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Name: CLOETE, A. Valerius
Short Name: ?known as 'Sonnie'. See also C. Valerius Cloete (probably same person)
Nee: probably son of Christiaan Johannes Cloete
Birth Date: ?4 Dec 1907
First Date: 1911 - arrived in 's.s. Skramstad' from SA
Profession: A member of the famous Cloete family who came up from the Orange Free State to settle in EA. Arrived complete with their cattle, sheep, farm implements, horses and waggons.
Area: Eldoret
Married: ?Johanna Magdalena De Bruyn
Book Reference: Gillett, KFA, Red 25, Hut
General Information:
From the Coast they travelled by train as far as Londiani and then trekked to their farm near where Eldoret is situated today.
KFA - Present at 1922 meeting at Soy to discuss how best to form a co-operative society. [shown as A. Cloete]
Red 25 has Arthur Cloete, Farmer, Sergoit