View entry
Name: LAWRENCE, James Drysdale 'Jimmy'
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1912 Calcutta
Death Date: 23 Feb 1960 Nairobi
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1960
Profession: Mining Engineer; construction foreman 1957
Area: Mau Summit, Kakamega, Uganda, Kilindini
Married: In Kenya 1944 Ailsa Ida Brown b. 28.7.1912 Edmonton, d. 18.1.2010 Staines
Children: Brian (5.11.1945); Noel Conrad (15.12.1946-1977 Surrey); Dawn (28.7.1948); Rita (9.7.1950)
Book Reference: Kenton, Old Africa
School: Kenton College - left 1927 for Christian Brothers College, Kimberley
General Information:
Old Africa 23/4 - James was one of the first pupils to attend The Grange School at Lumbwa, which moved to Kijabe in 1924 and became Kenton College. ……… completed his education at a Jesuit College in Pretoria, South Africa and became a mining engineer. He subsequently returned to Kenya and mined in Kakamega and Uganda. In 1946 he joined the EAR&H as a Civil Engineering Manager on the construction of the railway tunnels, and eventually moved to Kilindini in 1950 to manage a major expansion project at the port and the harbour. In his spare time ……. Loved to paint. James Lawrence died on 21 February 1960 in Nairobi after a battle with cancer and is buried in the RC cemetery there.
Barnes Langata Cemetery, Nairobi James Lawrence / beloved husband of / Ailsa / 10th November 1912 / 23rd February 1960 / R.I.P