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Name: MOON, John Laurence
Nee: bro of James Laurence and Frank Laurence Moon
Birth Date: 18.7.1880 Port of Menteith, Perthshire
Death Date: 2 Feb 1956 Nairobi
First Date: 1904
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Forest ranger
Area: Nairobi, Karura, Kikuyu, Uplands
Married: Jessie Weir Henry b. 23 Oct 1892 Leith, Midlothian, d.1960
Children: Frank Laurence (11 Jan 1921 Nairobi-1986); Jessie Isabella (22 Dec 1922 Kiambu)
Book Reference: Barnes, North, SE, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, North, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19
General Information:
Joined Forest Dept. stationed Ngong Forest for many years. Stephen Ellis's ledger shows Forest Dept. (Escarpment, Ngong, (J.L. Moon), Karuru) - July 1907. 1912 - Forester, Karura.
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - John Laurence Moon, died 2 Feb 1956 aged 75 AND Jessie Wier [sic] Moon, died 26 May 1960 aged 68 buried in same plot
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
SE - Forest Dept. - Escarpment, Ngong (J.L. Moon), Karuru - July 1907
Drumkey 1909 has John Moon, Forest Ranger, EAP
Dominion - Agricultural Department - Forestry - Forester - 1930
Red Book 1919 - Forest Department - Forester - J.L. Moon
KAD 1922 - Forester, Kikuyu
Gazette - 6/12/16 - Notice - The following officer no longer holds service under the Crown - John Lawrence Moon – Forester