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Name: BARNARD, Anna

Nee: Granddaughter of Mrs Arnoldi

Area: Eldoret

Book Reference: Eldoret

General Information:

Eldoret - Mrs Arnoldi (Anna Barnard's grandmother), her two daughters and Mrs Loxton were the first white women to set foot on the Uasin Gishu Plateau. They came from Nakuru where they had settled temporarily and with Mr Frans Arnoldi wanted to see what the Plateau was like. They could not settle there then on account of the Nandi rebellion. Of course, they trekked up by ox wagon.

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