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Name: McINNES, Ernest Edward Childe
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1897 Johannesburg
Death Date: 5 Nov 1976 Somerset West, S. Africa
Profession: Tea Company Manager - recruiting labour and organising distribution of tea for the S. Nyanza area. Working in Kisii as a labour recruiter in 1949 - Reginald Fielder went to Kisii to work with him and eventually took over
Area: Kisii
Married: In Nairobi 17 Apr 1921 Kathleen Reynolds b. 16 Aug 1899 Devon, d. 23 July 1981 Somerset West
Children: Helen (Dadd and Verdcourt) (1916); son (10 Dec 1931 Kisii)
Book Reference: Alex Mascarenhas, EAWL, Gethin, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ship
General Information:
A Scotsman known as "Bwana Simba" because of the then logo of the tea company at Kericho - African Highlands? He lived in a beautiful company house that had lavish gardens. There for about 20 years? Source - Mrs Eleanor Fielder
Hut has E. McInnes 1922 Uganda Railway Nakuru
Red 22 - E. McInnes, UR, Nakuru Ship - Mantola 1931 - Mr Ernest McInnes, Labour Supdt. Age 33, with Mrs K. McInnes, age 30, and Miss Helen McInnes age 6
Red 25 - E.E. McInnes, Labour Insp., Nairobi, 1930 E.E. McInnes, Kisii.
Hut - E.C. McInnes 1928 Supdt. Labour AHP
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
Letter from Alex Mascarenhas 19 Apr 1994 He was the manager at Kisii of the Tea Company at Kericho, recruiting labour and also organizing the distribution of tea for the South Nyanza area. African Highlands Produce Co.