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Name: STEEVENS, Leslie John Nasmyth

Birth Date: 8.1.1897 Kensington

Death Date: 15.4.1952 Molo

First Date: 1926

Last Date: 1952

Profession: Farmer. Manager of 'Marindas', Molo, after Capt. Cecil Soames' death, growing lavender oil

Area: 1930 Keringet Molo, sold to J.P. Ryan (c. 1930)

Married: Peg

Book Reference: Bovill, Red 31, Hut, Garden, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes

War Service: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

General Information:

Garden - '(On Cecil Soames estate) ..... Mr Steevens the distiller, a hefty young man, oozed balmy odours as he moved about the place, to the great disgust of the cattle and dairy manager, who had the rather sinister name of Slaughter, and did not seem to favour perfumes ....….'
East Africa & Rhodesia - 15/5/52 - Mr L.J.N. Steevens, who has died in Nakuru at the age of 55, was the son of the late Sir John Steevens and of Lady Steevens, of Mayfield, Sussex. He had been a settler in Kenya since 1926
Barnes - St. Alban's Church, Molo - Leslie John Nasmyth Steevens, born 8/1/1899 [year is incorrect], died 15/4/1952 aged 53
Red 31 has L.J. Steevens, Keringet, Molo
Gazette 19 Aug 1952 probate required by Ethel Steevens

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