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Name: ELDER, James Hugh Clifford 'Hugh'
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1870 Islington
Death Date: 23 Oct 1948 Churchdown, Gloucester
First Date: 1903
Profession: Farm worker; Nigerian Admin. Service
Area: Fort Hall
Married: In Thanet 1920 Florence Emily Wren b. 26 July 1884 Stanford, Hereford, d. 27 June 1970 Farnham
Book Reference: Kenya Diary, North, Curtis, Gazette
General Information:
North - Land Grant application 21/12/1903 Kikuyu Road, not granted; at Fort Hall 25/2/1904, April 1905; Punda Milia near Fort Hall Dec 1905
Curtis - p. 57 - 'Makuyu' - The Story of Punda Milia - ' ......... In August 1904 the three of us started off for our new home. Cam had engaged a man named Elder just to live on the farm and build some grass huts for us.
Gazette - 15/1/1906 - Bird Licence issued 24/11/1905 - H.C. Elder
Kenya Diary - Feb. 1904 - an Australian who has taken up land near Fort Hall and has ingratiated himself with Hinde. He has been given the contract for the disposal of all captured stock on a commission basis. (Irryeni expedition)
He seemed to be a DO in Lagos in 1921 (Passenger list)
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Haverfordwest as 'retired Nigerian Political Service'