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Name: HARTLEY, Lionel James Holmes

Nee: son of John Holmes Hartley

Birth Date: 21 June 1885 Kimberley, S. Africa

Death Date: 12 Dec 1917 Nairobi, in the quarantine camp, of plague

First Date: 1915

Profession: Farmer

Area: Kiambu

Married: 1. 1911 Eva Maude Corke b. 21 Sep 1892 Karachi, India, d. 28 May 1980 (dau of Henry Thomas Peter Corke and later m. Percy Henry Poolman 1890-1948); 2. Barbara b. 1892

Children: Thomas Augustus Corke 'Carr' (31 Oct 1910 Nairobi-7 Dec 1992 Durban); Lionel Hugh Holmes (12 May 1914 Nairobi-1 Jan 1950 Voi); Lily (June 1915 Kiambu-1917 plague); William (1917-13 July 1918 Nairobi, dysentery, aged 10 months); Lynette Beatrice (1 July 1915-15 Dec 1917, plague in Quarantine Camp, Nairobi); Leslie William (6 Sep 1917-13 July 1918 Nairobi) [but her children born with Percy Henry Poolman are interspersed with these, so something is awry]

Book Reference: Gazette, Hartley, Barnes

General Information:

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - L.J. Hartley, Kiu River Farm, Kiambu

Nairobi South cemetery - Lionel C W Hartley, died Dec 1917, buried 13 Dec 1917

Nairobi South cemetery - Lily Hartley, died Dec 1917, buried 15 Dec 1917 AND W. Hartley, died July 1918, buried 14 July 1918, d.13 July

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