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Name: McKINLAY, John Jones
Birth Date: 1885 Greenock
Death Date: 1948 Glasgow, Scotland
First Date: 1916
Last Date: 1926
Profession: Engineer on the Clan Line
Area: Mombasa, Nairobi
Married: Coila McClure b. 12.1.1892 Surry Hills, NSW, Australia, d. 28.8.1974 Nairobi(separated 1926)
Children: John Stuart (8.5.1918-12.10.1988 Nairobi); Jean Carmichael (Tomes) (3.12.1919 Nairobi-4.10.2013 Laidley, Queensland, Australia)
Book Reference: EAWL, Childhood
War Service: Merchant seaman
School: Scotland
General Information:
Source: Mrs Jean Tomes
Childhood - Jean Tomes (née Mackinlay) [sic] - My father was a Merchant Seaman who married my mother in Mombasa Cathedral in 1917 and he was part of a team of divers who built the foundations for Kilindini harbour. He was paid by the minute because of the danger. I was 2 yrs old when my parents parted so my mother had a hard life.
Ancestry Passenger list Cape Town-London 15 Sep 1932