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Name: LOW, James Adams
Nee: brother of Alexander Low
Birth Date: 2 May 1859 Edmonton, Middlesex
Death Date: 12 Aug 1916 Mombasa (cirrhosis of the liver)
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1916
Profession: Manufacturer's agent, bookkeeper
Area: Kikuyu
Married: In Edmonton 1890 Isabella Keziah Lamont née MacDonald b. 1869, d. 23 April 1921 Nairobi, cerebral haemorrhage
Children: Walter Neil Adams (31 Mar 1891 London-2 May 1942 Nairobi); Edith Mary (Lea) (1894)
Book Reference: Hut, Drumkey, KGF, Derek Low, Gazette, Barnes, Leader14, Red Book 1912, North
General Information:
Kenya Genealogy Forum - James Adams Low, b. 1859 London, d. aft. 1913 Nairobi, married Isabella Keziah Lamont, had two children, Walter Neil Adams Low and Edith Mary Low.
E-Mail from Derek S. Low, Sept 2001 - James Adams Low and his wife would have arrived in Nairobi between 1905 and 1907. …. He was in Nairobi at the time of his daughter, Edith Mary's marriage to Leslie Lea. He and his son Walter Neil Low are listed as witnesses to the marriage and shown as living in Nairobi and being manufacturer's agents.
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J.A. Low, Government Press
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Mrs Isabella Low, British, age 52, died 23/4/21, AND Walter Neil Low 31 Mar 1891-2 May 1942
Leader14 - J.H. Low - Nairobi
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - James Adams Low, Bookkeeper, died 12 Aug 1916, age 60, Hotel Metropole, Haematomesis and Cirrhosis of Liver
Red Book 1912 - J.A. Low - Machakos
Gazette 1/2/1922 - Probate and Administration in respect of Izabella Keziah Low. Administrator Walter Neil Low
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death