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Name: POOLMAN, Percy Henry

Birth Date: 11 Feb 1890 Godalming

Death Date: 27 Dec 1948 Nanyuki

First Date: 1920

Profession: Stock Inspector, Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Lab. Field Asst. 1920.

Area: Kitale, 1925 Nyeri, 1930 Stock Inspector, Nanyuki

Married: 1. 1912 Sarah Kelly b. 1884 Scotland, d. 16 Apr 1917 Chania Bridge [Thika]; 2. In Nairobi 27 Feb 1919 Eva Maude Hartley née Corke b. 21 Sep 1892 Karachi, India, d. 28 May 1980 (dau of Henry Thomas Peter Corke and prev. m. Lionel James Holmes Hartley 1885-1917)

Children: Violet Stella (Moody) (9 Oct 1913 Nairobi); Thomas Stephen (1915 Nairobi-7 July 1918 Nairobi); Percy Frederick (1 Dec 1919 Nairobi); Ivy Madge (1923 Kabete); Eva B. (1933 Sutton Coldfield)

Author: Eva Maude Corke b. 21 Sep 1892 Karachi, India, d. 28 May 1980 (dau of Henry Thomas Peter Corke

Book Reference: Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Dominion, Barnes

General Information:

Red 22 - Lab. Kabete

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Dagoretti - P.H. Poolman

Dominion - Agricultural Department - Veterinary - Stock Inspector - 1930

Nairobi City Park cemetery - Percy Henry Poolman, died 27 Dec 1948 aged 58, buried at Nanyuki

Nanyuki cemetery - Plot F11 AND Plot F10 Reserved by Mrs Poolman FindaGrave Sarah Kelly POOLMAN BIRTH 1884 Scotland DEATH 17 Apr 1917 (aged 32–33) Kenya BURIAL NairobiSouth Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PLOT 481 MEMORIAL ID 231185987
FindaGrave Thomas Stephen POOLMAN BIRTH 1915 DEATH 7 Jul 1918 (aged 2–3) Nairobi, Kenya BURIAL Nairobi South Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PLOT 382 MEMORIAL ID 231185986
KAD 1922 - Laboratory Assistant, Veterinary Research Dept., Kabete

Gazette - 5/8/1925 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Percy Henry Poolman, Stock Inspector, PO Nyeri and Eva Maude Poolman, c/o Veterinary Dept. PO Nyeri
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for 1st wife's death and for son's death

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