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Name: JESSOP, John Boverty
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1880 Hazaribagh, Bengal, India
Death Date: 15 Apr 1925 railway accident near Fort Ternan
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1925
Profession: Engine driver
Area: Nakuru
Married: In Sparkbrook, Warks. 10 Nov 1920 Sylvia Marthie Hutchins b. 1895, d. 19 July 1947 Nairobi (later m. Edward Hope Jones 1900-1960)
Children: Raymond John (8 Feb 1922 Nairobi-15 Apr 1995 Canada); Dorothy Sylvia (Leonard) (24 July 1923 King's Norton-1 Dec 2002 north Lincs.)
Book Reference: Barnes
General Information:
Nakuru North cemetery - John Jessop, died 15/4/1925 aged 44
Gravestone says - 'Engine Driver, Uganda Railways. Killed in an accident at mile 529/16'
Gazette - 29/4/1925 - Probate and Administration - John Jessop who died between Tunnel and Fort Ternan Station on the Uganda Railway on 15 April 1925.
FindaGrave Sylvia Martha Jones BIRTH 1895 DEATH 19 Jul 1947 (aged 51–52) Nairobi, Kenya BURIAL City Park Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Inscription: in / loving memory / of / my dear wife / and our mother / Sylvia Martha / "always in our thoughts" life is eternal / love is the same / in God's good time / we shall meet again Hope and / the boys