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Name: JESSOP, Edwin
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1886 Clapham
Death Date: 16 Oct 1949 Eastbourne
First Date: 1913
Profession: Chief Electrical Mechanician, Telegraph Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Married: Alice Ann Thomas b. 2 July 1893, d. 12 Mar 1967 Nairobi
Children: Richard Melville (26 Apr 1916 Nairobi-17 Dec 1993 Mombasa); Eric Cyril (4 Feb 1919 Nairobi-23 June 1980 Nairobi); Ronald Bridger (17 Nov 1922 Nairobi-20 July 2006 Nairobi)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Gazette, Harmony, Dominion, Medals
General Information:
Gazette - 20/12/16 - Edwin Jessop - appt. Acting Assistant Telegraph Engineer, Posts & Telegraph
Member of Lodge Harmony - Initiated 3/4/23, age 36, Telegraphic Engineer, Nairobi; Rejoined 4/10/43, age 57
Dominion - Public Works Department - Posts and Telegraphs Dept. - Assistant Telegraph Engineer - 1930
Medals - EA Pioneer Company - Edwin Jessop, No. 3043, Pioneer
Gazette 1/8/1913 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Electric Mechanician in the Telegraphs Dept. - 11/7/1913
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Edwin Jessop - Chief Electrical Mechanician, Telegraph Department, Fort Hall Road
Gazette 1 Nov 1949 probate
Langata cemetery, Nairobi for wife's grave