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Name: JAVENS, Gilbert Charles
Nee: son of Helen Javens
Birth Date: 1908 Swaffham Prior, Cambs.
Death Date: 12 July 1977 Nairobi
First Date: 1904
Profession: Manager for F. O'B. Wilson. Reconditioning officer, agricultural officer 1947
Area: Machakos
Married: 1939 Nancy Worsley b. 1909, d. 18 Mar 1980 Nairobi
Children: Michael David (1 Apr 1944-Aug 1980 shot dead by terrorists in Sotik); Anne Elizabeth (1942)
Book Reference: Hut
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List
Gazette 2 Sep 1977 probate
Gazette 23 May 1980 wife's probate
Terence Gavaghan, Of Lions and Dungbeetles, 1999 IntoKiyui 'Nzuki' Javens, agricultural officer, nicknamed after the Kamba word for bee, since his zooming energy, black tufty hair and bushy brows over bright buttoned eyes, gave him the air of busy pollination.