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Name: MARTIN, John Bosworth
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1887 Charley, Leics
Death Date: 8 Oct 1958 Suffolk
First Date: 1913
Profession: Farmer
Area: Lumbwa
Married: In Market Bosworth 1911 Ethel Mary Booker Cope b. 28 Jan 1882 Blaby, d. 24 Dec 1969 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Children: John Martin (6 Sep 1914 Lumbwa-2 Mar 1962); Ethel Diana (22 July 1916 Market Bosworth-1998); Georgina Barbara (Cowper Smith) (16 Sep 1918-2008 S. Africa)
Book Reference: EAWL, Cara, Hut, Land, Gazette, Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Cara - 1913 - The Martins are dears. They met me at Lumbwa ..... Ethel Martin's garden is lovely ..... Martin's place about 10 miles from here ....... John Martin is most kind. They go off to England on Tuesday and then Arthur [Barclay] and I will be left with two estates to run.
Land - 1911 - J.B. Martin - Grazing and agricultural, 3330 acres (Farm No. 125) - Uasin Gishu - 7/4/11 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/2/11 - Registered 13/6/11
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Lumbwa - J. Martin, Lumbwa
Red Book 1912 - J.B. Martin - Kericho
Memoirs of Maurice B. Tennent - 1926 - Farmers at Lumbwa. Hut has J.B. Martin 1919 Tugenon Hill, Lumbwa
1939 England and Wales Register living in Castle Donington with wife and daub Georgina, as landowner and farmer