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Name: LUCAS, John
Nee: bro of Isaac Lucas
First Date: 1901
Profession: Boilermaker
Area: Nairobi
Married: Caroline b. ?1884
Children: Arthur Edward (29.7.1902 Nairobi); Edith (Feb 1894); Thomas; Lucas (1897); Elsie (1895); Clara Elizabeth (26.4.1904); Arthur; Alfred John (21.8.1906 Nairobi-24 June 1969 Nairobi); Sydney Wilfred (5.3.1909 Nairobi-7.2.1924)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, Red 25, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Artisan, 1st Class
North - Railway appt. 22-2-1901; Boilermaker Loco Dept 1-6-1902; At Nairobi with wife & children, Lucas (aged 6) and Elsie (aged 8) April 1903; children Edith (b. Feb 1894) & Thomas enrolled at Uganda Railway School when it opened 20-1-1904, left school 13-6-1904; listed as Artisan 1st Class 1-4-1905
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - Lucas, J. - Loco Dept. Uganda Railway
Red 25 has J. Lucas, Uganda Railway, Nairobi (Red 22 the same)
The Globe Trotter - 6/3/07 - Railway School prizegiving - " … Special prizes were awarded to the following - First prize for sewing - E. Lucas ……"
Sons Alfred John and Sydney are buried in Nairobi Forest Road cemetery