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Name: SCHWARTZEL, Johannes William Arthur
Birth Date: 22.4.1865 Queenstown, S. Africa
Death Date: 26.3.1949 Nairobi
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1949
Profession: Karandini Estate, Kiambu
Area: Mombasa
Married: 1891 Frances Gregson b. 22 Nov 1871 Malta, d. 1945 Nairobi
Children: Alice Frances (Stone) (1893 Pretoria-1973; Maud Winifred (Walker) (1895 Pretoria-1974); Lewis Charles (1897-1972); Stanley Howlett (27 Dec 1899 King Williamstown-1987); William Arthur (21.2.1902 Durban); Myrtle Gladys (1906 Nairobi-Jan 1910); George Ernest Penney (24 Nov 1911 Nairobi-1922)
Book Reference: Drumkey, Barnes, Web, Link, Red Book 1912, Hut
General Information:
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - Johannes William Arthur Schwartzel, died 26 Mar 1949 aged 83
Link 27 - Schwartzel - 5 persons bearing this name worked for the Uganda Railways …… Johannes commenced work in 1908 with the "Maintenance of Way and Works" Department (Engineering) and the last entry found mentioning his name is 1936. Surprisingly, the name of Schwartzel is found hyphenated with Dalgairns, another old Railway family.
Red Book 1912 - J. Schwartzel - Kisumu
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - J W A Schwartzel, Building Inspector, Municipal Offices, Nbi.