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Name: GRIESS, William Mason
Birth Date: 11.6.1873 Burton upon Trent
Death Date: 11.6.1957 Brockham Green, Surrey
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Profession: Asst. Engineer, Uganda Railway
Area: Nakuru, Nairobi
Married: 1. In 1913 Ruth Emerald Blaxland b. 1886 Wandsworth, d. 11 Nov 1938 Surrey; 2. In Surrey 1955 Hilda Madeline Giles b. 22 Nov 1904, d. 28 Feb 1974 Gosport
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, HBEA, Cuckoo, Permanent Way, Land, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, Playne, EA & Rhodesia, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, EAHB, Red 25, Red 22, BEA 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19
School: Repton School and Cooper's Hill
General Information:
SE - W.M. Griess - Nakuru - Aug 1907
Permanent Way - Acted as Chief Engineer in 1920 when Mr Church retired and until Major Rhodes arrived
Land Grant 1905? - W.M. Griess - Building, 10 acres - Near Nairobi Water Supply - Feb 10 - Freehold
EAHB 1905 - Senior Asst. Engineer, Uganda Railway, Dec. 20th 1895.
Playne - The Senior Assistant Engineer of the Uganda Railway was educated at Repton and Cooper's Hill. He was appointed on Dec. 20, 1895.
East Africa & Rhodesia - 4/7/57 - Mr W.M. Griess, formerly deputy chief engineer of Uganda Railways, has died at his home in Dorking.
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Assistant Engineer
North - From Barking, Essex; UK appt. as Junior Asst. Engineer 20-12-1895; arr. Mombasa from India 23-1-1896
Red Book 1912 - W.M. Griess - Naivasha
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - William Mason Griess - Civil Engineer, Uganda Rly., Upper Hill Road and Mrs Ruth Emerald Griess - Upper Hill Road
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - District Engineer
HBEA 1912 - District Engineer, Railway, Nakuru.
Cuckoo - "I believe the first motor car to appear in the Highlands was that imported in 1909 by W.M. Greiss, a railway engineer at Nbi."
BEA Vol. 2 p.195 - Letter addressed to Mrs Greiss, Nakuru posted 2 April 1915 - possibly the wife of W.M. Greiss who is listed in the Colonial Office List for 1920 as a District Engineer for the Railways
Blue Book 1910-11 appt. Asst. engineer 1 Apr 1909