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Name: GAMBLE, Albert (Capt.)
Birth Date: 13.3.1880 Kirkstall, Leeds
Death Date: 28.6.1954 Gilgil
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Uganda Railway official; later joined Magadi Soda Co., and then farmed at Elmenteita. Mr N. Thackrah handed over the secretaryship of the BEA Maize Growers' Association to Mr A. Gamble in about 1919. Gamble's Caves
Area: Elmenteita, Nakuru - 1922 BEA Famers' Assoc. Hut 1919 Miti Mingi Baruka Farm at Gilgil, 1918 Lake Magadi, 1912 Makindi
Married: In Kijabe 11.1.1910 Grace Ulyate b. 1 Feb 1891 East London, S. Africa, d. 22 Dec 1985 Umhlanga, Natal. (she was on the great trek from SA in 1907, dau of Robert Ulyate and Julia Brown)
Children: Graham Ulyate (Nairobi 15.11.1910-1988); Euzena 'Zena' Linsley Grace (Beakbane) (26 Feb 1914 Nairobi-22 Oct 1999 Southampton); June Lindsay (Elliott) (4 June 1924 Nairobi-2020)
Book Reference: Gillett, Over my Shoulder, KFA, White African, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Harmony, Medals, Leader14, Rift Valley, Red Book 1912, Barnes
General Information:
In 1961 Mrs Gamble was still living at Baroka Farm, Gilgil.
Over my Shoulder - The 'Adolph Woermann' Story - Will Rooken-Smith - 'Also on the ship came ..... Mr & Mrs Brown and their four children ....... and their family branched out in all directions. Grace Brown later became Grace Gamble of Elmenteita, whose daughter Zena married Alan Beakbane, Managing Director of Brooke Bond's tea estates.' KFA - Secretary of the KFA 1919-22
Hut - Pre WW1 partner with A.M. McDonell Kikuyu Reserve Makindi and partner with Fothringham Kakamega
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Dept. - District Station Master
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - A. Gamble
Member of Lodge Harmony - Rejoined 2/3/31 age 51
Medals - East African Ordnance Department - No. 4072, Corporal
Rift Valley - Member of the Rift Valley Sports Club - Jan 1929 - Elected - 15 May 1920 - A. Gamble
Red Book 1912 - A. Gamble - Naivasha
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - Albert Gamble - Compound Manager, Magadi Lake
Gazette - 20/7/1921 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - Albert Gamble - Secretary, EA Farmers' Association - Nakuru
Nakuru North cemetery - Albert Gamble, died 28/6/1954
Gazette - 15/4/1912 - Labour Agent's Permit issued at Fort Hall during the quarter ending 31 March 1912 - Albert Gamble
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