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Name: QUINN, William Patrick

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1875 Cawnpore, India

Death Date: 25 Jan 1950 Durban

First Date: 1898

Profession: Railway guard

Married: 1. In Mombasa 29.12.1900 Alice Isabel Sangster b. 1880, d. 25 June 1911 Nairobi, pneumonia; 2. In Durban 27 Apr 1925 Lillian Annie Houston b. 30 Mar 1886 Ixopo, Natal, d. 17 Dec 1962 Durban (prev. m. Philip Henry Heppes 1882-1926)

Children: 1. Kathleen Frances (c. 1901 Mombasa); Carlos Alexander Albert (29.5.1902, bapt Mombasa 14.9.1902); Hedwig Gerald (4.10.1910, bapt. Mombasa Msa RC Cathedral 18.11.1910) 2. Dorothy Annie (Thomas) (27 Aug 1915 Kotri, Hyderabad-8 Mar 1978 Port Elizabeth, S. Africa); William Patrick (20 Mar 1918 Byculla, Bombay-1 Feb 1987 Durban); John Edward (26 May 1920); Joseph Nicholas (1924 Tabora-1966 Natal)

Book Reference: Drumkey, North, EAHB 1904

General Information:

North - W.J. Quinn - Railway appt. Guard 12/3/1898; due to dep Nakuru for India on leave with wife (a daughter of A.C. Grant, possibly Margaret) 8/9/1901; Guard, Traffic Dept. May 1902; resident at Makindu 4/4/1903; On list of 'Non-Native Residents in Ulu District (Makindu) …. Guard' (EAM) with wife 20/9/1903; Station Master 1905
EAHB 1904 - Makindu Residents - Quinn, W.J. - Guard, Uganda Railway
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Traffic Dept. - Station Master or Assistant to District Station Master
Nairobi South cemetery - Alice Isabel Quinn, died June 1911, buried 25 Jun 1911

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