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Name: HARCOMBE, Joseph Hudson
Nee: bro of John Dowie Harcombe, son of Susan Dowie Harcombe
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1888 Cape Town
Death Date: 25 July 1944 Ruiru
First Date: 1922
Profession: Farmer
Area: Mchana Estate Ruiru
Married: In Williton, Somerset 1924 Eva Gwendoline Vaughan b. 12 July 1903 Bristol, d. 12 Feb 1956 South Africa
Children: Len; Gwenda Sally
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, Gazette, Barnes, SS
War Service: EAMR has Joseph H. Harcombe A Sqdn. 29/9/15 - To EASC
General Information:
Red 22 - Two Rivers, Ruiru
Kiambu Scrapbook - Founder member of Ruiru Sports Club in 1921 - Harcombe family - other women to the fore were Gwen Harcombe and her sisters-in-law May and Madge
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - J.H. Harcombe, Farm 72, Kiambu
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Joseph Hudson Harcombe, died 25 Jul 1944 aged 56
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut. J.H. Harcombe, 11 The Avenue, Taunton, Somerset - Farm 1707
Gazette - 26/3/1924 - Dissolution of partnership between Edward William McLachlan and Joseph Hudson Harcombe as Farmers and Coffee Planters at Ruiru and Kikuyu. Business to be carried on by Edward William McLachlan
Red 31 has J.H. Harcombe, Mchana Estate, Ruiru.
Hut also has J.H. Harcombe 1937 Karimbembe Sabukia
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll has Mehara Estate