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Name: POWTER, Gilbert Edward
Photo Source: sepia photos Matthew McIlvenna
Birth Date: 11.6.1858 London
Death Date: 9.10.1931 Croydon, Surrey
First Date: 1894
Profession: An official in IBEA Co. he was Treasury Official, EAP, 1895. A Visiting Justice Mombasa Prison 1902-04 and Acting Postmaster-General 1904
Area: HBEA 1912 Mombasa
Married: In London 2.10.1901 Annie Elaine Patten b. 27 Apr 1875 Widnes, d. 7 Nov 1955 Bexhill on Sea
Children: Charles Ronald (18.3.1903 Mombasa); Constance Ethel Constance (3.5.1905 Widnes)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, IBEA, EAHB 1906, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Web
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Senior Second Treasury Asst., EAP, July 1st 1895; Secretary to Wakf Commission, Sept. 30th 1900; Visiting Justice to Mombasa Prison, July 24th 1902; Acting Postmaster General, March 16th to April 23rd 1904.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr & Mrs G.E. Powter)
North - Company Accounts Dept., IBEA Co. 12/10/1894; Appt. direct to EAP 1/7/1895, 2nd Asst. Treasurer; Mombasa 23/7/1895; Asst. Treasurer Mombasa, June Dec 1899; 2nd Asst. Treasurer Feb 1900; home leave 1901; Visiting Justice Mombasa Prison 1902-04
Drumkey 1909 - Treasury Department - Senior Assistant
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Treasury
EA Diary 1903 - Imperial British East Africa Co. Oct. 12 1894; EA Protectorate, 2nd Senior Asst. Treasury July 1 1895; Secretary to Wakf Commission Sept 30 1900; Visiting Justice of Mombasa Prison July 24 1902
Red Book 1912 - G.E. Powter - Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - Treasury Dept. - Treasury Assistant
Red Book 1912 - Currency Commissioners Secretary
HBEA Asst. Treasurer 1912.
EAHB 1905 - Treasury, Mombasa. IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 12th October1894
Gazette - 1-4-1903 - Birth - At Fort Bungalow on the 18th ultimo, the wife of Gilbert E. Powter of a son.
Gazette - 15-5-1905 - Birth - on the 4th May at Moss Bank Widnes Lancashire the wife of Gilbert E Powter of a daughter