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Name: BARNETT, John Curtis
Nee: son of Edward George Barnett
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1904 Hexham, Northumberland
Death Date: 26 Dec 1972 Hexham, Northumberland
Profession: Farm manager, Nanyuki
Area: 'Marindas', Molo
Married: In Molo 3 Aug 1940 Jane Birkbeck b. 23 July 1914 South Wootton, d. 9 Feb 1989 Brampton, Cumbria (dau of Major Henry Anthony Birkbeck)
Children: Sarah Jane (1942); Ruth Anne (1945); Caroline (1947); Gillian (1949)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, Year Book, Stud, Pioneers, Burke
General Information:
Year Book - 1953 - Trainer licensed by the Jockey Club of Kenya - Mrs J.C. Barnett
Year Book - 1953 - Secretary of the Molo Hunt, Mr J.C. Barnett
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Jerseys - J.C. Barnett, Kittery Farm, Molo
Pioneers - Molo & Turi - The last hunt by Jack Ensoll - We met at Marindas, 9000 feet up on the old Barnett place, and I remembered how John Barnett had complained as reedbuck played hide-and-seek around a few acres below a copse. ……
Hut has Major John C.M. Barnett 1948 Marindas (=skirt) married to Jane
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 710).