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Name: BLACKBURNE, Shirley Lamphier
Birth Date: 1897 Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Date: 10 June 1955 Nairobi
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1955
Profession: PWD. Architect
Area: Box 662, Nairobi
Married: In Stoke D'Abernon 19 Mar 1927 Vera Millicent Heath b. 1903 Eton, d. 20 June 1975 Nairobi
Children: Hugh Shirley (1944-2005)
Book Reference: Red 31, Karen 50, EA & Rhodesia, Bur, Dominion
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 21/7/55 - Mr S.L. Blackburne, a well-known architect, who went to Kenya in 1927, has died in the Colony at the age of 58. Not long after his arrival Mr C. Rand-Overy and he jointly won the public competition for a design for Nairobi municipal market. He leaves a widow and a son.
Nairobi City Park Burial Register - Shirley Lamphier Blackburne, age 58, died 10/6/1955 AND Vera Blackburne, died 20 Jun 1975 aged 73, buried in the same plot
Dominion - Public Works Department - Loan Staff - Architectural Draughtsman - 1930
Karen 50 - One of the original members of Karen Club in 1937 (Mr & Mrs)
Gazette - 27/4/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Architect & Draughtsman, PWD - S.L. Blackburn
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Shirley L. Blackburne, Architect, Box 890, Nbi and Vera Blackburne, Secretary, Box 890, Nbi