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Name: MILLNER, Herbert
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1885 Thorne, Kent
Death Date: 3 Dec 1959 Limuru
First Date: 1911
Last Date: 1959
Profession: Worked for Charles B. Clutterbuck at Njoro until WW1. After war he worked for Gen. Sladen at Rongai and then for Lord Egerton of Tatton at Ngata Farm workshops, Njoro. 1937 involved with water boring & installing pumps for Uganda Admin.
Area: Njoro, Elburgon, 1930 Nakuru, 1919 Sawmills Njoro
Married: In Frindsbury, Kent 26 Dec 1908 Ethel May Cockland b. 31 Dec 1885 Poplar, Laondon, d. 1945 Kisumu, arrived with husband in 1911
Children: Winifred May 'Winnie' (9 Oct 1912 Njoro-2002); Herbert Ernest (15 Aug 1915 Naivasha-1917; Gladys (17 Apr 1917 Nairobi); Violet Louise (Wells) (2 Aug 1919 Uasin Gishu-2010); Ivy Isabel (1924)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Childhood
War Service: WW1 with EA Pioneers & War Graves Commission, graves at Nbi. and Voi
General Information:
Blacksmith, Baker, Farmer, Water Boring in Uganda. Source: H.R. Wells
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Njoro - H. Milner (British), Sawyer
Childhood - Vi Wells née Milner - My parents arrived in British East Africa in 1911, my father taking up employment in the saw-milling industry for C.B. Clutterbuck at Njoro, Elburgon. I was their 4th child (an older brother and sister dying in infancy). My birth certificate gives 'Place of Birth' as '2 miles on the Londiani Road. My earliest memory is of our bungalow on Hurlingham Road, Nairobi. From Nairobi we moved up-country to Rongai where my father worked for General Sladen on Fintry Farm. ….. My father worked for Wilson's Bakery (Eldoret)………We moved back to the Njoro district around 1930 and lived on a pipeline farm, part of Ngata Estates, owned by Lord Egerton of Tatton. … My parents started a bakery business on the farm ……later my parents were in Uganda where my father was employed drilling for water and putting in pumps for the Uganda Administration.
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - H. Milner - Farm Assistant - Njoro
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Mrs Ethel May Milner, Hurlingham Road, Nbi
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