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Name: HALL, John Richard Edgar 'Jackie'
Birth Date: 1901 Penzance
Death Date: Cape Town
First Date: 1922
Profession: Farmer; storekeeper
Area: Hoey's Bridge
Married: 1. In Kakamega 28 Dec 1935 Elsie Roberts née Osbaldeston b. 15 Sep 1899 Chorlton, Lancs. (prev. m. Allen Quinlan 'Tub' Roberts 1895-1964); 2. In Mombasa 21 Apr 1951 Marjorie Stapleton b. 25 Jan 1912 Nottingham, d. 1991 Cape Town (prev. m. Peter Godfrey Allen 1916-1996)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Golf
War Service: Royal Scots, RE
General Information:
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - John Richard Edgar Hall, Farmer PO Hoey's Bridge
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters list has John Pritchard Edgar Hall, merchant, Kakamega
Letter from Mrs D. Graham - during the war they ran the main general store in Kakamega in the gold mining era.
Golf Captain of Kakamega GC in 1938. Club Champion at Kakamega Golf Club in 1939. Winner of the Goldfields Golf Championship in 1938. Runner-up in the Goldfields Golf Championship in 1939.
Gazette 31 Dec 1941 expunged from Kakamega Voters' list