SE - Dr. H.A. Bodeker - July 1907

Police - 1907 - At Kisii to attend to the wounded G.A.S. Northcote who had been speared by the Kisii . (story pp. 27/28) Austin - at Fort Smith as settler in 1897

Sorrenson - In 1896 four more settlers arrived under the leadership of Dr. D. Wallace, intending to settle near Fort Smith. Wallace and his brother soon returned to England, leaving the others, Dr. Boedeker and the blacksmith James McQueen to fend for themselves. They lived a precarious existence, dependent on the administration for protection, employment and a market for their produce. .......... arrived in July 1896 with Dr. Wallace's party, bought his land from Kinyanjui, the government-established chief, for 5 cows, 3 bales of 'Mericani', 4 loads of beads and 4 loads of brass wire.

White Man - 1898 - began to grow a few vegetables on a plot of land he had been allowed to take up in Kikuyu

EAHB 1905 - Medical Officer, Uganda Protectorate, Sept. 1st 1899; Medical Officer, EAP, April 1st 1902

North - Eurasian Parsee; arr. Fort Smith with wife late 1896; Temp. Appt. Med. Officer, UP 1899; Naivasha; Appt. Med. Officer UP 1/5/1900; Naivasha

Curtis - p. 37 - Life at Fort Smith - '....... [1894 letter from Francis Hall to his father]] .. Martin and his wife came up and stayed here about 12 days. I gave them my quarters and we had a very jolly time. She is Portuguese but very nice; and plays, and sings in several languages, and as old Dugmore (in charge of the troops) has the American organ (that I brought out for him) up here, we had some musical evenings, Russell on the 1st whistle, Lane banjo and Mrs M. on the organ, while I occasionally had to warble as my share, and another fellow here, Trefusis, plays the autoharp very well. By-the-bye I shall be mentioning names you don't know, so I must tell you that two Mombasa firms have agents up here, living about 1000 yards from the Fort. Trefusis, a very good sort who has travelled the world, is one, and a man named Walsh with his wife for the other. Then we have one coffee planter, Kitchen, and Dr. Wallace's party just coming. Mr Wallace (brother) and his wife arrived about 10 days ago and Dr Boedecker and wife, and a Mr McQueen and wife are to arrive tomorrow. We shall then have 10 Europeans resident in Kikuyu.

Drumkey 1909 - Medical Dept. - Medical Officer, Kisumu

North - Eurasian Parsee from India - dep. London for EA with wife 6-6-1896; dep. Mombasa for Kikuyu 3-9-1896, arr. Fort Smith with wife late 1896. Temporary appt. Medical Officer UP at Naivasha 1-9-1899; permanent appt. Medical Officer UP 1-5-1900; MO Naivasha May, Sept 1901, 31-3-1902; transferred from UP to EAP, MO Naivasha 1-4-1902; arr. Mombasa from Europe, returning from leave with wife and children (daughter, Lesley) 26-5-1903; in charge of the native hospital at Kilindini, July 1903.

Carman - In 1896 Dr H.A. Boedeker, a doughty newcomer arrived as did also Dr Edwards who was the first medical missionary to work in Mombasa.

Pioneers - Fort Smith - At the end of 1896 Doctor Boedeker arrived at Fort Smith after a march from the coast. Mrs Lesley Williams (nee Boedeker) describes the scene from her father's diary: 'My father and mother were welcomed by Mr Hall and his assistant Mr Lane. Watched by a large crowd of Africans the caravan arrived after a long, weary journey of six weeks, headed by my parents, who were followed by a long line of porters singing and beating drums. The cool climate and lovely countryside soon mad eup for all the hardships endured since leaving England. Father brought the first mouldboard plough into Kenya. In anticipation of the arrival of this rare implement Mr Hall had trained some oxen, and the team went into action watched by a large crowd, which included Chief Kinyanjui. When the people saw the earth being turned over by the oxen, as it appeared to them, they roared with laughter.' Household goods must have come later, since a note of her mother's records: 'Mr Hall has lent me a sufuria - a little beauty with a cast iron lid in which I can make cakes nicely.' Dr Boedeker played the violin on 22nd June 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Captain Dugmore played the organ.

Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Medical Services - To be Captain - Dr. H.A. Bodeker [sic]

Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Henry Albert Boedeker, British, age 68, died 22/6/40

Gazette - 1/5/1902 - Birth - April 9th, the wife of H.A. Bodeker of a son.

Dhows - Vol 2 - Cynthia Kofsky - "We all knew that Dr. Bodeker was half-Indian - you couldn't help but know it for he was very dark skinned. He was very short, about 5'1", and if you saw him on the street (he always wore a suit and a white helmet) you'd just think, 'Oh there goes another little Indian'. But the minute he spoke you knew he was different. He had the most beautiful voice with a perfect Oxford accent. He was a most delightful charming little man with a cap of white hair. He never talked about his background but it was said (I think his wife told us) that his father was Burmese, some said a Burmese prince. His wife was Scots, the daughter of an Earl, she hinted but I don’t think that was much believed. Anyway they had met when he was studying medicine in Scotland. Dr Bodeker was a very studious man, very quiet and very, very nice. He didn’t chat or talk much, but when he did speak he had, as I said, a most beautiful voice." …………

Edward Rodwell - " …. he was completely accepted as a European and highly regarded as a medical doctor."

Glasgow University - The matriculation albums show that Dr Bodeker began his studies in the Summer Term of 1890 at the age of 18. In completing his initial matriculation form he was rather coy about his background. He gives his birthplace as Moulmein, Burma. Where he ought to have given his father's name he wrote "deceased" and where he ought to have given his father's occupation he simply drew a line through the question. Because Bodeker came to Kenya with his wife Helen, the daughter of Sir Henry Wardlaw of Tillicoultry, and because Scotland's marriage records are supposed to include the names of both parents of both spouses, I wrote to the Registry Office. Instead of solving the mystery, the answer compounded it; there was no record of the Bodeker-Wardlaw marriage. Helen was an attractive woman, known for being well-dressed in those rough pioneer days - there's a charming photograph of her at Fort Smith in 1897 ………….. In a last-ditch effort to solve the mystery, Judy Aldrick scoured the India Office records in London for me. And she found Dr Bodeker's father! He was Frederik W. Bodeker, manager of a Scottish-based timber and shipping firm in Moulmein. And then F.W. Bodeker, widower, aged 43, married Isabella S. Lutter in 1878." Widower! The records show that two Bodeker daughters lived in Moulmein and one was born in 1866, the other in 1876. Our Henry was born in 1872. Clearly F.W. Bodeker had had a previous wife to whom he'd been married at least 12 years and by whom he had (at least) these 3 children. But who she was remains a mystery.

Nicholls - When the Boedekers arrived they stayed at Fort Smith for 3 months while they negotiated for land. Boedeker applied for a piece of ground from Kinanjui and was offered an uncultivated area quite close to the fort. On learning that Boedeker was a doctor, the Kikuyu volunteered the land as a gift, but Hall demurred and recommended Boedeker make a deed of purchase …………

North - 'an insignificant little person, and with a touch of the tar brush I should say' (Kenneth Henderson, RH)

EA Diary 1903 - Medical Officer, EA Protectorate Sept. 1899

Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 1910 - Dr. H.A. Boedeker

Red Book 1912 - H.A. Bodeker - Nakuru

Red Book 1912 - Medical Dept - Medical Officer - H.A. Bodeker - Nakuru

Red Book 1912 - Registered Medical Practitioner

HBEA 1912 - Medical Officer, Nakuru.

Cuckoo - 1908 - M.O. Kisumu.

Ainsworth - arrived at Machakos early in 1895 with Mr & Mrs McQueen and Mr & Mrs Wallace.