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Name: ARMSTRONG, Christopher Benjamin
Birth Date: 1879 Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland
Death Date: 25.2.1926 Lazonby, Cumberland
Nationality: British
First Date: 1903
Profession: 1912 Stockman, Naivasha Stock Farm, Agric. Dept.
Area: Naivasha, KAD 1922 Kabete, EAHB 1906 - Morendat
Married: 1906 Jemima Oliver Patterson b. 1879 Hawick
Children: Phyllis Isabel Oliver (Smith) (5.12.1913 Naivasha); Stanley John Oliver (1.11.1908 Naivasha)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, EAHB 1905, KAD, Red 25, Hut, North, Drumkey, Red 22, Web, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EAHB 1907, Naivasha, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Red 19
War Service: East African units
General Information:
SE - C.B. Armstrong - Naivasha - Sept 1907
Drumkey 1909 - Agricultural Dept. - Naivasha Stock Farm - Stockman
North - From Hawick; Aged 24 appt. Stock Supt. Scientific Dept, EAP on two year temporary agreement 12-9-1903; arr. Mombasa from England 12-9-1903; based at the Govt. Farm, Morendat, Dec 1903
Web - Christopher 'Kit' Armstrong, born Hawick, Scotland emigrating to Naivasha, Kenya in 1904 as part of a group of Ayrshire cattle farmers.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Naivasha - C.B. Armstrong (British), Government Stock-man, Naivasha
North - Farm Superintendent, Naivasha Dec 1905; resident at Morendat
Naivasha - Shortly before J.K. Hill arrived C.B. Armstrong came to British East Africa in charge of a shipload of imported cattle of different breeds, these were transferred to the Naivasha farm and Armstrong followed as Assistant Manager. ……
Colonial 1912 - Agricultural Dept. - Stockman
Red Book 1912 - C.B. Armstrong - Naivasha
Red Book 1912 - Agricultural Dept. - Naivasha Stock Farm - Stockman
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - C.B. Armstrong - Ag. Manager, Government Farm - Naivasha and Jemima Armstrong - Married - Naivasha
Red Book 1919 - C B Armstrong - Government Farm, Naivasha
Red Book 1919 - Agricultural Dept. - Naivasha Stock Farm - Stockman - C.B. Armstrong
EAHB 1905 - Asst. Govt. Farm, Morendat.
KAD 1922 - Asst. Manager, Kabete Experimental Farm, Agric. Dept.