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Name: HERNE, David Edward

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Nee: bro of Edward Michael Herne

Birth Date: 30.12.1868 Allahabad, India

Death Date: 30.5.1945 Nairobi

Nationality: British

First Date: 1896

Last Date: 1945

Profession: Railway construction

Area: Naivasha, 1925 Nakuru, 1930 Box 113, Nairobi

Married: 1. In Allahabad 12.7.1896 Margaret Davis b. 26.1.1883 Cawnpore, d. 20 Sep 1903 Naivasha following childbirth; 2. In Alahabad 25.1.1905 Kathleen Davis, 1st wife's sister, b. 1883, d. 12 Sep 1958 Nairobi

Children: 1. Kathleen Margaret (23 Nov 1897 Allahabad), Anne (Cronk) (26.6.1902 Naivasha-20.11.1963 Nairobi); Margaret (19.9.1903 Naivasha-17.5.1963 Nairobi) 2. David Edward Patrick (8.3.1906 Nairobi-15 June 1991 Ealing); Eileen (Douglas) (15.7.1909 Nairobi-21 Oct 1981 Johannesburg); Sheila Agnes (Kirkham) (23 Nov 1910 Nairobi-8.1.1959 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Gillett, Sitrep 2, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, North, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Barnes, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912

General Information:

Settler. Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 788).
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Sr. P.W. Inspector, 1900
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - D. Herne, Jackson Road
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - David Edward Herne, British, age 76, died 30/5/45 and Kathleen d.12 Sep 1958
North - Administrator of estate of his brother E.M. Herne June 1903; child born at Naivasha 19-9-1903; Margaret Herne died at Naivasha of complications following childbirth (buried Nairobi South cem) aged 20 years, 7 months & 24 days 20-9-1903; recently married to his late wife's sister & based at Athi River April 1905
Red Book 1912 - D.E. Herne - Nairobi [twice]
Gazette - 3/12/1919 - Register of Voters - Rift Valley Area - D.E. Herne - PWD - Nakuru
North - Uganda Railway - Snr. Permanent Way Inspector; farming at Naivasha 1903; wife Margaret died 1903; m. Kathleen Davis 1905
Gazette - 14/5/1924 - Application for Hotel Liquor Licence - Kenya House, Parklands, Nairobi - D.E. Herne
Gazette - 27/6/1917 - Engineering and Traffic Staff on Danger Zone 1915/16 - Senior PWI - D E Herne
Nairobi South cem - sacred / to the memory / of / Margaret Herne / the dearly beloved wife of / David Edward Herne / who died at Naivasha / on the 20th September 1903 / aged 20 years 7 months and 24 days / R.I.P.

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