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Name: COLLEN, Arthur George Pomeroy
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1876 Simla, India
Death Date: 16 Aug 1951 New York
Nationality: British
First Date: 1900
Last Date: 1903
Profession: Officer of IBEA Co. who served in EA as Assistant Collector - resigned from the service
Area: Kampala, Rabai
Married: 1. In Manhattan 1909 Helen Putnam Bancroft b. 28 Dec 1876 Swampscott, Mass., d. 27 Jan 1936 Boston, Mass.; 2. In Silver Spring, Maryland 1918 Martha Ellen Bomberger b. 7 Sep 1887 Williamsport, Maryland, d. 5 Mar 1961 Westchester, NY {Ancestry Family Tree says died 3 May]
Children: Edwin George Partington (8 Feb 1920 Manhattan-1998)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904
War Service: Royal Fusiliers
School: Cheltenham College, Friedrichsdorf Germany
General Information:
EA Diary - appointed to Uganda Protectorate, July 1900; Assistant Collector, East Africa Protectorate May 23, 1902
North - George Collen - Based at Kisumu; Resigned, wished to return to England to study music and become a singer, thought the climate at Kisumu was bad for his voice, 17-1-1901. Withdrew resignation, re-appointed at former seniority, 11-4-1901. ' …… although rather well educated, in some directions a very foolish person' (H H Johnston, FO 2); based at Kampala May 1901; Transferred from UP to EAP 1-4-1902; Rabai July 1902; resigned at end of leave, ill, 20-3-1903.
EA Diary 1903 - Appointed to Uganda Protectorate July 1900; Assistant Collector, EA Protectorate May 23 1902
North - Appt. 3rd Asst. Collector, based at Kampala May 1901; at Rabai July 1902; resigned ill 20/3/1903
Became a schoolteacher
In US censuses
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