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Name: HOPCRAFT, Esther Eliza
Nee: Nash
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1909 Plymouth
Death Date: Aug 2003 British Columbia, Canada
Area: Nakuru
Married: In Naivasha 19 Apr 1930 John Norman Hopcraft (1906-1978)
Children: John Bryan Dawson (6 May 1931 Nakuru); Peter Norman (7 Jan 1934 Nakuru); Esther Jane (12 Aug 1935 Plymouth-2012); David (1937 Nakuru-2023)
Author: Esther Eliza Hopcraft, Esther's Story, 1996
Book Reference: Esther
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
William Cherry email 18 Oct 2026 After marriage, Esther and Jack's first home: The Back Farm (later Kongoni Farm), Lake Naivasha;
2nd home: Baharini Farm, Lake Nakuru. Later incorporated into the Lake Nakuru National Park.
3rd home: Subukia; 4th home; Nanyuki; 5th home: Njoro River Farm, Njoro
6th home: Kenplains Farm (later know as the Hopcraft Ranch when their son David took over the farm or Game Ranching Limited), Athi River
7th home: Karen where Jack died in 1978.
Esther's final home was in Creston, Canada, where she went to live with her son John Bryan Dawson Hopcraft.
William Cherry email 18 Oct 2026 After marriage, Esther and Jack's first home: The Back Farm (later Kongoni Farm), Lake Naivasha;
2nd home: Baharini Farm, Lake Nakuru. Later incorporated into the Lake Nakuru National Park.
3rd home: Subukia; 4th home; Nanyuki; 5th home: Njoro River Farm, Njoro
6th home: Kenplains Farm (later know as the Hopcraft Ranch when their son David took over the farm or Game Ranching Limited), Athi River
7th home: Karen where Jack died in 1978.
Esther's final home was in Creston, Canada, where she went to live with her son John Bryan Dawson Hopcraft.