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Name: RACEY, Robert Ritchie
Birth Date: 3 Apr 1873 Quebec City
Death Date: 15 Sept 1956 Paris, Ontario
Nationality: Canadian
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1901
Profession: Asst Collector
Area: Kampala
Married: In Quebec 14 Feb 1906 Rose Catherine Cummins Rosie b. 4 July 1882 Pointe Bleue, Quebec, d. 8 Dec 1975 Paris, Ontario
Children: Martha Rose (1905 Quebec-1992); Robert John Gordon (8 Sep 1908 Ontario-1970); Lilian Mary (2 June 1911 Ontario); Jean Cummins (12 July 1913 Ontario-1989); Thomas St George Wise (2 Sep 1917 Quebec-2011); Arthur Gerald (25 July 1922 Ontario-2006)
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - Appt. 3rd Class Asst. Collector UP 27/7/1896; arr. Mumia's from coast 24/11/1896; Storekeeper at Kampala June 1897; dep. Kampala for Luba's during Sudanese mutiny 22/10/1897; Kampala 17/2/1898; resigned with effect from 4/1/1900. But reappointed as 2nd Class Asst. 2/4/1900 arr. Mbarara 14/6/1900; Asst. Collector Ankole 21/8/1900; suspended from duty & sent to Entebbe after knocking down Lieut. G.C.R. Mundy during an argument 2/8/1901; dep. for Europe 25/9/1901; forced to resign 28/10/1901; Reappointed as 3rd Class Asst. BCA 19/6/1902; 'Subject to epileptic fits and wholly unsuited to work in a tropical climate' (Sir H. Johnston, FO 2)