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Name: CRAWFORD, George

Nee: ?bro of Thomas Crawford

Birth Date: Ballievey, Co. Down

Death Date: 10 Dec 1953 Kisumu

First Date: 1922

Profession: Farmer, Naro Moru

Area: Songhor, KAD 1922 Nakuru, Naro Moru

Book Reference: John Carnegie, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Barnes, Rift Valley

War Service: EAMR has G. Crawford - A Sqdn. 8/8/14 - Cpl. 6/12/16; To EASC

General Information:

Letter from John Carnegie - 'We knew another extraordinary old man who had a glass eye. He was told that a leopard that had been eating lots of his best calves was caught in a trap in the bush just below his house. He grabbed his shotgun, went into the bush, walked up to the snarling leopard and shot it from 6 feet away. His Africans shouted to him through the bushes - "Hey, Bwana, what are you doing? The leopard is here in the trap!" He suddenly realised he'd just shot its mate, who was NOT in any trap and also in a terrible temper.
Kisumu cemetery - in memory of George Crawford elder son of George Crawford Ballievey Co Down died 10th Dec 1953.
Rift Valley - 18 Mar 1928 - Luncheon - 'Fish cold about ? Usual grilled steak & onions had been stewed in morning & warmed up slightly for lunch. Onions bad portions about 1 3/4 ins x 1 x 1/2 potatoes very bad vegetables grey peas out of a tin perhaps cold brisket about 1 1/2 oz too much as portion. Suggest a cook & grill should be procured. Boys continually talking noisily. Members a hungry looking crowd & they cannot be blamed.' [reply - 'Noted with regret and dealt with']
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 3 Apr 1920 - G. Crawford
Hut has George Crawford 1920 Naivasha AND G. Crawford 1919 Ruiru.
Hut - G. Crawford 1922 Rumuruti AND G. Crawford 1930 Forestburn Solai married to Anne
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List

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