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Name: BENNETT, Henry Alexander

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Birth Date: 9 Jan 1863 St Albans

Death Date: 30 June 1934 Ruaraka

First Date: 1904

Profession: Gunsmith

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Chichester 26 Oct 1889 Elizabeth Frances Winslade b. 7 Aug 1870 Farlington, Hants., d. 7 Apr 1947 Nairobi

Children: Alexander William H. (4 Aug 1890 New Brompton); Friederick J. Archibald (1892-16 Mar 1907 Nairobi); Elizabeth Carmelia (20 May 1893 Penzance); Ralph Michael (1894 Penzance-1895 Penzance); Walter Samuel (12 July 1895 Penzance-1907 Nairobi); Melita Mabel (Marquordt) (3 Aug 1902 Johannesburg-8 Feb1986 Durban); Rosetta F. (Balson) (24 Sep 1904 Nairobi-8 Feb 1986 Durban); Dorothy E. (1905 Nairobi); Agnes Winifred (1906 Nairobi-13 Aug 1908 Nairobi); Edith Lillian (21 Aug 1906 Nairobi-1980 Rhuddlan, Wales)

Book Reference: Red 25, Gazette, : Gillett, SE, Klondyke, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, Advertiser, Gazette, Barnes, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 19

General Information:

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - A. Bennett, Gun Repairer
Buried in Forest Road cemetery
Ancestry 5 Apr 1891 • Portsea Island, Hampshire, England.
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census: Archive reference: RG12; Folio 84; Page 19; Piece Number 866. Head, Occupation: Armourer H M Navy Elizabeth Bennett, Wife, b. 1871 Waterlooville.
He had considerable service with Royal Navy. A keen Freemason and a Founder of Lodge Scotia in EA. Stephen Ellis's ledger shows him as Gunsmith, Nairobi.
SE - H.A. Bennett - Gunsmith, Nbi. - Jul 1907
Drumkey 1909 - Public Works Dept. - Motor Lorry Driver, Nairobi - H.A. Bennett
Land - 1906 - H.A. Bennett - Building, 3,750 sq.ft. No. 56 - Nairobi Township - 25 years lease from 1/3/1906 - Registered 21/5/1906
Land 1909 - H.A. Bennatt - Agricultural and residential, 7.41 acres - Katisura River - 13/12/05 - Freehold - Registered 2/8/09
Land 1909 - H.A. Bennett - Agricultural and residential, 10 acres - Near Nairobi - 6/10/09 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 3 to 99 years if conditions are complied with, from 6/5/10 - Registered 8/6/10
Advertiser -18/9/1908 - Letter from H.A. Bennett, Katisura River, Nairobi re stock theft
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - H.A. Bennett, Farmer
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Henry Alexander Bennett, British, age 69, died 29/6/34 - died at Ruaraka
Red Book 1912 - H.A. Bennett - Kyambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Henry Alexander Bennett, Coffee Manufacturer, PO Box 188, Nairobi
Red Book 1919 - H A Bennett - Settler - Nairobi
Klondyke - old Bennett, the gunsmith in Nairobi
 

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