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Name: SCHWARTZEL, Johannes William Arthur

Nee: bro of Charles Alfred Walter Schwartzel

Birth Date: 22.4.1865 Queenstown, S. Africa

Death Date: 26.3.1949 Nairobi

First Date: 1908

Last Date: 1949

Profession: Karandini Estate, Kiambu

Area: Mombasa

Married: In Pretoria 20 May 1893 Frances Gregson b. 22 Nov 1871 Malta, d. 1945 Nairobi

Children: Alice Frances (Stone) (1893 Pretoria-1973; Maud Winifred (Walker) (1895 Pretoria-1974 Australia); Lewis Charles (1897-1972); Stanley Howlett (27 Dec 1899 King Williamstown-25 Aug 1987 Brisbane); William Arthur (21.2.1902 Durban); Myrtle Gladys (1906 Nairobi-20 Jan 1910 Nairobi); George Ernest Penney (24 Nov 1911 Nairobi-5 June 1922 Nairobi)

Book Reference: Drumkey, Barnes, Web, Link, Red Book 1912, Hut

General Information:

Link 27 - Schwartzel - 5 persons bearing this name worked for the Uganda Railways …… Johannes commenced work in 1908 with the "Maintenance of Way and Works" Department (Engineering) and the last entry found mentioning his name is 1936. Surprisingly, the name of Schwartzel is found hyphenated with Dalgairns, another old Railway family.

Red Book 1912 - J. Schwartzel - Kisumu

Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - J W A Schwartzel, Building Inspector, Municipal Offices, Nbi.
Nairobi South cemetery Myrtle Gladys Schwartzel born 1905, died Jan 1910
Nairobi City Park cemetery Johannes William Arthur Schwartzel died 26 Mar 1949 aged 83 AND Frances Schwartzel died 1 May 1945 aged 71

Nairobi Forest Road cemetery George Ernest Schwartzel died 5 June 1922 aged 10 years, 7 months

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