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Name: MacDONALD, William George MacLeod
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1885 Inverness
Death Date: 4 Feb 1957 Nairobi
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1957
Profession: Member of Post & Telegraph Service
Area: Uganda and later in Nairobi for many years, farmed at Maragua
Married: Lucy Ellinor Tunstall b. 17.2.1891 Mere, Wiltshire, d. 8 Aug 1964 Nairobi
Children: Ellinor Catherine (Van Someren) (4.12.1915 Kampala-1998); son b. 1918 became a doctor in private practice in Nairobi
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 22, Red 25, Red 31, EA & Rhodesia, Drumkey, BEA, Dominion, Barnes, Colonial, Red Book 1912, Gazette, Red 19
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 18/4/57 - Mr W.G.M. MacDonald, who went to Kenya in 1908 to join the Posts and Telegraphs Department and retired in 1934 as Deputy PMG, has died in East Africa at the age of 72. He leaves a widow, a son who is a doctor, and a daughter who is an entomologist, all living in Kenya
Drumkey 1909 - Post & Telegraph Dept. - Postal Clerk & Telegraphist
Dominion - Public Works Department - Posts and Telegraphs Dept. - Assistant Postmaster General - 1930
Nairobi City Park cemetery - William MacLeod MacDonald, died 4 Feb 1957 aged 72
Colonial 1912 - Postal Clerk & Telegraphist - W.J.M. MacDonald
Red Book 1912 - Post Office - Postal Clerk and Telegraphist - W.G. MacDonald - Jinja
Gazette 1/8/1908 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Postal Clerk and Telegraphist - 1/7/1908
Gazette 8/8/1917 - Appointed Acting 1st Class Postmaster
Red Book 1919 - Post Office & Telegraph Dept. - 2nd Class Postmaster
Gazette - 13/7/1921 - Appointment - William George MacLeod MacDonald, Postmaster to be Acting Assistant Postmaster General wef 28/7/1921
HBEA 1912 - Clerk & Telephonist, Jinja.
KAD 1922 - Postmaster, Nairobi.
Red 31 has W.G.N. MacDonald, Box 298, Nbi. and W.G.M. McDonald, GPO, Nbi.
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - W. George Macleod MacDonald, Civil Servant, Protectorate Rd, Box 908, Nbi and Mrs Lucy Elinor MacDonald, married woman, Protectorate Rd. Nbi
Royal Mail Pension Records In 1905 he was a sorting clerk and telegraphist in UK Post Office in Inverness