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Name: WOODHOUSE, Alfred Joseph
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1883 Southwark, London
Death Date: 15 Jan 1967 London
First Date: 1908
Area: Tana river
Married: In Dulwich 13 Jun 1914 Winifred Laura Harriett Paine b. 7 Dec 1887 Blackburn
Book Reference: AJ, North, EAHB 1907
General Information:
Agricultural Journal 1908 - 'The "Caravonica" Tree Cotton (Silk Variety)' - …….. The plant has also been grown in the Tana river valley by Mr Alfred Woodhouse. The trees are said to have been healthy and to have produced good cotton but the experiment was discontinued and it is regrettable that no information as to yield or commercial value of the lint is obtainable.
North - Dep. England for Mombasa to survey Tana River Concession 20/8/1904; arr. Mombasa 9/9/1904; Settler's Game Licence Mombasa 3/12/1904; Firearm registered Mombasa 16/3/1905; Visiting Mombasa from Lamu 8/7/1905
1939 England and Wales Register living in Gillingham as 'Public Company Registrar'