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Name: CABLE, John George
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1839 Southsea, Hampshire
Death Date: 7 Nov 1891 Zanzibar, buried in Eng cem. Ziwani, Zanzibar
Nationality: British
Profession: Working at Customs godown, Mombasa 1891
Married: 1. In Sheerness 24 Feb 1868 Ellen Hopkins. b. 1839 Adderbury, Oxon.; 2. In Halifax, Nova Scotia 9 Nov 1875 Agnes Cecilia Clair Carten b. 1857 Liverpool, d. 21 May 1891 Mombasa (Canadian)
Children: Frederick George (2 Feb 1878 Ventnor-1963); Lillian Clare (July 1876 Southsea)
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - At Mombasa with wife, May 1891. Wife committed suicide, 'shot herself in the breast' (FO 84), Mombasa 25-5-1891
North - Former Messman RN; arr Zanzibar aged 48, 3-10-1886; Hotel Keeper Zanzibar 1887; With William Saunders registered claim against German subject named Grotte, Zanzibar April 1889; Working at Customs Godown Mombasa Mar 1891; At Mombasa with wife aged 37 when she committed suicide; Cable claimed to have been so drunk he did not hear the shot from the next room 21-5-1891; Clair Cable, a Roman Catholic was buried by the CMS at Kisauni
FindaGrave Agnes Cecilia Carten Cable BIRTH 1857 Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada DEATH 21 May 1891 (aged 33–34) Mombasa, Kenya BURIAL Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa
FindaGrave John George CABLE BIRTH 1839 Southsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England DE TH 7 Nov 1891 (aged 51–52) BURIAL Zanzibar English Cemetery Zanzibar. Inscription sacred / to the memory of / John Cable / departed this life / 7 Nov'r 1891 / aged 52 years / requiescat in pace
FindaGrave John George CABLE BIRTH 1839 Southsea, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England DE TH 7 Nov 1891 (aged 51–52) BURIAL Zanzibar English Cemetery Zanzibar. Inscription sacred / to the memory of / John Cable / departed this life / 7 Nov'r 1891 / aged 52 years / requiescat in pace