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Name: MORTIMER, Joseph

Nee: bro of Alfred Mortimer Snr. and Joshua Mortimer

Birth Date: 7 May 1860 Shipley, Yorks.

Death Date: 24.11.1948 Nairobi

First Date: 1922

Profession: Butcher

Area: Box 6, Nairobi, 1930 Box 177, Nairobi

Married: 1. In Leeds 1882 Lucinda Braimbridge b. 1860 Withernwick, Yorks., d. 4 Feb 1919 Nairobi, carcinoma of stomach; 2. Nancy Ellen Smalley b. 19 Jan 1875 Great Harwood, Lancs., d. 14 July 1972 Mombasa (prev. m. Arthur Baldwin 1876-1919)

Children: Arthur (26 Nov 1882 Shipley, Yorks.-26 Jan 1957 Buckingham); Charles Edward (1 Jan 1886 Shipley, Yorkshire-3 Sept 1974 Jindale, Queensland, Australia); May (Petty) (1893 Shipley); Alfred (1896 Shipley-7 July 1952 Mombasa)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Red 22, Barnes, Gazette

General Information:

Red 22 - J. Mortimer, Butcher, Nairobi

Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Lucinda Mortimer, English, age 59, died 4/2/19. Inscription: Lucinda / beloved wife of / Joseph Mortimer / died Feb 4th 1919 / aged 59 years / Joseph Mortimer / died Nov 24th 1948

Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Joseph Mortimer - Butcher - Valley Road

Red 25 has Joseph Mortimer, Nairobi

Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Joseph Mortimer, Retired Riverdale, Nbi

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Voters List Joseph Mortimer, retired and Nancy Ellen (Mrs), Riverside Drive, Nbi

He was Mayor of Nairobi c. 1934-36.

Gazette 27 Oct 1972 2nd wife's probate

UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for wife's death

Rio de Janeiro immigration cards for son Arthur

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