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Name: PARMINTER, Thomas Ferdinand
Nee: nephew of Alfred Thomas Parminter, son of Rev. Percy William Parminter
Birth Date: 10 May 1908 St John's in the Vale, Cumbria
Death Date: 22 Mar 1993 Sulby, Isle of Man
First Date: 1937
Profession: Took over his uncle, Alfred Parminter's farm at Timau
Area: Timau
Married: In Tabora 30 Mar 1944 Lilian Mary Randell b. 6 May 1907 Wallasey, Cheshire, d. 2 Dec 2002 Marksbury, Bath
Children: Ruth Elizabeth (Thompson); Mary-Rose (Lambert); Judy Ann (Roberts)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Foster
General Information:
Foster - Cultivated sugar and sold jaggery and was renowned for the excellent gin he brewed on his farm.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List farmer Timau
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 232).
Was in Royal Navy in 1920s
'Bwana Karimuni'
Judy Roberts: He originally had a dairy farm and did a milk round
delivering pasteurised bottled milk in Meru every day. After independence
this business was bought by a cooperative in Meru. He then cultivated
sugar amongst other things and sold raw cane juice as well as jaggery.He only made gin for his own consumption, not for sale.