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Name: POOLMAN, Percy Henry

Birth Date: 11 Feb 1890 Godalming

Death Date: 27 Dec 1948 Nanyuki

First Date: 1920

Profession: Stock Inspector, Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Lab. Field Asst. 1920.

Area: Kitale, 1925 Nyeri, 1930 Stock Inspector, Nanyuki

Married: 1. 1912 Sarah Kelly b. 1884 Scotland, d. 16 Apr 1917 Chania Bridge [Thika]; 2. Eva Maude Corke b. 21 Sep 1892 Karachi, India, d. 28 May 1980 (dau of Henry Thomas Peter Corke and prev. m. Lionel James Holman Hartley 1885-1917)

Children: Violet Stella (Moody) (9 Oct 1913 Nairobi); Thomas Stephen (1915 Nairobi-7 July 1918 Nairobi); Percy Frederick (1 Dec 1919 Nairobi); Ivy Madge (1923 Kabete); Eva B. (1933 Sutton Coldfield)

Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Barnes

General Information:

Red 22 - Lab. Kabete
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - P.H. Poolman
Dominion - Agricultural Department - Veterinary - Stock Inspector - 1930
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - Percy Henry Poolman, died 27 Dec 1948 aged 58, buried at Nanyuki
Nanyuki Cemetery - Plot F11 AND PlotF10 Reserved by Mrs Poolman
KAD 1922 - Laboratory Assistant, Veterinary Research Dept., Kabete
Gazette - 5/8/1925 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Percy Henry Poolman, Stock Inspector, PO Nyeri and Eva Maude Poolman, c/o Veterinary Dept. PO Nyeri
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for 1st wife's death and for son's death

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