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Name: BROATCH, Thomas John
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1896 Dryfesdale, Lockerbie, Scotland
Death Date: 21 July 1949 Edinburgh
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1949
Profession: Farm assistant to Lord Francis Scott, and own farm on Lord Delamere's pipeline, Njoro. Was a Councillor of Nakuru for several years & Chairman of Agricultural Committees
Area: Njoro
Married: In Braeside, Lockerbie, Scotland 23 Oct 1923 Sarah McIntosh Sharp b. Linwood, Renfrew 12 Aug 1896, d. 30 Oct 1974 Nakuru
Children: David (1 Aug 1924 Nakuru-1986 Kilifi); Christina McIntosh (Cawley) (Njoro 1926); George Graham (1929-6 Dec 1941 Nakuru, motor accident)
Book Reference: EAWL, Barnes, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut
War Service: WW1 - Royal Air Force, Pilot
General Information:
Pioneer farmer in Njoro, bought land from Lord Delamere. Source: Mrs C.M. Cawley
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Voters List Rift Valley
Gazette 2 Aug 1949 probate
Nakuru cemetery in loving memory / Sarah McIntosh Broatch / 1896 - 1974 / Thomas John Broatch / (at rest in Scotland) 1896 - 1949 / gentle and kind AND:
in loving memory of / George Graham Broatch / who was killed in a motor accident / 5th December 1941 / aged 12 1/2 years / he plucked the flower we loved so well / and then he took him home