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Name: MOORE, Simeon James (Senior)
Birth Date: 1875 Stepney
Death Date: 22 Feb 1962 Nairobi
First Date: 1914
Profession: Est. business of S.J. Moore, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsagent in Nairobi
Area: Box 262, Nairobi
Married: Mercy Smith b. 1890, d. in England aged over 90, ably supported her husband
Children: Simeon James; Henry Albert (2.9.1917 Nairobi-1991 Bromley)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Macmillan, Red 22, Medals, Gazette
War Service: Corporal in King's Hussars and at siege of Mafeking;EA Royal Engineer Volunteers
General Information:
Employed by Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London he then went to one of the leading firms in Montreal. From there he went to SA for ten years and thence to EA.
Medals - East Africa Royal Engineer Volunteers and Telegraph Service, No. 7221, Sapper
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Simeon James Moore - Bookseller - Bishops Road and Mrs Mercy Moore - Bishops Road
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Simeon James Moore, Bookseller, Bishops Rd. And Mrs Mercy Moore, married woman, Bishops Rd. Nbi
Compare Henry Owen Moore, bookseller
Barnes Langata cem Nairobi S J Moore / died 22 Feb 1962 / aged 86
Gazette 8 May 1962 probate