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Name: AAGAARD, Bernhard Martin
Nee: bro of Yngvar, son of Andreas Zacharias Aagaard
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1904 Tromso, Norway
Death Date: 6 Dec 1983 Leeds
Profession: Coffee farmer. Designed a coffee grader
Area: Kiambu - Tutta Njuno Estate, Karuri; Moshi; Malindi
Married: Leah Rooney b. 29 Apr 1905 Manchester, d. 2004 Leeds
Children: Margaret Mary (1944); Peter James (1946)
Book Reference: Hut, Gazette
General Information:
Gazette 11 Apr 1961 took out a patent
Gazette 27 May 1938 listed as Kiambu juror with Yngvar Aagaard
Gazette 10 Feb 1984 probate
EAS 19 Aug 1954 Nine loyal Africans were killed last week by two simultaneous raids by Mau Mau gangs on the coffee plantations in the Kiambu District of Mr Bernard Aagard and Mr John Wells who were on holiday. Mr Karl Soderholm, a Swedish estate manager, was fired on but not hit on a 3rd farm.