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Name: GRANT, Owen
Birth Date: 1884 ?Dundalk, Ireland ?1877
First Date: 1908
Profession: Asst. Manager of EA Estates Ltd., Escarpment in 1912.
Area: Kedong Valley, Escarpment
Married: Ethel M. b. 1877
Children: June (1 June 1911-26 Jan 1912 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Hut, Playne, Drumkey, Advertiser, Gazette, Harmony, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Playne - The BEA Fibre and Industrial Company Ltd. - of Masongaleni, one mile from the railway station ..... Mr Owen Grant acts as manager. .... house is by the Wire Wove Roofing Company, and was imported complete, as were the staff quarters. The size of the former is about 50 feet by 45 feet and the latter 70 feet by 50 feet. Both these houses are found to be very good.
Advertiser - 25/6/1909 - BEA Fibre & Industrial Co. Ltd. - Owen Grant, Manager
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - Owen Grant, JP
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 7/7/19, Managing Agent, Nairobi
Nairobi South cemetery - June Grant, died 28 Jan 1911 aged 7 mths, child of O and E Grant
Leader14 - O. Grant, Nairobi AND Owen Grant, (EA Estates) Escarpment
Red Book 1912 - O. Grant - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Member of the Land Board - O. Grant
Gazette 21/11/1917 - Dissolution of partnership between Owen Grant, Amos Lyles Harris and Harold Thaxton under the style or firm of 'The General Contracting and Transport Company'.
Barnes - Founder Member of Lodge Ruiru by reason of their contributions to the formation of the Lodge. However, never became a member
Hut has O. Grant 1920 Nairobi House AND O. Grant 1908 EA Ests Escarpment, Mgr Uplands Bacon Factory.
Hut - O. Grant 1909 Masongaleni
Ancestry Passenger list 31 Dec 1915 England-Mombasa, O. Grant