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Name: COVERDALE, John Creighton
Photo Source: East African Standard 24 Mar 1934
Birth Date: 3 Nov 1867 Belvoir, Victoria, Australia
Death Date: 13 Sep 1938 Mombasa
First Date: 1911
Last Date: 1938
Profession: Surveyor. 1916-19 member of Nairobi Municipal Board. 1919 member of Legislative Council. Also served on many committees and commissions including Military Expenditure Commission in 1921, Land Tenure Commission, Native Trust Board
Area: Nairobi, Mombasa, Thika, 1930 Box 288, Nairobi, Hut - 1917 Muirosi Est. Kiambu
Married: In Victoria 23 Nov 1893 Emily Constance May Cavanagh b. 16 Oct 1869 Yackandandah, Victoria, d. 23 June 1945 Nairobi
Children: dau. Laurence (1898); Raymond 'Bill' (1899); Joyce (1907). One of the dau marr. R. H. James of Prince of Wales School and later of Duke of York School
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Bur, Barnes, Gazette, Red 19
School: Gippsland College, Melbourne University
General Information:
Works Enquiry Commission and on moving to Mombasa became a member of Municipal Board 1933-37. Retired to farm in Thika which was inherited by his son Bill and later by his grandson Miles Coverdale who is still in Kenya with family. Practised as a surveyor for 48 years.
Red 25 - Surveyor; qualified as Land Surveyor 1888; elected Rosedale Shire Council, Australia 1898; President 1902; Frankfort Town Council 1904, Mayor 1910-11; elected Member, Nairobi Municipal Committee 1917-18
Hut has John C. Coverdale died 1938 married to Emily who died 1948, 1911, Parklands surveyor, partner with Grogan, injured leg, sleep walking
Nairobi City Park Burial Register - Constance Coverdale, age 76, died 23/6/45
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - J.C. Coverdale, died 13 Sep 1938 age 72, European Hospital, Nephritis
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - John Creighton Coverdale - Surveyor, Kyambu and Mrs Emily Constance May Coverdale - Kyambu
Red Book 1919 - Nairobi Political Association - President - J.C. Coverdale
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List expunged
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