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Name: FORBES, James Keith
Nee: bro of Charles McKintyre Keith Forbes
Birth Date: 1885 Valparaiso, Chile
Death Date: 7 Oct 1961 Newport, Isle of Wight
First Date: 1919
Profession: Planter
Area: 'Kamunyu', Kiambu, Hut - 1919 Murita Est. Kamunyu
Married: In Kiambu 1927 Alice Margery Cooper of Kiambu, b. 1893
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Wed, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, Gazette, Foster
General Information:
Red 22 - J.K. Forbes, Kamunyu, Kiambu
Kiambu Scrapbook - Other pioneers in Upper Kiambu - In 1911, the "Kamunyu Syndicate" was formed by Captain Montague, Mr Price-Williams and the Forbes brothers. They bought Kamunyu (now Kathpat) and Njuno from Mr A.L. Block, and started developing the first for coffee that same year.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - J.K. Forbes, Kamunyu, Kiambu
Foster - 1943 - People's Warden, St Paul's Church, Kiambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - James Keith Forbes, Coffee Planter, Kamunyu, Kiambu
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters List
Gazette 10 July 1962 probate
Possibly a first marriage to Mary Ann McQuillan in South Shields 1905