - 1930s Makuyu - Next down the road was Cornforth, for long a bachelor.
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut. J.C. Cornforth, MC, 22 Grange Road, West Hartlepool - Farm 735
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List
Gazette 21 June 1955 - probate
One of the founders of Makuyu Golf Club in 1933. Makuyu GC Club Captain 1937.
Ancestry newspaper index cards for marriage
Ancestry Passenger List 1923 travelling with Miss Doris Cornforth