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Name: GRIERSON, George Rae
Photo Source: Matthew McIlvenna
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1872 Dumfries
Death Date: 25 Nov 1935 Bangor, Wales
First Date: 1899
Profession: Cable layer
Area: Mombasa
Married: Anna Shortridge b. 1876 Maxwelltown, Dumfries, d. 29 July 1945 Dumfriesshire
Children: Ethel Shortridge (Williamson) (1903 Mombasa-22 June 1956 Devizes); Colin McKay (16 June 1906 Bangor-1991 Surrey)
Author: dau. (Apr 1903 Mombasa); son (18 June 1906 Bangor, Wales)
Book Reference: North
General Information:
Involved in laying Eastern Telegraph Co cable at Mombasa.
Member of proposed EA Volunteer Force 9/10/1896 Mombasa; Listed as member of Mombasa Club 1899
Gazette - 23/2/1903 - Appointed visiting justice of Mombasa Gaol - George Rae Grierson
Gazette 1 Jan 1903 accomplished bowler in cricket match between Messrs Hamilton and Carter's teams.
These cricket matches at Mombasa were played on New Year's Day. In 1901 There was The World vs EA Protectorate and England vs Scotland, Grierson played for The World - Gazette 1 Jan 1901
1911 Wales census the family was back in Wales and he was a 'laundry proprietor'.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa (Mr & Mrs Grierson, Mombasa)?