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Name: HUDSON, John
Birth Date: 20.11.1869 Horwich, Lancs
Death Date: 20.6.1919 Nairobi, pneumonia - alcoholic
Nationality: British
First Date: 1897
Last Date: 1919
Profession: Boilermaker with Uganda Railways and KUR&H. In 1902 he went to India, on contract to the railways there. Returned to Kenya in 1910. North - Foreman Boilermaker Sept. 1900
Area: Mombasa/Nairobi
Married: In Whalley Range, Lancs. 7.6.1899 Ann Louise Thomas b. 1871 Cardiff, d. 30 Sep 1953 Nairobi (see her entry)
Children: Sylvia (Johnston) (5 Aug 1903 Calcutta-1992 Sydney); Sophia (Suffield) (1902 Nairobi-1992); John 'Jack' (19 Aug 1906 Calcutta-Cape Town 1974)
Book Reference: EAWL, North, Descending, Harmony, Barnes, Red Book 1912
General Information:
Source: Mrs C. Hart
Descending - Photograph of "Mr M. Gallagher, with the first three Incline Drivers Messrs Shutt, Smart snr., Smart jnr., lowering the first locomotive. Mr John Hudson who arrived in October 1897 should have been in the party.
Member of Lodge Harmony - Joined 3/7/11, age 40, Foreman Lockmaker, Nairobi
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - John Hudson, British, age 48, died 20/6/19 Inscription: John Hudson / 1869 - 1919 / and Ann Louisa Hudson / 1871 - 1953 / in loving memory
Red Book 1912 - J. Hudson - Nairobi