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Name: BUTTERFIELD, James Joseph
Nee: father of Revell James Butterfield
Birth Date: 14 Apr 1882 Kinsale, Cork
Death Date: 19 Feb 1970 Hove
First Date: 1920
Profession: Memoirs of Maurice B. Tennent - 1926 - in charge of Buret Tea Company. 1930 - PWD, Sagana
Area: Buret Ngoina Kericho, Chemosit, Inglewood Lumbwa
Married: In Mutford, Suffolk 1907 Annie Maud Blunderfield b. 29 Sep 1885 New Edinburgh, Carleton, Ontario, d. 3 May 1961 Nakuru
Children: Revell James (3 Aug 1909 Mutford, Suffolk-1998 Torridge)
Book Reference: EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Mills
General Information:
Red 22 - J. Butterfield, Molo
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Molo - J. Butterfield (British), Settler
Dominion - Public Works Department - Divisional Staff - Foreman - 1930
Hut - James Butterfield was another large landowner who sold land to Buret Tea Co. Ltd. And Lord Egerton on Jamji. His partner was Dr. Burkitt, of the cold water treatment of malaria fame.
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - J. Butterfield - Farmer - Molo and Mrs Butterfield - Molo
Gazette 14 Nov 1961 wife's probate
Gazette 18 Sep 1970 probate
Mills - Muthaiga Club - …. Had been operating for over two years without a Club Secretary since Tower's resignation in Dec 1916, employed John [sic] Butterfield in March 1919. However by May of the same year he also resigned his position but agreed to stay on until a new secretary was found. Butterfield later started the Buret Tea Company, which eventually became part of the Brooke Bond Group.