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Name: CROSS, James Henry

Birth Date: 1848

Death Date: 20.3.1920 Nairobi

Nationality: Eurasian

First Date: 1903

Last Date: 1920

Profession: Cross Industrial Home

Area: Nairobi

Book Reference: Gillett, Land 1903, Hut, North, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Barnes, Globe, EAHB 1904, Leader14

General Information:

Land - 1906 - J.H. Cross - Building, 1.836 acres, Nairobi, 26-5-04, Registered 3-9-06
North - Uganda Railway, Railway appt. 20-3-1901; Telegraph Inspector, Traffic Dept.; Staff reduced as line approaches Lake Victoria, given 3 months' notice 1-11-1901; Land Grant application, Nairobi 14-7-1903; On List of 'Principal Inhabitants of Nairobi … Old Bazaar' (EAM) with wife 20-9-1903
Gazette - 28/1/14 - Probate & Admin. John William Ward of Nairobi who died at Nairobi 12/12/13. Applied for by James Henry Cross of Nairobi
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - J.H. Cross, British, age 72, died 20/3/20. Eurasian
The Globe Trotter 6/3/07 - Advertisement for 'Cross Industrial Home' - For the training and technical education of African waifs and strays many of whom are being refused admission for lack of funds and accommodation. Will you kindly help us either with money or material to erect a spacious and commodious building for the above purpose. ……. J.H. Cross, Principal and Secretary.
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Cross, J.H. - Old Bazaar
Gazette 14/4/1920 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of James Henry Cross late of Nairobi who died at Nairobi on 20/3/1920. Applied for by Arthur Clarence Cross of Nairobi.
Land Grant 1903 - J.H. Cross - Cultivation and building, 18 acres - Nairobi - July 14 - 25 years lease.

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