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Name: HEPPES, Nicholas (Nicolaus)
Birth Date: 29.2.1856 Kircheimbolanden, Germany
Death Date: 22.1.1934 Nakuru
First Date: 1906 November
Last Date: 1934
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nakuru
Married: In Durban 30 Nov 1881 Charlotte Maria Schwegmann b. 1864, d. 5 Apr 1935 Nakuru
Children: Phillip Henry (17 Oct 1882 Durban-18 Mar 1926 Kisumu); Albert (17 May 1884 Durban -23 Feb 1946 Nakuru); Alice Mary (15 June 1885 Durban-1887 Ixopo); Mary Agnes (Thompson) (15 July 1887 Durban-13 July 1968 Durban); Regina Julia (Barrance) (15 July 1889 Durban-15 Jan 1975 Johannesburg); Elma Louise (20 Apr 1891 Durban-1896 Ixopo); Amy Emily (Barker) (23 Aug 1895 Durban-13 Sep 1946 Nairobi); Ethel Violet (Frederickson) (7 Feb 1898 Durban, d. Nairobi); William Bennett (twin, 23 Sep 1899 Durban-19 Dec 1960 Naro Moru); Harry Nicholas (twin, 23 Sep 1899 Durban-1971 Natal, S. Africa); Herbert Alfred (16 June 1902 Durban-17 Jan 1936 Tukuyu, Tanganyika)
Book Reference: North, SE, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Playne, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, John Heppes, SKP, Red Book 1912, Barnes
General Information:
SE - N. Heppes - Nakuru - Jun 1908
North Arrived in EA 9.1.1907 with bros A. And W.B. and families
Playne - Mr Heppes has about 5000 acres. The farm is about 7 miles from Nakuru, and there are 2 streams running through the property. Mr Heppes came to BEA in 1906. ....... Great trouble is caused by vermin, but that will, no doubt, be surmounted in time.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nakuru - N. Heppes (British), Settler, Nakuru
John Heppes, email 2 Nov 2004 - supposedly ran away from home at an early age and went to sea. However we do know that he ended up in Durban where he settled down. In 1879 he married Charlotte Maria Schwegmann and set about having a family. They had at least 11 children. ….. I believe that he took all living children with him when he emigrated to British East Africa in 1906
Neil Heppes - The story was that Nicholas used to go to Nakuru on a sled drawn by oxen and later converted to a cart with wheels he obtained from a friend in SA who was a cartwright. He then used a horse to pull it when he went for supplies.
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Nov 1906
Red Book 1912 - N. Heppes - Naivasha
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - N. Heppes - Farmer - Nakuru and Charlotte Heppes - Married - Nakuru
Nakuru North cemetery - Nicholas Heppes, died 22/1/1934 aged 80
Gazette 21 May 1935 wife's probate
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