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From: "John Wilding" <>
Subject: Re: [KENYA] Ostrich Farming & Thomas Family
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:22:50 +0100
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Bob

I have seen your message and wonder - assuming that you have an
alphabetical list - whether you have any reference to Alfred Hollis MYATT
known as Jim.

He was probably born in Trentham Staffs in 1919, married Joan Phyllis
Clouser there in 1941 and was in Nairobi in 1955 where the trail goes cold.
I believe that he may have had a son called Tom but this would possibly
have been from a second marriage.

I realise that the chances are indeed slim and because of this I wouldn't
want you to go to any great trouble. But if you should happen to spot him I
would be very grateful if you could let me know.

John


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Barnes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [KENYA] Ostrich Farming & Thomas Family


> Dear John
>
> I have checked what information I have but can find no record of your
> great-uncle. The closest I can find is a J R Thomas who was employed by
the
> Kenya Uganda Railway in 1930. Your great-uncle would have been 67 by then
so
> it is unlikely to be him.
>
> There are no readily accessible burial indexes or records. Local
authorities
> should have their own registers but you would need to know which town he
was
> buried in to stand any chance of locating the grave.
>
> I collect what information I can in the way of headstones and other
records
> but cannot find J R K Thomas. There is one entry in the register for City
> Park Cemetery, Nairobi as follows
>
> THOMAS, Emily Jane Kerslake. British. Female Age 80. Died 24.09.1949.
Buried
> 25.09.49. Plot 2 Grave76.
>
> Could this be a relative?
>
> I have no information on Ostrich farming I'm afraid.
>
> regards
>
> Bob Barnes
> NAIROBI
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Phalp" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: 22 October, 2004 10:59 AM
> Subject: [KENYA] Ostrich Farming & Thomas Family
>
>
> > I would like to find out more about my great-uncle James Robert Kerslake
> > Thomas, born in West Teignmouth, Devon in 1863 and married in
Cirencester,
> > Gloucestershire in 1894. The family tradition handed down by his nephew
> (my
> > uncle) is that he emigrated to South Africa with his wife and family and
> > settled in Kenya probably about 1910. According to the tradition he
> became
> > an ostrich farmer.
> >
> > His brother (my grandfather) lived to the age of 81. It would
therefore
> > seem reasonable to begin looking for a record of his death in the late
> > 1930s. Can any subscriber please point me toward an index of deaths or
> > provide any clue to location from the ostrich farming occupation.
> >
> > Thanks
> > John Phalp
> >
> >
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