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Name: GOLDBERG, David
Nee: bro of Solomon (Shloime)
Birth Date: 1871 Russia
Death Date: 29.6.1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1935
Profession: Storekeeper
Area: Nairobi, Molo, 1922 - Box 33, Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi March 1907 Cecilia Vera Colbonig (Goloibowitz) (Russian) b. 1889, d. 1.5.1950 Nairobi
Children: Lily (Wilson) (1.7.1908 Nairobi) (Wilson); Hilda Cecilia (4.2.1910 Nairobi-1.5.1950 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAHB 1905, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, Jews, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, EAHB 1907, Barnes, Glimpses, Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Land - 1907 - D. Goldburg - Grazing, 2965 acres, Molo River, 21-3-04, Registered 30-4-07
Jews - 1912 - …. Meeting held at Mr Goldberg's stores in Government Road, probably the first European-owned store in what is now a major commercial thoroughfare.
Land - 1911 - D. Goldberg - Buildings, 7500 sq.ft. - Nairobi - 19/7/10 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/1/11 - Registered 2/5/11
Advertiser - 14/5/1909 - Advert - D. Goldberg & Co. - Bedsteads, Boots, Dress Material etc.
Gazette - 28/10/14 - Liquor Licence -D. Golberg - Ndarugu Stores
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - B. Goldberg, Government Road ?
North - Land Grant application, Molo River 22-2-1904, Kikuyu Road, Nairobi 20-6-1904; 1906 at Eldama Ravine
Nairobi South cemetery - David Goldberg, died 29 June 1935 aged 64 and Cecilia d.1 May 1950 aged 86.
Gazette 23 Sep 1947 has probate for Vera Goldberg required by her daughters Lily Wilson and Hilda Cecilia and says she d. 8 Sep 1947 in Nairobi
Glimpses - D. Goldberg & Co. was so enterprising that in Drumkey's 'Year Book For East Africa' 1909 it is listed under 3 of the categories of "Professions and Trades". David Goldberg was definitely a rich man, and his brother Shloime very well off. The first Jewish wedding in Nairobi seems to have been in 1907, that of David Goldberg to a young woman who had come out that year.
Red Book 1912 - D. Goldberg - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - David Goldberg - Merchant, Girouard Road
HBEA shows D. Goldberg as Hardware Store, Nairobi.
EAHB 1905 - Molo