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Name: DEEKS, Stephen John OBE
Birth Date: 14 June 1875 Birmingham
Death Date: 11 Apr 1943 Perth, W. Australia
First Date: 1903
Profession: Farmer
Area: Limuru
Married: In Durban 1904 Beatrice Grace Spurge b. 2.2.1881 Romford, Essex, d. 7.5.1959 Vic., Australia
Children: Florence Athi (Nairobi 15.2.1905); Stephen Herbert (14 Mar 1907 Swatow, China-d. Melbourne, Australia); Julian Sidney (1913-20 May 1933 London, car accident)
Book Reference: Land 1903, North, Land, EAHB 1906, Harmony
War Service: Boer War as telegraph linesman
General Information:
Land Grant 1903 - S. J. Deeks - Agricultural, 640 acres - Ruweira River - Dec 21 - Freehold. Further Grant - S.J. Deeks - Agricultural, 1280 acres - Limoru - Dec. 29 - Freehold and leasehold
Land - 1906 - S.J. Deeks - Agricultural 640 acres, Limuru, Homestead, Registered 3-5-06
Land - 1906 - S.J. Deeks - Agricultural 640 acres, Limuru, Registered 3-5-06
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 5/6/05
North - From Johannesburg; arr Mombasa from up-country after looking for land and returned to SA Jan 1904; arr. Mombasa from South with wife, Beatrice Grace née Spurge; 21/8/1904 due to dep for Clayton Farm, Limuru 24/8/1904; daughter born Florence Athi 15/2/1905; Prospector's Licence Nairobi April-June 1905
Went to China, then Australia