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Name: LANG, James

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Birth Date: 1 Apr 1886 Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire

Death Date: 5 Mar 1958 Nairobi

First Date: 1910

Last Date: 1958

Profession: PWD foreman, sawmiller Algoa Sawmills

Area: Eldoret, Nairobi

Married: In Partick 29 Sep 1915 Jeannie Reid Cowan b. 1890 Glasgow, d. 4 July 1954 Nairobi, having arrived EA 1915

Children: John David (2 Oct 1916 Nairobi-17 Oct 1939 Nairobi); Jean Gardner (Cogle) (3 Oct 1917 Eldoret-2015 Canterbury); Martha (22 Feb 1919 Turi-1970) (m. Richard Kingsley Josselyn, farmer at Endebess); James (30 Jan 1921 Nairobi); Mary (1925); Joan Patricia (1933)

Book Reference: Gillett, Drumkey, Burke, Barnes, Leader14, Guardian Obituary

General Information:

Nairobi City Park cemetery - James Lang, died 5 Mar 1958 aged 71 and Jeannie Reid Lang, died 4 Jul 1954 aged 64. Inscription: to / our dear mother / Jeannie Reid Lang / 4.7.54 / 64 years and father / James Lang / 5.3.58 / 71 years
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - James Lang, Foreman, PWD, Lenana Rd., Nbi
 

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