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Name: MURROW, Albert Harry
Birth Date: 27 My 1875 Glastonbury
Death Date: 10.12.1967 Salisbury, Wiltshire
First Date: 1905 April
Profession: Est. business as Transport Agent with livery stable. Supplied wagons & mules & donkeys for safari expeditions.Widely known throughout the Colony.
Area: Nairobi, 1922 - Soy, 1925 Hoey's Bridge
Married: In Bristol 18 Dec 1920 Nora Leworthy b. 8 Sep 1886 Bristol
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Playne, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Harmony, Nicholls, North, EAHB 1907, SKP, Leader14, Richardson, Red Book 1912
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - C Sqdn. 7/8/14 - 27/4/15 - Saddler Sergt. 10/8/14
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List expunged
SE - A.H. Murrow - Aug 1907
Playne - Coming to BEA in 1905 from England, Mr A.H. Murrow six months later started business in Nairobi as transport agent and livery stable keeper. His premises are situated in Racecourse Road, close to the railway station and the National Bank of India, and the business is managed by and is under the personal supervision of Mr Murrow ........ Carriages and waggons are supplied for safari parties as well as special carriages, with hoods and curtains, for sleeping in etc. Saddle mules and ladies' carriages are for hire at reasonable rates, and native drivers are also contracted for, arrangements and terms depending upon the district to be visited. Transport work is undertaken to all parts of the country, and for this purpose 20 mules, on an average, are kept on hand. Stabling for horses, mules, and donkeys is always available by day, week, or month, and carriages and trolleys meet all trains. Mr Murrow also buys and sells horses and mules, as well as trains them.
Land - 1911 - A.M. Murrow [sic] - Grazing and agricultural, 2790 acres (Farm No. 189) - Uasin Gishu - 12/12/10 - Under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/2/11 - Registered 10/3/11
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - A.H. Murrow, Duke Street
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 3/11/13, age 38, Transport Agent, Nairobi
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived April 1904 - Somerset
Leader14 - Business Register - A.H. Murrow, Transport Agents and General Carriers, Nairobi
Richardson 1925 - Eldoret - "We travel along 26 miles through somewhat English scenery, dropping to 6480 feet, and turn to the left where a board reads "A.H. Murrow"; we turn down this and meander along country lanes till we reach Murrow's farm where his manager points out Charlie White's house on the next hill 3/4 miles away ………"
Red Book 1912 - A.H. Murrow - Nairobi
Red 31 has A.N. Murrow
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Albert Henry Murrow, Farmer PO Hoey's Bridge and Mrs Nora Murrow, Married PO Hoey's Bridge
Gazette 5 July 1968 probate
1939 England and Wales Register living in Axbridge, Somerset with wife