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Name: LOW, Alexander 'Alex'
Nee: son of Walter Low, of Tottenham, Middlesex; brother of James Adams Low
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1862 Tottenham
Death Date: 14 Dec 1911 Nairobi
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1911
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kikuyu
Book Reference: SE, Land 1903, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, Playne, Drumkey, KGF, EAHB 1906, Barnes
General Information:
Land Grant 1903 A. Low - Agricultural - Kikuyu - May 29 - Leasehold - Rent unknown
SE - Alex Low - Mar 1908
Playne - Ballendrick Farm - A 5 minutes' walk from Kikuyu Station brings one to this farm. It adjoins the Township reserve, while the railway line borders the property, which amounts to 318 acres, on two sides. Kikuyu is a large centre for native grain trading, and Mr A. Low, who runs the farm with the assistance of Mr D. Lamont, is a dealer in all native produce under the style of the Kikuyu Trading Syndicate.
Mr Low came from Rhodesia in 1899, took up the farm 2 years later, and started work in 1904. .......... The dwelling-house is built of wattle and daub with thatched roof; there is also a large wood and iron store, of two storeys 50 ft. by 20 ft.
North - 'Alex Low of the Kikuyu Trading Co. (EAS) dep. Mombasa for Nairobi 15-8-1904; Kikuyu Trading Syndicate with Joseph Grice & Sydney Fichat wound up, Low to continue business alone Aug/Sept 1904
Nairobi South cemetery - "erected in loving memory of Alexander Low, 3rd son of the late Walter Low, of Tottenham Middlesex, who died at Nairobi December 14 1911 aged 49."