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Name: HUMPHREYS, Sidney John

Nee: son of Edwin John Humphreys

Birth Date: 24 June 1876 Kimberley, S. Africa

Death Date: 13 May 1951 Pietermaritzburg

First Date: 1905

Profession: Official with EA Post & Telegraph Dept..

Area: Kamiti, Nairobi, EAHB 1906 Kumathi River

Married: 1. In Nairobi 1909 Rachel Louise Marcus b. 1885, d. 13.1.1930 Nairobi (dau of Ignatius Marcus); 2. In Natal 9 Mar 1931 Kathleen Marion Franklin b. 1897 Henley, d. Durban

Children: 1. Blanche Amelia Violet (Hall) (20.2.1910 Nairobi); Iris Edwina (Howard and Lloyd) (1913 Nairobi-1988 Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia); Pamela (Marshall) (b. Nairobi, d. 1980 Belfast) 2. Yolande (Corlett) (d. 2006)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, Red 25, EAMR, Drumkey, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, Gazette, North, Richardson, Red Book 1912

War Service: WW1 with EAMR - E Sqdn. 8/8/14 - 26/8/14

General Information:

Red Book 1912 - S.J. Humphery - Kyambu

Drumkey 1909 Directory of Residents - S. Humphrey, Kamiti

Advertiser - 12/2/1909 - Advert - Zebras, Horses, Mules & Donkeys, broken to harness - S. Humphreys, Box 41, Nairobi

Gazette - 28/7/15 - Insolvency - Sydney John Humphreys of Nairobi

North - Land Grant application, Ruwera 24-3-1904

Richardson 1925 - Trip round Kenya and to Uganda - employed S. Humphreys as driver with his car.

Red Book 1912 - S.J. Humphery - Kyambu

Red 25 has S. Humphreys as Motor Car Hirer, Nairobi

Gazette - 2/8/1922 - Insolvency - Sidney Humphreys adjudicated insolvent

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