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Name: MacKINNON, John
Nee: brother of Duncan and Murdoch MacKInnon
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1877 Portree
Death Date: 17.3.1938 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1904
Profession: With brother Duncan formed MacKinnon Bros. wholesale & retail grocery business
Area: Nairobi
Married: Victoria Ivy Gardner b. 1885 Harrow, d. 1981 (later married Arthur Marquis Green 1884-1969)
Children: John Calum (16 Jan 1910 Nairobi-7 Jan 1963 Nairobi); Sheila (1912 Kenya); Marion (Gladwell) (19 June 1914 Nairobi-12 Dec 1979 Jersey, Channel Is.); Victor Gardner (c. 1921 Nairobi-4 Dec 1966); Ivy Isobel Joyce (6 Sep 1921 Nairobi); Margaret Elizabeth (Lambert) (28 Aug 1930 Portree-16 July 2019 Manjimup, W. Australia); Ian
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Red 25, Karen 50, North, Macmillan, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, Land, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Harmony, Barnes, EAHB 1907, SKP, Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 - Sold the business to Messrs J.B. Blacklaws and A.H. Brown in 1926.
Macmillan - 1930 - Director of Drambuie Distillery Ltd. In Scotland
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, The Caledonian Society of BEA
Drumkey 1909 - Officer Commanding - Nairobi Volunteer Reserve and the Uganda Railway Reserve - J. Mackinnon
Land - 1908 - J. Mackinnon - Grazing, 1362 arces, Ngong River, 19-10-06, Registered 24-7-08
Land - 1907 - J. Mackinnon - Building, 5 acres, Nairobi, 21-1-05, Registered 3-5-07
Land - 1907 - J. Mackinnon - Building, 3.7 acres, Nairobi Hill, 8-5-05, Registered 24-10-07
Land - 1911 - John Mackinon - Grazing and agricultural, 3910 acres (Farm No. 1460) - Londiani - 2/9/11 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 2 to 99 years from 1/9/11 - Registered 31/10/11
Advertiser - 9/4/1909 - Wedding - Wed. at 2pm, St. Stephens Church - John Mackinnon, Merchant, Nairobi and Miss Victoria J. Gardiner - given away by Mr Duncan Beaton.
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 2/4/06
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - John Mackinnon, British, age 60, died 17/3/38
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived 1904 - marked as deceased
Red Book 1912 - J. Mackinnon - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - John Mackinnon - Merchant - Ngong Road
Red 25 - President, Caledonian Society of Kenya.
Karen 50 - One of the original members of Karen Club in 1937 (J. Mackinnon)
Gazette 12 Apr 1938 probate d.17 Mar 1938
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