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Name: MARSH, Alfred Herbert 'Albert' (Dr.)
Birth Date: 1864 Runcorn
Death Date: 1932 New Eltham, Kent
First Date: 1907 (July)
Profession: Model Dairy, Kirawa
Area: Kirawa House, Nairobi
Married: In Northwich 1895 Annie Hardie b. 2 June 1871 Manchester
Children: Frank (26 Dec 1896 Northwich-1977); Dorothy (1899 Northwich)
Book Reference: SE, HBEA, White African, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, AJ, Red Book 1912
School: Owens College, Manchester LIC. SOC. APOTH. (Lond)
General Information:
SE - Dr Marsh - July 1907
Drumkey 1909 - Cattle Brand - EK - Dr. A. Marsh - Kirawa, Kiambu
Drumkey 1909 - Medical Practitioner, Kirawa, Nairobi - Alfred H. Marsh
Agricultural Journal - Brands Allotted and Registered, June 1908 - Dr. A. Marsh, Kirawa - Kiambu EK
Red Book 1912 - A. Marsh - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Registered Medical Practitioner - Alfred Herbert Marsh
Considine - New European School Nairobi - Frank Marsh - b. 27/12/1897 - 12/9/1910 - Kirawa House, Nbi
Web - Obit - He earned his living as an unqualified assistant during his studentship, and for financial reasons was unable to proceed to further diplomas. He became assistant to Dr T. Moreton of Northwich and succeeded to the practice. After several years the onset and progress of severe deafness induced him to leave England for British East Africa, with the intention of taking up farming. He went to Nairobi, and took an x-ray outfit, among other medical equipment, for he had had experience in radiology since its inception in 1895. He joined the Rontgen Society about that time. His services were much in request, not only in x-ray work, but in pathology and obstetrics. He was very popular, and was elected a member of the Medical Council of Nairobi. In 1913, owing to increasing difficulty of hearing, he returned to England and took up dairy farming. ………. {lots more on career in radiology}
White African - 1907 - there was a Dr. Marsh living not many miles away, where he had taken up farming