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Name: McINNES, Ernest Edward Childe

Birth Date: 1889

Death Date: 5 Nov 1976 Cape Town

Profession: Tea Company Manager - recruiting labour and organising distribution of tea for the S. Nyanza area. Working in Kisii as a labour recruiter in 1949 - Reginald Fielder went to Kisii to work with him and eventually took over

Area: Kisii

Married: Kathleen b. 1892

Children: Helen (1916)

Book Reference: Alex Mascarenhas, EAWL, Gethin, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ship

General Information:

A Scotsman known as "Bwana Simba" because of the then logo of the tea company at Kericho - African Highlands? He lived in a beautiful company house that had lavish gardens. There for about 20 years? Source - Mrs Eleanor Fielder
Hut has E. McInnes 1922 Uganda Railway Nakuru
Red 22 - E. McInnes, UR, Nakuru Ship - Mantola 1931 - Mr Ernest McInnes, Labour Supdt. Age 33, with Mrs K. McInnes, age 30, and Miss Helen McInnes age 6
Red 25 - E.E. McInnes, Labour Insp., Nairobi, 1930 E.E. McInnes, Kisii.
Hut - E.C. McInnes 1928 Supdt. Labour AHP
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List

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