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Name: MUIR, John Gardiner
Birth Date: 1853 Glasgow
Death Date: 2.8.1913 London
First Date: 1896
Profession: Eastern Telegraph Co.
Married: 24 Sep 1880 Jessie Agnes Hendrie b. 1862 Lanark
Children: Muriel Evelyn (Sowerby) (1882 Dreghorn, Ayrshire); Winifred Hilda (Hobson) (1887 Eardisley, Hereforshire); Heather Gardiner (1889 Eardisley, Hereford); Clara Gardiner (1891 Market Harborough)
Book Reference: Ainsworth, North
General Information:
North has John Gardiner-Muir - Eastern Telegraph Co. Zanzibar 1892; dep. Zanzibar for Mombasa 21/12/1892; at Kibwezi on shooting trip 1893; dep. Zanzibar June 1897, transferred to Seychelles Check - John Gardiner Muir
Big Game hunter. Had claws stolen from 2 lion skins - reported to Ainsworth at Machakos - story Ainsworth (p.35)