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Name: SKENE, James Cook
Birth Date: 21 June 1864 Auldearn, Nairn, Scotland
Death Date: 21.4.1914 Soy, blackwater fever
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Farm manager
Area: Farm 128, Soy
Married: In New Zealand 1902 Jane Lippert b. 1871, d. 4 Oct 1927 Christchurch, New Zealand (prev. m. Hugo Otto Emile Lippert 1845-1898 and later m. Charles Aldous 1881-1954)
Book Reference: Gazette, Red Book 1912
War Service: Boer War 1901, 7th New Zealand Contingent - Private
General Information:
Gazette - 15/11/16 - Probate & Admin. - J.C. Skene dec'd
Gazette - 6/5/14 - Probate & Admin. - James Cook Skene who died at Soy, Uasin Gishu 21/4/14
Red Book 1912 - J.C. Skene - Nairobi
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death
New Zealand Police Gazette 1905 James Cook Skene wife desertion 11 Mar 1904 Christchurch
Lived in Newtown, Wellington, NZ 1905-6