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Name: VANHEGAN, Thomas

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Nee: bro of Hugh, Adam and John Vanhegan

Birth Date: 1889 Greenock, Scotland

Death Date: 1983 Scotland

First Date: 1910

Profession: Saw doctor; went to EA to work for BEA Saw Mills as working foreman and was involved in timber industry for 40 years. Director of Keith Timber Co., Nyeri, also Kilimanjaro Saw Mills and Karatina Saw Mills

Area: Box 415, Nairobi. Retired to Scotland, Karatina Sawmills Hut - 1st employer Jomo Kenyatta

Married: 1924 Annie Fraser, from Glasgow

Children: Elizabeth Shaw (1927 Glasgow) (Frazer)

Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Red Book 1912

War Service: Served at Tanganyika border in WW1

General Information:

Well known as Sales Manager in Timsales, Nairobi, in the 30s and 40s. In 1916 he gave Jomo Kenyatta his first job as a measurer at BEA Timber, when he went to Nairobi from the Kikuyu Scottish Church Mission and Mzee always remembered him for this.
Photo of 'Scotland' Football Team - Winners of the Maxwell Brady Challenge Cup - 1920
Photo - 'Scotland vs. England' - Nov. 29, 1919 - Amateur Football Ass. of BEA - International Football Match
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - T. Vanhegan, Saw Mill
Red Book 1912 - T. Uanhegan [sic] - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Thomas Vanhegan - Saw Miller - Hospital Road
Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Thomas Vanhegan, Timber Merchant, Sadler Street, Nbi

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