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Name: WERNER, Carl Harry [Charles Henry]
Nee: Karl Heinrich Werner
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1875 Lewisham, London
Death Date: 1 Sep 1957 Wilmslow
First Date: 1903
Profession: Storekeeper; civil engineer
Area: Athi River; Spring Vale Machakos
Married: In Chorlton 15 July 1914 Grace Henderson b. 22 June 1893 Quebec, d. 1977 Bracknell, Berks., d. 1977 Bracknell
Children: ?dau.
Book Reference: SE, Hut, Drumkey, Advertiser, UJ, North
General Information:
SE - C. Werner - Athi River - Aug 1908
Drumkey 1909 - Committee Member, Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Entebbe - C. Henry Werner, MA
Advertiser - 10/7/1908 - Tom Deacon of Traction Engine and Alikhan mare fame has sold his farm of about 3000 acres to Mr Werner for £325
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - When I arrived in Uganda early in 1897 there was only one brick house - built by a CMS missionary, a Mr Wise, who came out in 1882. Twenty years later it was still in good condition and was taken over by Mr C.H. Werner.
Uganda Journal - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Further Memories of Uganda by Sir Albert Cook - The Uganda Chamber of Commerce was established in 1905, the first President being, I think, A.E. Bertie Smith, while Dr. H.H. Hunter, Ramsay Shields, C.H. Werner, and J.B. Struthers were original members.
North - Storekeeper at Mengo 1903; arr. Mombasa from Europe 8/10/1904; Bird Licence, Kampala 1/1/1905; Founder Member of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce 1905
Hut has C.H.R. Werner 1909 Spring Vale Machakos
Naturalised British 24 Dec 1889 with his father Israel Paulus
1939 England and Wales Register living in Manchester with wife, as civil engineer