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Name: RISELY, Joseph Robert
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1878 Samoa
Death Date: before 1958
First Date: 1915
Profession: Railway accounts clerk
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Stutterheim, S. Africa 30 Nov 1902 Ada Standen b. 1874 Haslingden, Lancs., d. 5 Aug 1958 Simonstown, S. Africa
Children: Norman Edgar Hansen (1 Aug 1904 King Williams Town)
Book Reference: Gazette
General Information:
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Nairobi District - J.R. Risely, Uganda Railway
Blue Book 1915-16 appt 25 Oct 1913
He went to East London, S. Africa 1901, in Rhodesia 1916
Was living in King Williams Town at time of marriage
His wife was a widow on her death cert. It spells her maiden name Standen (Standon on marriage cert.). Death cert estimated her age as 84, so born 1874.