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Name: MORSON, Samuel
Nee: bro of Thomas Jarman Morson
Birth Date: 3 June 1871 Glascomb, Radnorshire, Wales
Death Date: 20 Feb 1958 Limuru
Nationality: British
First Date: 1904 February
Last Date: 1958
Profession: Started saw-milling in small way but soon established BEA Saw-mills with brother T.J. Farmer, Uplands
Area: Nairobi, 1925 Uplands, Limuru
Married: In Kenya 2 Apr 1911 Amelia Lloyd b. 19 Dec 1877 Eglwys Cymmyn, Carmarthenshire, d. 18 Oct 1950 Pendine, Carmarthenshire
Children: Walter Lloyd Kitchener (27 Aug 1914 Limuru-1 Apr 1982 Naivasha)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, North, Playne, Macmillan, Pioneers, Red 22, Gazette, SKP, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Playne - BEA Sawmills - The demand creates the supply, and the demand for sawmills in BEA has been met in a way that must make the native marvel at the activity of the white man. Among the first to enter the field were the mills which form the subject of these notes. The mills, formerly known as the Limoru Steam Mills, are at Govt. Rd. Nairobi, and Limoru. There are 4 partners, Messrs T. McClure and A. Brinck, who manage at Nairobi, and Messrs S. and T. Morson, who look after the forest at Limoru. The firm started work at the end of 1905, 1 mile from the railway line and within 5 miles of Limoru Station. The logs are broken down at Limoru and re-sawn, planed etc at Nairobi ........... Joinery, furniture (to order), mouldings of all descriptions and fencing materials are supplied, while a speciality is made of wood suitable for waggon work, viz red stinkwood for body work and felloes, and black ironwood for wheels and brakes ............ The railway is supplied with sleepers ..…..…
Macmillan - 1930 - B.E.A. Saw Mills - The business …… is the second largest and probably the oldest of its kind in Kenya. It was started in 1903 by Mr Sam Morson in partnership with his brother, Mr T.J. Morson, who retired from it in 1923
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - S. Mawson [sic], Saw Mills
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - S. Morson
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Feb 1904
All Saints Church, Limuru cemetery - Samuel Morson, died 20 Feb 1958, aged 85 - Twin Grave with - Ernest Hugh Lloyd Morson, 11 Jan 1944 - 19 Jun 1965 [his grandson]
Red Book 1912 - S. Morson - Nairobi
Gazette 19/6/1918 - Dissolution of Partnership between Samuel Morson, Thomas Jarman Morson and David Owen Thomas carrying on business as saw-millers, merchants and contractors at Nairobi and elsewhere under the style or firm of the BEA Saw Mills dissolved by mutual consent. David Owen Thomas retires from the firm and the remaining partners continue the business.
Gazette 2/4/1919 - Dissolution of partnership between Thomas Jarman Morson, Samuel Morson and Henry William Sear carrying on business as Wagon builders and Blacksmiths at Nairobi under the style or firm of the BEA Wagon Works dissolved by mutual consent. Business will be carried on by Henry William Sear.
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Samuel Morson - BEA Saw Mills - Uplands
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll expunged
Gazette 22 Apr 1958 probate