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Name: HOEY, Alfred Ernest

Birth Date: 8.12.1876 Kingston, Surrey

Death Date: 3.8.1926 Nairobi

First Date: 1901

Last Date: 1926

Profession: Accountant

Area: Trans Nzoia district, Uasin Gishu, Kitale, Farm 190 Sergoit

Married: 1914 Daisy Bellanne Stowell b. 2 Aug 1881 Ealing, d. 24 July 1971 Caterham. He also had a liaison with Rebecca Ethel Eakins b. 24 Dec 1880 Derry, d. 1960 South Africa, which produced his son Alfred

Children: Alfred (30 Nov 1914 Mengo-25 Apr 1967 Ashford hospital, Middlesex)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, Mary Hoey, KAD, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, North, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Harmony, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19

War Service: East Surrey Regt. in S. African campaign 1900-1901; WW1 with EAMR - MGS 1/12/15

General Information:

Land 1909 - A.E. Hoey - Buildings, &c., 5 acres - E. Ravine - 18/2/06 - Leasehold for 25 years from 1/6/09 - Registered 14/2/10

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - A.E. Hoey, PWD

Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 4/7/08, age 31, Actg. Asst. Accountant PWD, Nairobi

Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Alfred E. Hoey, British, age 49, died 3/8/26

Red Book 1912 - A.E. Hoey - Uasin Gishu

Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Alfred Ernest Hoey - Accountant, PWD, The Hill and Mrs Daisy Bellamie Stowell Hoey - The Hill

Red Book 1919 - Public Works Department - Accountant - H.E. Hoey ?

HBEA 1912 - Farm 190, PO Sergoit.

Cuckoo - mentions as coming up from S. Africa.

Mary Hoey comments - 'Joined the PWD of which he became director.'

KAD 1922 - Accountant, PWD, Nairobi
Cath Jeffries, née Hoey (granddaughter of Alfred Hoey, son): Rebecca, a post office worker from Londonderry, Ireland, returned from Mengo in 1915 with baby Alfred Hoey. There is one record of a solo return trip after the birth in 1916, but mysteriously no records of trips before 1915. In 1916 she trained to be a nurse/midwife. She eventually died in Maitland, S Africa in 1960. The records don't give us any clarity on how she came to be pregnant, or the nature or longevity of her relationship with AE. One can only assume that the baby was unplanned, but it is interesting that AE's name was on the birth certificate, which was unusual at the time for an illegitimate child. AE married Daisy (a wealthy family friend) shortly before my grandfather was born in 1914 (he had stayed with the Stowells in their 12 bedroom mansion as a visitor at the time of the 1911 census).
In her autobiography, Daisy indicates she went to East Africa and they married in June 1914, but they travelled back to England in October/November the same year, at the time of the birth (30.11.1914). Daisy's writings indicate no knowledge of her husband's child. The fact that Rebecca returned to S. Africa, and eventually died there in 1960 suggests an ongoing fascination and draw. I don’t know how much my grandfather knew about his origins, but he went on to work for the East Africa Company division of Unilever for many years. I can find no records of him visiting the region.

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