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Name: HOBDEN, David
Birth Date: 26.9.1896 Buxted, Sussex
Death Date: 17.3.1958 Uckfield
First Date: 1925
Profession: Manager of a sisal plantation, farm bailiff, ran a milk round in Nairobi neighbourhood, ran a small store in Limuru with a bar attached, ran bus service between Arusha and Nairobi, insurance agent
Area: Naivasha, 1930 Cloverdale, Limuru, Box 282 Nairobi, Box 30009 Nairobi
Married: Mary Monica Morton b. 24.6.1898 Dehra Dun, Bengal, India, d. 8 Feb 1963 Malaga, Spain
Children: Andrea (1925)
Book Reference: Bwana, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Legion
War Service: RFA, Major 1915
School: Andrea (1925)
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
Gazette 4 June 1963 wife's probate
Ancestry Passenger List 1957 Mombasa-London
Good friend of George Adamson
In 1935 there was a Hobden's Store, Limuru (Gazette 8 Oct 1935) - Mrs Hobden transferred it to Mrs A. Thomas - general retail (Gazette 5 Nov 1935)