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Name: STORY, Herbert Henry
Birth Date: 15.12.1874 Bangalore, India
Death Date: 1960 ?1966
First Date: 1897
Profession: Initially involved with construction of railway. Later proprietor of Naivasha stores & part proprietor of the Rift Valley Hotel, Naivasha. At one time owned Crescent Island at Naivasha. Subsequently farmed several 1000 acres in Rift Valley
Area: Naivasha - spent more than 63 years in EA, Red 31 has H. Story, 1956 Limuru, Karen
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, Land 1903, EAHB 1905, KAD, Red 12, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, North, Playne, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Whos Who 63, EAHB 1907, Carnelley
School: Bishop Cotton's School, Bangalore
General Information:
Red Book 1912 - H. Story - Naivasha
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - H. Story - Farmer - Naivasha
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Rift Valley Voters List
SE - H. Story - Naivasha - June 1909
Land Grant 1903 - H. Story - 70 acres or thereabouts - ? - Apr. 11, 1902 - Leasehold for 25 years
Hut - 1904 Naivasha Store, Railway a1897 arm amputated given Cedar Mount Dairy, RV Hotel owned Crescent Island
North - Land Grant application 11/4/1903, Mombasa Island; 21/11/1903, Naivasha Station, not granted; Running store at Naivasha Sept 1903; issued with 3rd Class Liquor Licence, Naivasha 31/12/1904
Playne - Naivasha Stores and Rift Valley Hotel - That 2 different businesses can be successfully combined has been proved by Mr H. Story, the proprietor of Naivasha Stores and part proprietor of the Rift Valley Hotel, Naivasha. Mr Story came to BEA from India in 1897 on railway construction, and now owns a farm of 1000 acres, some 20 miles from Naivasha. The general stores (provisions, soft goods, and hardware etc.) he opened in 1902. The hotel has accommodation for 14 people, and includes a large dining-room, while a bathroom is attached to each bedroom. The hotel and stores nearly adjoin, and stand on 2 plots, each 140 ft. by 100 ft. The railway is only 2 minutes walk from the hotel, which was established by Mr Story in 1904. All goods for the stores are imported direct. ...... Mr Story previously owned Crescent Island, in Naivasha Lake.
Red 22 has H. Story, Naivasha
Land - 1910 - Herbert Story - Grazing and agricultural, 1000 acres - Chania and Sasuma Rivers - 1/6/06 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/5/09 - Registered 20/12/10
Land - 1911 - H. Story - Grazing and agricultural, 4301.5 acres - Kinanbop - 14/11/10 - Under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/4/11 - Registered 15/5/11
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Naivasha - H. Story (British), Settler, Naivasha
Whos Who 63 - Came to East Africa 1897 on Railway construction; opened Naivasha Stores in 1902. Farmer Naivasha 1902-48; Proprietor of Rift Valley Hotel, Naivasha; Founder of Kenya Creameries and Club in Naivasha; Farmer in Karen
Kenya Graphic 1922 - Horse Breeding in Kenya - 'Amongst the many Arab stallions imported in the early days the only one to make his mark at stud was "Talisman" imported by Mr Storey of Naivasha in 1907. The reason for this may be that he was the only one to get good mares as he soon passed from Mr Storey's ownership to the Powysland Estate at Molo ……..'.
Gazette 24 May 1966 probate for Herbert Story who d. 26 Apr 1966 in Nairobi?