Drumkey 1909 - Cabinet Maker - Kilindini [M.A. Aarup, but must be Peter]
SE - P.M. Aarup - Naivasha - April 1909

East African Standard - Xmas 1906 - Advertisement - Boat Builder, Tent Maker, Tarpaulin Waterproof Sheets, always different sizes of tents on hand, any shape of boat sails made to order.

Drumkey 1909 - Boat Builder, Taxidermist, Tent Maker - Mombasa. Drumkey also lists K. Aarup as Yacht Builder, Mombasa?

Advertiser - Friday September 24, 1909 - Advertisement - "Notice as the Shooting Season Commences October the first, don't forget that P.M. Aarup, Naivasha has big and small boats for hire."

Land 1909 - P.M. Aarup - Boat buildings, 2.7 acres - Naivasha - 23/12/09 - Leasehold for 25 years from 1/1/10 - Registered 15/2/10

Land 1912 - P.M. Aarup - Buildings, 10 acres - Naivasha - 28/6/11 - leasehold for 99 years from 1/10/11 - Registered 27/1/12

Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - P. Aarup, Danish, age 65, died 7/4/24

Red Book 1912 - P.M. Aarup - Naivasha

Lars Therkelsen - After arrival in Mombasa Peter Aarup went to Lake Naivasha where he established production of horsewhips made of hippopotamus hide. During his period in East Africa he also established a boat-builder's yard for fishing and also for transportation. He developed methods for fishing in Lake Victoria and he had a very big business with many boats. But he was a pioneer, he went on constantly with new developments and opportunities. He lost once some of his boats in a storm on Lake Victoria. All the men drowned except Peter Aarup. When the 1st World War began in East Africa, Peter Aarup and his crew on a boat, were taken as prisoners by the Germans, who asked Peter Aarup to build a new sawmill.  After the accident with his boats on Lake Victoria his sight became more and more weak so he had to use verydark glasses. One day his glasses broke and the Germans could not help him with new glasses. Peter Aarup's "captain", Kazimoto, offered to collect Peter Aarup's spare glasses from his home in Kisumu. This was a very dangerous trip of 900km, through both German and English frontlines and through the wilderness with many dangerous animals. He came back with the glasses - he could have been shot dead by the Germans. However, his mission was appreciated by the Germans and this may have saved his life. After the battle in Bukuba [sic] the Englishmen took back Peter Aarup - their old friend, as a prisoner. They asked him to build boats and things like that. In the meantime Peter Aarup became more and more blind, but continued to build boats with the help of people he had previously taught to build boats. Peter Aarup became finally blind but did not lose his drive. He was offered to go back to Denmark, but wanted to stay and die in East Africa. ……. Because of Peter Aarup's development of fishing methods and the value for the fishing industry, he was honoured by the British Government with a lifelong monthly pension. Only one monthly pension was paid before he died.
Lars Therkelsen - Peter died in 1924 after staying at the farm of Karen Blixen. It was Karen Blixen who found him dead and she had before that very many talks, conversations etc. with him. I [Lars T.] have letters from Karen Blixen sent to Peter's daughter in which she tells a lot about Peter Aarup. In the book "The African Farm", Karen Blixen also has one chapter about Peter Aarup, but under the synonym "Old Knudsen".

Lars Therkelsen He met Christine Svendsen about 1885-6. She became pregnant and gave birth to Peter's daughter on 28th July 1887 - Anna Elizabeth. Peter and Christine Svendsen were not married because I think Peter was not accepted by her family. However they were together off and on for up to two years after the birth of the daughter. The in 1889 Peter went to South Africa to dig gold; he promised to come back to Denmark and stay together with his daughter and Christine. But he never went back to Denmark. In South Africa he established an export business of native arts. He was informed that Christine had died in 1891 and his daughter had been placed in a children's home. He wrote a message to his father asking him to adopt the girl. She moved from the children's home in Copenhagen to Soender Bjert, Kolding where Peter's parents lived and from then on took care of his daughter. Peter sent them money from Africa. When Peter's daughter grew up she wrote letters to Peter in Africa and Peter responded telling her about his life. He did not go back to Denmark and did not enable his daughter to go to Africa.

North - (as K. Aarup and Aarap) advertising boat for hire, Malindi Jan 1906