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Name: MANLEY, Gwynne

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Birth Date: 12 Apr 1891 Brecknock, Brecon, Wales

Death Date: 27 June 1982 East London, S. Africa

First Date: 1912

Last Date: 1934

Profession: Farmer. Crossed Nzoia River to start farming before 1914

Area: Kitale, Soy

Married: Daisy Beatrice Fidler, b. 4 Apr 1887 Reading, Jewish, mustard gas nurse in World War 1, d. 9 June 1965 Ngotshe, Natal, S. Africa

Children: Elizabeth (19.6.1927 Kitale-25.2.2014 George, S. Africa); John James (1929 Kitale)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Trans Nzoia Scrapbook, KFA, Gazette

War Service: KAR

General Information:

Trans Nzoia Scrapbook - Photos of Karamoja Farmhouse on the old Karamoja Track in 1913 and 1923, built by G. Manley and "Daddy" Muirhead
Hut - Pre WW1 Hylands Estate partner with Coney Ilylands Soy
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - G Manley, Settler PO Soy
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau North - G. Manly - Settler, Highlands, Soy and G. Manly - Farmer, Soy
The Manleys were a large S. African family
One-time President of the Farmers' Association.
Left Kenya 1934 and moved to East London, S. Africa and bought the dairy farm Saxilby in the Amalinda area.
 

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