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Name: SPENCER, Reuben Cox
Birth Date: June 1874 Staveley, Derbyshire
Death Date: 20.2.1937 Nairobi
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1937
Profession: Waterworks Superintendent, Uganda Railway he built the reservoir at Kikuyu and the one at the French Mission on St Austin's Rd. Nairobi for supplies for locomotives on the railway line which passed below Kabete station
Area: Nairobi, Koru, 1925 Changet Estate, Koru
Married: Johanna Petronella b. 1881, d. 17 June 1962 Nairobi
Children: Cecil Laing (25.4.1906 S Africa-23 Sep 1970 Nairobi); Theadora Josephine (Nairobi 6.5.1908); Winifred May (14.7.1909)
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Advertiser, Harmony, Barnes, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Gazette
General Information:
He also built the original water tanks on the Hill for the Nairobi supply. On retiring in 1924 he went farming at Koru, and then in 1928 joined the PWD.
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Inspector, Water Works
Advertiser - Friday April 30, 1909 - Court Case - Lilian Augusta Grice vs T. Raynes - Mr Raynes wrote a letter to Mr Grice complaining that Mrs Grice had made damaging statements about Mrs Raynes such as "giving herself airs" and "being a common Jewess" and stating that "when our [the Raynes'] friend , Mr Spencer, a man of the most unblemished reputation was staying with us my wife [Mrs Raynes] only had him in the house for immoral purposes, and had induced me to make my will solely in his favour." Mrs Grice considered this letter libellous and so was suing Mr Raynes. Mrs Grice's comments had supposedly been made on a visit to Mr & Mrs Humphreys and Mrs Humphreys had then told Mrs Raynes about the comments. Judgment was given in favour of the defendant with costs; the plaintiff was not entitled to damages. [I am making a guess that this is the Mr Spencer involved]
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 4/11/07 - Rupert? Cox Spencer
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Reuben Cox Spencer, British, age 62, died 20/2/37. Johanna Petronella Jones was buried with him.
Red Book 1912 - R.C. Spencer - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Rupert Cox Spencer - Engineer, Water Works - Girouard Road