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Name: DEMPSTER, Herbert George 'Daddy'

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Birth Date: 1 Sep 1870 Eastbourne

Death Date: 18 Sep 1960 Durban

First Date: 1925

Profession: Resident engineer in charge of the construction of the Turbo to Broderick Falls section of the Railway in 1927 and the continuation to Uganda

Area: Nairobi, 1930 South Downs, Kitale

Married: 1. In Natal 12 Apr 1898 Hilda Jane McKenzie b. 14 July 1875 Natal, d. 7 Nov 1942 Pietermaritzburg; 2. 7 Nov 1928 Gladys Le Clerc Hamilton Fowle b. 1883, d. 26 July 1974 Kitale

Children: John Herbert (30 Dec 1898 New Hanover, Natal-10 July 1951 Durban); Bessie Olive Margaret (14 Jan 1900 Natal-5 Oct 1901); Guy Telford (22 June 1901); Enid Nancy (1 Nov 1902); Richard Neil (29 Aug 1905 Richmond, Natal-11 Mar 1944 Pietermaritzburg); Muriel Violet (17 Jan 1909 Natal)

Book Reference: Permanent Way, Red 25, Red 31, Hut

General Information:

Hut - surveyor Jinja Railway line
Gazette - 27/8/1924 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Resident Engineer, Ug. Rly. - H.G. Dempster
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Gazette 10 Jan 1961 probate
Gazette 24 Dec 1975 wife's probate
Living in Transvaal 1896, with S African Railways - UK Civil Engineer lists
S.African death cert: he died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the third storey of a hotel onto a roof two storeys below.

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