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Name: BIRCH, Edmund Daniel
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1872 Toonkar Mys, Madras, India
Death Date: 9 May 1956 Mombasa
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Served with the Uganda Railway Construction Co.
Area: 1922 Kisumu, 1930 Mombasa
Married: In Kenya Louise Eveline Juliet Poy b. 24 Oct 1885 Mhow, India, d. 1941 Nairobi (dau of Jules Bernard Poy and prev. m. to Percy Osmond Mallitte 1875-1909)
Children: Eric (1912-1914); Alexander Frederick (9 Apr 1914 Kisumu-1976 Ealing); Douglas Bernard (6 June 1916 Kisumu-10 Feb 2000 New Zealand); Edmund Septimus (4 Aug 1923 Nairobi-4 Nov 1996 Maidstone)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 31, Hut, North, Drumkey, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamers - 1st Engineer
North - Uganda Railway appt. dated 28-7-1898; Fitter, Loco and Carriage Dept. May 1902; Took over as Engineer on the s.s. Winifred at Port Florence when H.R. Emery sacked for drunkenness 4-8-1903; Chief Engineer of the ss Sybil on Lake Victoria 14-8-1905
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Edmund Birch, died 9 May 1956 age 84, European Hospital, Myocardial Degeneration, Coronary Thrombosis
Red Book 1912 - E. Birch - Nairobi
Gazette - 8/4/1930 - Liable to serve as Jurors and Assessors - E D Birch, KUR, Mombasa