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Name: MACKERTICH, Joseph

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Nee: Joseph Mackertich-George

Birth Date: 29.8.1863 Julfa, Isfahan, Iran

Death Date: 21.7.1942 Uganda

Nationality: Armenian/British

First Date: 1896

Profession: British & Foreign Bible Society - dep. London with CMS party for Uganda 3/9/1896, to set up depot at Mombasa. Asst Gaoler, Mombasa prison

Area: Entebbe

Married: 1. Susan Long d. 1888; 2. In Bombay 20 Feb 1891 Esther Louisa Mason b. 1869 Macclesfield, d. 1892 en route to Tehran; 3. In Bombay 19 Jan 1995 Jane Ann Richardson b. 19 Aug 1863 Carnarvon, d. 5 Dec 1954 Kampala

Children: William Joseph (17 Sep 1888 India-1949 Leeds); Margaret 'Rita' Jevie (24 Nov 1891 Calcutta-1981); Evan Carapiet (b. and d. 1897); Sarah Osannah 'Vera' (14 Dec 1899 Rhyl-1979); Olive May (5 May 1904 Mombasa-1997)

Book Reference: North, Drumkey, Red 22, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904

General Information:

Red 22 - J. Mackertich, Kadunguru Cotton Ginning Synd., Bugondo, Teso, Uganda
North - Working for the Zanzibar Gazette, listed with 'Sultan's Officials' (FO 107) 18/10/1899; Editor of the Gazette for about 2 1/2 years, resigned; Auctioneer in Zanzibar Dec 1902; Appt. Asst. Gaoler of Mombasa Prison, wife to be matron 4/6/1903; resigned, end of appt. 1/10/1904; Firearm registered at Mombasa, based at Mombasa 30/10/1905; moved to Uganda 1905/6
EAHB 1904 - Clerk, Mombasa Jail with Mrs Mackertich as Matron

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