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Name: O'SHEA, Richard Leo

Nee: bro of Thomas Joseph and Patrick Stephen O'Shea

Birth Date: 21 May 1888 Killiney, Dublin

Death Date: 21 July 1979 Rathdown, Dublin

First Date: 1909 to join his brother T. J. O'Shea

Last Date: 1966

Profession: European Clerk, Medical Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1925. Originally Temp. Clerk 1925. Came to Kenya to join his brother T.J. in Eldoret. Eventually moved to Groganville, Nairobi. Clerk, Veterinary Dept.

Area: Eldoret, Nairobi

Married: In Ireland 7 Feb 1923 Maira Patricia Gannon b. 6 Mar 1898 Dublin, d. 16 July 1987 Croydon ( she worked for many years for Smith McKenzie as a telephone operator)

Children: Kevin (d. aged 6 months); Brian Stephen (12 Dec 1926 Nairobi-23 Sep 2006 West Sussex); Malachy Raphael (1932); Maureen Teresa (Burge)

Book Reference: EAWL, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Dominion, Medals, Gazette, Red 19

War Service: WW1 in India

General Information:

Source: Mrs M.T. Burge
Dominion - Medical Department - European Clerk - 1930
Medals - East Africa Veterinary Corps - Richard L. O'Shea, EA Pay Corps, No. 5089, Clerk
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - Richard Leo O'Shea - Clerk - Groganville and Mrs Eileen O'Shea - Groganville
Red Book 1919 - Veterinary Department - Clerk - R.L. O'Shea
KAD 1922 - Postal Clerk/Telegraphist
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Richard Leo O'Shea, Civil Servant, Groganville and Mrs Marie Patricia O'Shea, married woman, Box 425, Nbi
Blue Book 1939 1st appt 1.10.1925

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