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Name: CROSS, Henry Percival
Nee: son of Jane and Charles Cross
Birth Date: bapt. 11 Jan 1907 Bloemfontein
First Date: 1922
Profession: Farmed at Molo and together with his wife established the 'Cross Road's Inn' at Molo, which became very popular with travellers. Also owned Molo Butchery
Area: 'Hillwood', Molo
Married: Miss Frances Emily Bull arrived E. A. 1908 as governess to the Hill-Williams and lived for over 64 years in Kenya
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Pioneers, Eton
War Service: Imperial Yeomany in Boer War
General Information:
When Jasper Abraham was away in WW1 Miss Bull managed his farm and made a great success of it. Source - Letter from Mrs Betty Tennent
Pioneers - Molo & Turi - Church services - ….. At the Cross Roads Inn, where a larger, quieter and altogether more suitable room was lent by the proprietor, Mr Cross.
Eton (1899) - Henry Percival Cross - son of J.P. Cross of Catthorpe Towers, near Rugby; Jan 1892, April 1896 - with the I.Y. in S. Africa
Red 25 has H.B. Cross, Molo
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Molo - H. Cross (British), Farm Manager
Red 22 - H. Cross, Nakuru
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 1 Sep 1917 - H. Cross
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - H. Cross - Butcher - Nakuru
Hut has H. Cross 1922 Nakuru
Gazette 15 Jan 1935 - alerting creditors of H.P. Cross, trading as Cross Roads Inn and Molo Butchery
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers death of Emma Cross (?a relative) at Turi on 23 Feb 1922, cancer, aged 81