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Name: ATKINSON, Vivian Buchanan

Birth Date: 1886 Shincliff, Durham

Death Date: 26 Oct 1960 Sailisbury, England

First Date: 1911

Profession: Asst. Chief Engineer, Engineering Dept., Railways & Harbours Dept., in 1939, appointed 1930. Originally Asst. Engineer, 1911. Tanganyika Service from 1920-30

Area: Nairobi

Married: 1. In Gateshead 1923 Etheldred Emily b. 20 Aug 1894 Wolverhampton, d. 16 Apr 1946 Nairobi; 2. In St Albans 1951 Ursula St Barbe Atkinson [sic] b. 17 Aug 1904 Wolverhampton, d. 26 Oct 1954 Chichester

Children: Margaret Elizabeth (1926)

Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial, Gazette, Red 19

School: A.M.INST.C.E.

General Information:

Colonial - N. Staffs Railway Co. 1907, asst. Engineer, Uganda Railway Jan 1912; dist engineer Tanganyika Railways Oct. 1920; Asst. Ch. Engineer, KUR&H 1930
Gazette 15/1/1912 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Assistant Engineer - 30/12/1911
Red Book 1919 - V B Atkinson - Engineer, Busoga Railway - Jinja
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Assistant Engineer - W.B. Atkinson
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Vivian Buchanan Atkinson, Civil Engineer, Lower Hill Rd., and Etheldred Emily Atkinson, Married woman, Box 79, Nbi
Gazette 17 Jan 1947 wife's probate

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