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Name: MacKINNON, Duncan

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Nee: brother of John and Murdoch Mackinnon

Birth Date: 2.2.1877 Portree, Inverness-shire

Death Date: 7.4.1920 Nairobi, cirrhosis of liver

First Date: 1905 - Previously with African Lakes Corporation, Nyasaland

Last Date: 1920

Profession: Established MacKinnon Bros. with his brother John

Area: Nairobi, Mombasa

Married: In Nairn 28 Jan 1914 Marjory Grant Mackenzie b. 16 Mar 1892 Nairn, Nairnshire, d. 7 Dec 1943 (in Mombasa in 1921 she married John Forbes 1884-1922)

Children: Queenie Morag (29 Dec 1914 Nairobi-1995); Donald Duncan (12 June 1919-18 July 1940)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Playne, Macmillan, Drumkey, Land, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Barnes, North, EAHB 1907, Leader14

General Information:

Playne - When Messrs D. & J. Mackinnon established themselves in Nairobi in 1903 as Mackinnon Brothers, the former had had 5 years' experience of store-keeping in Central Africa. The premises taken were small but as wholesale and retail grocers, produce, wine and spirit merchants, the brothers flourished, and they have since erected a two-storied stone building, which is the property of the firm. The brothers also own two town stands, on which it is proposed to build shortly.
Macmillan - 1930 - Sold the business to Messrs J.B. Blacklaws and A.H. Brown in 1926
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, The Caledonian Society of BEA
Drumkey 1909 - Lodge Scotia, No. 1008 S.C. - Treasurer
Land - 1907 - D. Mackinnon - Building, 4.38 acres, Nairobi Hill, 8-5-05, Registered 24-10-07
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - Duncan Mackinnon, Mackinnon Bros.
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Duncan Mackinnon, British, age 43, died 7/4/20
Gazette 19/5/1920 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of Duncan Mackinnon late of Nairobi who died at Nairobi on 7/4/1920. Applied for by Marjory Grant Mackinnon and A.F. Macrae of Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Duncan Mackinnon - Merchant - The Hill
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death

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