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Name: VANHEGAN, Thomas
Nee: bro of Hugh, Adam and John Vanhegan
Birth Date: 29 May 1889 Greenock, Scotland
Death Date: 1983 Scotland
First Date: 1910
Profession: Saw doctor; went to EA to work for BEA Saw Mills as working foreman and was involved in timber industry for 40 years. Director of Keith Timber Co., Nyeri, also Kilimanjaro Saw Mills and Karatina Saw Mills
Area: Box 415, Nairobi. Retired to Scotland, Karatina Sawmills Hut - 1st employer Jomo Kenyatta
Married: 1924 Annie Fraser b. 1898, from Glasgow
Children: Elizabeth Shaw (1927 Glasgow) (Frazer)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Red Book 1912
War Service: Served at Tanganyika border in WW1
General Information:
Well known as Sales Manager in Timsales, Nairobi, in the 30s and 40s. In 1916 he gave Jomo Kenyatta his first job as a measurer at BEA Timber, when he went to Nairobi from the Kikuyu Scottish Church Mission and Mzee always remembered him for this.
Photo of 'Scotland' Football Team - Winners of the Maxwell Brady Challenge Cup - 1920
Photo - 'Scotland vs. England' - Nov. 29, 1919 - Amateur Football Ass. of BEA - International Football Match
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - T. Vanhegan, Saw Mill
Red Book 1912 - T. Uanhegan [sic] - Nairobi
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Thomas Vanhegan - Saw Miller - Hospital Road
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Thomas Vanhegan, Timber Merchant, Sadler Street, Nbi