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Name: RYLE SHAW, Henry
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1848 Chester
Death Date: 31 Oct 1924 Makuyu
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1924
Profession: Coffee farmer
Area: Nairobi, 1922 Ruiru, Makuyu Estate, Ruiru
Married: In Durban 7 Nov 1876 Frances Anne Ashe b. 9 Oct 1853 Kensington, d. 20 Oct 1935 Nairobi
Children: Dacre Ashe (15 June 1878 S. Africa-29 Sep 1950 Nairobi); Helena Margaret ' Madge' (8 Mar 1882-4 Aug 1963 Nairobi, killed by Mau Mau)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, Barnes, Gazette, Red 19, Hut
General Information:
Kiambu Scrapbook - Ruiru - The Ryle Shaws were also early pioneers but most of their coffee was planted after the war by Mr Ake Bursell.
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Frances Anne Ryle Shaw, British, age 80, died 20/10/35 and Henry Ryle Shaw, British, age 75, died 31/10/24
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Henry Ryle Shaw, Coffee Planter, PO Ruiru and Frances Anne Shaw, PO Ruiru and Margaret Helena Shaw, PO Ruiru and Ivy Dalrymple Shaw, PO Ruiru
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Kyambu - H. Ryle Shaw
Hut has Henry Ryle-Shaw 1922 Makuyu d. 1925 married to Frances who died 1936, and Dave Ryle-Shaw who died 1950 Lawyer Shaw Hollister
Gazette - 3/2/1926 - Probate and Administration - Henry Ryle Shaw late of Makuyu Estate, Ruiru who died at Makuyu Estate on 31 October 1924. Applied for by Frances Anne Shaw of Makuyu Estate, Ruiru
He was a fine fencer. Wrote frequently to newspapers.