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Name: GRANT, Richard
Birth Date: 12.12.1867 Glasgow
Death Date: 1.10.1952
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Profession: Official of the Uganda Railway Construction Co. for 14 years. Marine engineer
Area: Port Alice, Kisumu
Married: In Ballymoney, Ireland 1917 Belissa Elenora Kathleen Beresford Smyly b. 1884 Londonderry, d. 28 Jan 1965 Cheltenham (she was prev. m. to Philip Arthur Graham Kell 1876-1914)
Children: Henry (1922); Ian Hector (19 Mar 1924)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Cuckoo, EAS, Hut, North, Playne, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, Red 22, Nicholls, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19
School: Albany and Partick Academies, Glasgow University & West of Scotland Technical College
General Information:
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
North - Uganda Railway - Marine Engineer from Glasgow; seconded from builders to construct s.s. Wm. Mackinnon on Lake Victoria; arr. Port Alice Ugowe Bay Feb 1899; went on six weeks' sick leave to India returned to Ugowe Bay 15/12/1899; Joined Uganda Railway on permanent basis 5/9/1901 Glasgow; Kisumu Sept 1903
Playne - Mr Grant has been Assistant Locomotive Superintendent (Marine) Uganda Railway since March 3, 1906
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Lake Steamers - Assistant Loco. Supdt.(Marine)
Nicholls - … boats made in Britain, then dismantled and sent in package form to Kisumu. There the engineer Richard Grant put them together in the Uganda Railway workshop.
North - Member of trials team at Kisumu when Capt. J.W. Pringle started trials on the 'Winifred' following complaints about her draught and capacity 14-9-1903; working in Glasgow for Rendal & Robertson on construction of the ss Clement Hill and applying for reappointment to EAP 15-9-1905
Leader14 - Superintendent Engineer - Kisumu
Red Book 1912 - R. Grant - Kisumu
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - Richard Grant - Government Official - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - Railway Dept. - Superintending Engineer
HBEA 1912 - Marine Dept., Superintending Engineer, Railways.
Cuckoo - 1904 - Marine Superintendent of the Railways.
Ancestry Passenger list Laurenco Marques-UK 1934