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Name: CHESNAYE, George Roberts
Birth Date: 3.3.1870 Mozufferpore, Bengal
First Date: 1905
Profession: Crossed Nzoia River to start farming before 1914
Area: Nairobi, Kiambu, Kitale
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, EAHB 1906, Nicholls, North, Red Book 1912, Gazette, KFA, KAD, Hut, Curtis, Drumkey, Red 22KFA, KAD, Hut, Curtis, Red 22
General Information:
EAHB 1906 - G.R. Chesnaye, Kiambu
Nicholls - 1913 - Trans Nzoia farm purchaser - George Robert Chesnaye (a nephew of Earl Roberts)
North - Mrs Chesnaye dep. Mombasa for Nairobi 2-4-1904; at Nairobi applying for position with EAP 7-3-1905; Member of the Nairobi Infantry Section of the EAP Volunteer Reserve, June 1905; Not suitable for post with with EAP - 'a reputation for being somewhat intemperate' (F.J. Jackson, CO533) 7-12-1905
Red Book 1912 - G.R. Chesnaye - Kyambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau North - George Roberts Chesnaye - Settler, Farm 23
Curtis - p. 120 - Conversation between Anne Thurston and Alban Mitford Barberton in 1983 re the slump of the 1930s - ' ...... A lot of people went bankrupt. A lot went down to the goldfields. Chesney, an old cavalryman, found the first nugget and went along to Kakamega and showed it to the DC. I hear Africans are still digging for gold down there. ..…..…
Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - G.R. Chesnaye, Nasiu Gishu Red 22 - G.R. Chesmaye, Kitale
KAD 1922 has G.R. Chesnaye, P.O. Kitale, Hut the same
Was in the Dorset Regt. in 1892