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Name: TRIM, Edwin Walter 'Ted'
Birth Date: 1886 Wimbledon
Death Date: 1954 Cardigan
First Date: 1908
Profession: Government Printer for many years; he was also a pianist and singer
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Bridgend 1934 Jessie Maud Lloyd b. 1 Oct 1895 Carmarthen, d. 1990 Cardiganshire; 2. Ellen Marguerite Becker b. 10 Mar 1894 Bromley, d. 26 Dec 1983 Watford
Children: Hugo Miller (1923 Kingston, Surrey-24 Oct 2008); Anthony Edwin (14 June 1927-14 Apr 1995 Cambridge)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 22, Advertiser, Gazette, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19, North
War Service: Somerset Light Infantry
General Information:
Advertiser - 23/10/1908 - Mr E.W. Trimm, Superintendent of the Government Printing Press arrives - large experience in the firm of Harrald & Sons and other well known establishments.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - E.W. Trim, Secretariat
Red Book 1912 - E.W. Trim - Nairobi
Gazette 1/11/1908 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Government Printer - 14/10/1908
Red Book 1919 - E.W. Trim - Government Printer
KAD 1922 - Govt. Printer
1926 Blue Book He seems to have been appt 19.1.1923
Could there have been a father and son of the same name? This is a muddle, because in East African Standard 15 July 1911 Edwin N. Trim married Annie Mortimer in Nairobi.