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Name: CORLETT, Thomas Edward

Birth Date: 1883 Ramsbottom, Lancs.

First Date: 1930

Profession: Road foreman

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Bury, Lancs. 1905 Clara Rothwell b. 1884 Ashton under Lyne, d. 1 Mar 1941 Nairobi

Children: Constance (1910); Clifford (1914-29 Apr 1939 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Red 31, KGF, Barnes

General Information:

KGF - possibly Tom Corlett, son of John and Mary Corlett from Braddan, Isle of Man, probably born between 1881 and 1890. He had two brothers, Dan and Harry and 2 sisters, Clara and Lily. He married and had 2 children, Constance and Clifford. [This man was born in 1890 so cannot have been Clifford's father. It is more likely that Thomas Edward Corlett was b. 1883 in Bury, because that is where he married his wife.He was a tinplate worker in 1911 census, married to Clara.]
KGF - Nairobi, Forest Road cemetery - Clara Corlett age 57 died 1 Mar 1941. Headstone shows her as wife of Tom
KGF - Nairobi, Forest Road cemetery - Clifford Corlett age 25 died/buried 29 April 1939. Headstone reads son of Thomas and Clara Corlett
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Clara Corlett, British, age 57, died 1/3/41
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Thomas Edward Corlett, Foreman, Kikuyu Rd., Parklands and Clara Corlett, Married woman, Box 185, Nbi
Gazette 29 Dec 1934 Clara Corlett, typist, expunged from Nairobi North electoral Register

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