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Name: FOCKS, John Louis Theron
Nee: son of John Peter and Bertha Louisa Focks
Birth Date: 24.8.1878 Pretoria, Cape Colony
Death Date: 25.10.1943 Nairobi
First Date: 1906
Profession: Farmer
Area: Nanyuki, Thika
Married: Anna Maria Magdalena Lombard b. 14 Jan 1883 Pretoria, d. 22 Jan 1952 Nanyuki
Children: John Martin Theron (8.6.1906 Thika -1987); Helena Louisa (Yauss) (31 * 1909 Kabuku, Fort Hall-1967); Margaret (Clift, Lemmon) (1914 Nairobi-1964); Elizabeth (Smith, Weirich) (10 Jan 1922 Nairobi-2009)
Book Reference: EA & Rhodesia, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Anne Stafford, Red Book 1912
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 27/3/52 - Mrs J.L. Theron Focks who has died in Kenya, was an early settler in the Nanyuki district.
Red 22 - J.L.T. Focks, Jun., Kabuku Fruit Farm, Chania Bridge
Land 1909 - J.P. Focks, J.L.T. Focks, J.A. von der Westhuizen and G. Donavitch - Grazing and agricultural, 1000 acres - Thika River - 7/7/06 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/3/08 - Registered 18/6/10
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Fort Hall - J.L.W. Focks, Kabuku, Chania Bridge
Red Book 1912 - J.L.T. Focks - Kyambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - John Louis Theron Focks - Farmer, Chania Bridge and Magdalena Theron Focks - Married woman, Chania Bridge
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Anna Magdalene Theron Focks, died 22 Jan 1952 aged 69 AND John L. Theron Focks, died 25 Oct 1943 aged 64
Gazette 17 Jan 1952 wife's probate
Gazette 17 Jan 1952 wife's probate