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Name: MITCHELL, Owen
Birth Date: 30.8.1877 Leitrim, Ireland
Death Date: 11.1.1920 Accra, Ghana
First Date: 1905
Profession: Seconded to EAP Customs Dept. from Customs in England
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Meriden, Warwickshire 1916 Margaret Jeannie Muriel Griffin b. 1879 Fazeley, Staffs., d. 16.8.1935 Birmingham
Children: Eoin Waddell Owen (27 Aug 1917 Tamworth-1963 Salisbury, S. Rhodesia)
Book Reference: Gillett, Drumkey, Jews, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1907
School: King's College, London and privately
General Information:
Drumkey 1909 - Asst. Customs Officer, EAP, January 10th 1905; UK Customs 1901-05
Jews - 1912 - Laying of the Foundation Stone of the first Nairobi synagogue - ….. Corn,wine and oil handed to H.E. by Messrs Bland, Rehm and Mitchell, attending Freemasons ? [this Mitchell?]
North - Formerly Customs House, London; Appt. Asst. of Customs EAP 9-12-1904; arr. Mombasa 8-2-1905; Member of the Mombasa Section of the EAP Volunteer reserve June 1905; Asst. Chief of Customs, Mombasa 1-7-1905