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Name: PEAKE, William James
Nee: son of Thomas Peake
Birth Date: 1883 [?1880 West Bromwich]
Death Date: 24.6.1936 Nairobi
First Date: 1903
Last Date: 1936
Profession: Farmer
Area: Kikuyu, 1925 Kiambu, 1930 Belvedere Orchards, Nairobi, Machakos
Married: In Thika 2 June 1934 Mrs Caroline Frances Gertrude Tatchell Oakley (widow), b. 1877, d. 12 Feb 1939 Nairobi (dau of John Bullen Tatchell Tatchell-Bullen)
Book Reference: Land 1903, EAHB 1905, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, North, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, Barnes, Wed, Burke
General Information:
Further Grant 1903 - Peak and Bool - Agricultural 550 acres - Mbagathi - Aug 3 - Freehold
EAHB 1906 - W.J. Peak - Mbagathi River
North - Land Grant applications with E.A. Bool, Mbagathi 16/3/1902 & 3/8/1903; contractor working on Kibos Bridge Nov 1905
Land Grant 1903 - W.J. Peake and E.A. Bool - Agricultural, about 500 acres - Kikuyu - Mar 16th - Freehold - Transferred from J.W. Uppnam.
EAHB 1905 - Mbagathi River, Dagoretti
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - William James Peake, British, age 53, died 24/6/36
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Caroline F.G.J. Peake, British, age 62, died 12/2/39