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Name: KEITH, Kenneth James
Birth Date: 7 July 1889 Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal
Death Date: 17 Sep 1950 Nairobi
First Date: 1913
Last Date: 1950
Profession: Clerk Inland Rev. Dept appt. 1937; Motor Mart & Exchange
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Box 874
Married: In Nairobi 10 Mar 1915 Ida Isobel Mortimer b. 1889 Bradford, d. 14 July 1941 Mombasa, cerebral embolism
Children: Kenneth (9 June 1919 Nairobi-3 Aug 1975 Nairobi), advocate
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Macmillan, Barnes
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 - The Keith Timber Co. Ltd., Saw-Millers and Timber Merchants - The business was established at the beginning of 1928 by Mr Kennedy [sic] Keith, its sole proprietor, who hails from Natal, and is one of the most successful of the local business men. He was one of the founders of the Motor Mart and Exchange.
Barnes - Rugby photo - Harlequins v Mombasa Dec. 24th 1923 - K. Keith
Gazette 2/9/1914 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - European Clerk - 21/8/1914 - K.J.Keith
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Kenneth James Keith - Accountant - Girouard Road
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Kenneth James Keith, Accountant, Box 398, Muthaiga and Mrs Jessie Ferguson Keith, Muthaiga and Iola [sic] Isobel Keith, Box 939, Muthaiga
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Kenneth James Keith, died 17 Sep 1950 aged 61
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Mrs Ida Isobel Keith, died 14 Jul 1941 age 52, European Hospital, Cerebral Embolism