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Name: KIRWAN, Delaval Francis

Birth Date: 9 Nov 1884 Kilclooney, Co. Waterford

Death Date: 3 Aug 1971 Durban

First Date: 1905 December

Profession: Postmaster Entebbe 1905, Nairobi 1906

Area: Developed Kilclooney Estate at Fort Portal, Uganda, Gaita

Married: In Ladysmith, Natal 14 Apr 1905 Edith Mabel Baldock b. 6 Aug 1888 Pietermaritzburg, d. 16 Nov 1971 Pietermaritzburg

Children: Margaret (1903 Liverpool); James (1906 Liverpool); John Delaval (3 July 1908 Liverpool-1 Nov 1966 Kitale); Evelyn Jonathan (22 July 1909 Kampala); Kathleen Ellen (29 Jan 1911 Entebbe-1923); Patrick Baldock (4 Sep 1923 Uganda-1998 Colchester); Dreda; Brian Edmond Redshaw (7 Oct 1913 Kampala-26 Oct 2005 Cheltenham)

Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Hut, Pioneers, Drumkey, Red 22, North, EAHB 1907, SKP, Leader14, Colonial, Red Book 1912, North

General Information:

Pioneers has D.F. Kirwen
Drumkey 1909 - Post & Telegraph Dept. - Postal Clerk & Telegraphist, Nairobi
North - Appt. Postal Clerk & Telegraphist 11-10-1905; arr. EA with wife Edith Mabel née Baldock 25-10-1905
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Dec 1905 - Gaita
Colonial 1912 - Second Class Postmaster
Red Book 1912 - Post Office - Second Class Postmaster - Kampala
HBEA 1912 has D.F. Kirwan, Postmaster, Kampala.
KAD 1922 - Junior Postmaster, Jinja

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