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Name: ROSS, John Christopher

Nationality: British

First Date: 1898

Profession: Railway Guard, Head clerk, Traffic Dept.

Area: Nairobi

Married: Fanny Matilda Burtenshaw b. 20 Apr 1893 Dum Dum, India, d. 11 Jan 1920 Karachi

Children: Norman (29.11.1893); Beatrix May (6 Nov 1903 Nairobi-18 Jan 1997 Ripon); John Edgar Anthony (19 Aug 1906)

Book Reference: Land, North, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907

General Information:

Land Grant 1905 - J.C. Ross - Building, 10 acres - Msari River - Jan 14 - Freehold. 
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Dept. - Guard, 1st Class - J.C. Ross ALSO J.C. Ross, Head Clerk, Traffic Manager's Office, Uganda Railway
Gazette - 17/12/1902 - Plague compensation after bubonic plague in March 1902 - J.C. Ross - Rs 45
North - Head Clerk, Traffic Dept. May 1902; District Station Master 1/4/1903; on list of 'Non-Native Residents of Nairobi' (EAM) Traffic Manager's Office with wife 5/9/1903; son, Norman (b. 1893) enrolled at Uganda Railway School, Nairobi 1/11/1904; wife and children dep. Mombasa for Edinburgh 4/5/1905; 1906 Nairobi
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Ross, J.C. - Traffic Manager's Office, Uganda Railway
North - Uganda Railway, arr. Mombasa 10/5/1900; Land Grant application 27/8/1903 Nairobi

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