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Name: MUIR, John Gardiner
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1853 Glasgow
Death Date: 2 Aug 1913 London
First Date: 1896
Profession: Eastern Telegraph Co.
Married: In Glasgow 24 Sep 1880 Jessie Agnes Hendrie b. 17 Nov 1859 Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, d. 1939 North Cotswold, Glouc.
Children: Muriel Evelyn (Sowerby) (8 Nov 1881 Dreghorn, Ayrshire-28 Mar 1933 Uppington, Shropshire); Winifred Hilda (Hobson) (1887 Eardisley, Herefordshire); Agnes Heather Gardiner (Buchanan) (12 Aug 1888 Eardisley, Hereford); Clara Gardiner (Muir [sic]) (1891 Market Harborough)
Book Reference: Ainsworth, North
General Information:
North has John Gardiner-Muir - Eastern Telegraph Co. Zanzibar 1892; dep. Zanzibar for Mombasa 21/12/1892; at Kibwezi on shooting trip 1893; dep. Zanzibar June 1897, transferred to Seychelles Check - John Gardiner Muir
Big Game hunter. Had claws stolen from 2 lion skins - reported to Ainsworth at Machakos - story Ainsworth (p.35)