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Name: LANGHORNE, John
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1891 Carlisle
Death Date: 1966 Runcorn
First Date: 1925
Profession: Mechanic, Uganda Railway
Area: Nairobi, 1930 Mombasa
Married: In Carlisle 1910 Hilda McClennan b. 6 Apr 1890 Carlisle, d. 1956 Warrington [?Esther Florence b. 1.12.1892, d. 1973 Sunderland]
Children: John (7 Apr 1910 Carlisle-1980 Salford); Catherine Lewis (Tillotson) (30 Sep 1912 Carlisle-1986 Blackpool); Agnes (Stanway) (2 Oct 1912 Carlisle-1983 Burnley); Fred (30 Nov 1914 Carlisle-1995 Warrington); Jeannie (1916 Carlisle-1916 Carlisle)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31
War Service: Durham Light Infantry
General Information:
Gazette - 8/4/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Artizan 1st Class, Uganda Rly. - J. Langhorne
1939 England and Wales Register living in Wigan as railway telegraphist (no wife with him)
He travelled with Esther Florence in 1928, so perhaps Hilda and the children belong to a different John Langhorne. The John Langhorne travelling to Mombasa describes himself as a mechanic or engineer, and his address is in Darlington.