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Name: FORBES, John (Dr.)
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1875 Mains of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire
Death Date: 1 Jan 1950 Nairobi
First Date: 1911
Last Date: 1950
Profession: Medical practitioner
Area: Gilgil, 1925 Eldoret, 1930 Gilgil
Married: In Pretoria 23 Aug 1902 Helen Ann Third b. 1 Oct 1876 Aberdeen, d. Wynberg, S. Africa 9 Feb 1968
Children: Wyndham Kinloch (25 June 1909-2008); Greig Sinclair (7 Nov 1907-1992); George James Henry (15 Feb 1911-4 Oct 1964 Bedford); Edward Grey Sinclair (15 Sep 1914 Kenya-1986); John Alexander Charles (1904 S. Africa-18 Feb 1935 Messina); Helen Margaret (Ratcliffe) (23 Apr 1903 Frankfort, S. Africa-1975)
Book Reference: EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Charters, Gazette, Dominion, Barnes
General Information:
Source: Mr W.K. Forbes
Red 22 - Dr. J. Forbes, Gilgil
Charters - Dr. Forbes, Eldoret
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - To be Captain, East Africa Medical Service - Dr. J. Forbes
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - Carrier Corps - To be Medical Officer - Corps No. 3, Captain J. Forbes
Dominion - District Surgeon - 1930 - J. Forbes
Dominion - Education Department - Medical Officer - 1930
Nairobi City Park cemetery - John Forbes, died 1 Jan 1950 aged 74
Gazette - 16/1/1918 - Registered Medical Practitioner - John Forbes
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - John Forbes - Medical Practitioner, Lake Magadi, British East Africa
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Gazette 7 Mar 1950 probate
Ancestry Passenger list 1910 Mombasa-London
Gazette 19 July 1968 wife's probate (she lived in Cape Province) required by Greig Sinclair Forbes.
All his children were born in Frankfort, Eastern Cape, except for Edward born in Kenya.