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Name: WARD, John William 'Jack'
Birth Date: 1860
Death Date: 12.12.1914 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Railway contractor
Area: Nairobi, 1920 partner with Lucy Manzi, Machakos
Book Reference: Land 1903, EAHB 1905, North, Gazette, EAHB 1904, Barnes, Red Book 1912, Gillett, Hut, Drumkey, EAHB 1907
General Information:
North - contractor with Uganda Railway, building permanent Athi River bridge c. 1899; Nairobi area Jan 1902; Bankruptcy Notice in OG dated 1/12/1902, land & personal effects to be sold; On List of 'Principal Inhabitants of Nairobi …. Old Bazaar' (EAM) 20/9/1903; Land Grant application 16/9/1903 Nairobi & 23/10/1903 Mbagathi; Prospector's Licence Ukamba District July-Sept 1905
Gazette - 14/7/15 - Probate & Admin. J.W. Ward - died Nairobi 12/12/14
Gazette - 28/1/14 - Probate & Admin. John William Ward of Nairobi who died at Nairobi 12/12/13. Applied for by James Henry Cross of Nairobi
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Ward, J.W. - Old Bazaar
Barnes - Nairobi South Cemetery - J.W. Ward - died Dec 1913, buried 13 Dec 1913
Red Book 1912 - J.W. Ward - Kyambu
Land Grant 1903 - J.W. Ward - Cultivation and building, 5 acres - Nairobi - Oct. 16 - 10 years lease. Further Grant - Cultivation, 216 acres - Between Kikuyu and Nairobi - Oct. 23 - Leasehold
Worked on the construction of the Uganda Railway and later built the first permanent railway bridge at Stony Athi. Also constructed many of the notorious open storm drains in Nbi. as well as cutting the roads through Muthaiga
Drumkey 1909 - Directory of Residents - J. Ward, Nairobi
EAHB 1907 - J. Ward - Nairobi