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Name: MARKUS, Harry Albert
Nee: son of Otto Markus
Birth Date: 1906 Mombasa
Death Date: 1987 Derbyhaven, Isle of Man
First Date: 1906
Last Date: 1962
Profession: Director of Old EA Trading Co. Ltd., coffee farmer
Area: Mombasa, Nairobi, Muthaiga
Married: In Thika 1942 Ruth Johnston b. 1912
Children: Susan (1943) (Harris); Heather (1947)
Book Reference: EAWL, Golf, Red 31, Mrs E. Pollecoff, Red Book 1912
War Service: Unable to enrol - reserved occupation
School: Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants
General Information:
Source: Mrs E. Pollecoff
Golf - Played for Royal Nairobi GC against Gilgil in 1935. Winner of the Barry Cup (Coast Golf Championship) in 1927/28, 1931. Winner of the Plateau Golf Championship (Grant Hay Memorial) in 1951
Mrs E. Pollecoff - "Following the death of his mother in 1911 he was sent with his sister Ruth to their grandparents in Europe. Following the end of the War, Harry went to Bedales School in England and then returned to East Africa in 1924. He worked for the family company, The Old East African Co. Ltd. He married Ruth Johnston in 1942. He then ran that family's coffee farm. He was a keen golfer becoming Kenya's Captain of the Golf Team.
Red Book 1912 - H. Marcus [sic] - Mombasa
Past President Royal Nairobi Golf Club - Captained Kenya's Golf Team. Captain of the Railway and Harbour Golf Club, Kilindini in 1946. Club Champion 1931, 1941