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Name: HEPPES, William Bennett 'Bill'
Nee: son of Nicholas Heppes, twin bro of Harry Nicholas Heppes
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1899 Durban
Death Date: 19 Dec 1960 Naro Moru
First Date: 1907
Profession: Farmer, short spell on tin mines in Uganda
Area: Rongai, Nakuru, 1930 Box 223, Nairobi, Mitubiri, Uganda, Bondeni farm Mweiga, Lamuria
Married: In Kenya 1923 Amy Adeline Wray b. 7 Dec 1905 Fort Victoria, Rhodesia (in Transvaal 1975 she m. Thomas Leighton Roll 1920-1980, div. 1976)
Children: John Bernard (1926-Dec 2005 Penticton, Canada); Mary Jane Charlotte (Sheldrake) (8.4.1935 Thika-23.3.1921 Edinburgh)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Pioneers, Red 22, John Heppes, SKP, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
John Heppes - In 1925 William was working for brother Albert on the Rongai farm. Round about 1928 he was transporting supplies by lorry from Nairobi to the gold mines at Lolgorien and Kilimafeza in Tanganyika to my grandfather Peter Wray. After that from sometime early in the 1930s he was the farm manager for Karen Blixen at Ngong but in about 1932 moved back to Albert's farm at Rongai. In 1933 to 1939 he worked on the Kakuzi Fibrelands Estates at Mitubiri. Between 1939 and 1944 he was mining in the western province of Uganda. From 1944 to sometime in the mid 50s he managed Bondeni Farm at Mweiga and then Lamuria farm just down the road until his death in 1960.
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Jan 1907
St. Peter's Nyeri cemetery - William (Bill) Heppes, darling husband of Amy, passed away peacefully 19 Dec 1960
Red Book 1912 - W. Heppes - Naivasha [three times]
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
Gazette 17 Jan 1961 probate