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Name: McKINLAY, Coila, Mrs
Nee: McClure
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1892 Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Death Date: 28 Aug 1974 Nairobi
First Date: 1906
Last Date: 1973
Profession: Housekeeper
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Mombasa 1916 John Jones McKinlay (1885-1948) (separated 1926)
Children: John Stuart (8.5.1918-12.10.1988 Nairobi); Jean Carmichael (Tomes) (3.12.1919 Nairobi-4.10.2013 Laidley, Queensland, Australia)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, Barnes, Childhood
General Information:
Source: Mrs Jean Tomes
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Coila Mackinlay [sic], British, age 82, died 28/8/74
Childhood - Jean Tomes (née Mackinlay) [sic] - My father was a Merchant Seaman who married my mother in Mombasa Cathedral in 1917 and he was part of a team of divers who built the foundations for Kilindini harbour. He was paid by the minute because of the danger. I was 2 yrs old when my parents parted so my mother had a hard life. She worked as a housekeeper in various men's clubs where children were not allowed.