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Name: FINDLAY, Charles Gordon
Birth Date: 20 June 1863 Sialkot, India
Death Date: 27 Feb 1938 Nairobi
First Date: 1927
Last Date: 1938
Profession: Businessman
Area: Box 689, Nairobi
Married: 1. In Simla, India 13 Nov 1894 Ada Gill Burge b. 12 May 1877 Simla, d. 31 May 1902 Simla; 2. In Simla, India 20 Apr 1904 Isabella Donaldson Powell née Ritchie b. 21 June 1866 Murree, India, d. 22 Sep 1939 Nairobi (prev. m. to Maurice John Brian Russell 1861-1891 and Charles Powell)
Children: 1. Thomas William Gordon (10 Aug 1895 Simla-3 Dec 1895 Simla); Eric Gordon (29 May 1897 Simla); Charles Alfred Gordon (11 Mar 1899 Simla-1967); Walter Fred Gordon (5 May 1902 Simla)
Book Reference: Red 31, Macmillan, Barnes
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 - Crystal Springs Aerated Water Co. Ltd, Govt. Rd., Nairobi - the business was established in 1918, and was taken over at the beginning of 1928 by Mr C.G. Findlay, an enterprising Scotsman.
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Charles Gordon Findlay, British, age 75, died 27/2/38 - in loving memory / of / Charles Gordon Findlay / born June 20th 1863 / died February 27th 1938 / also his wife / Isabella Donaldson / born June 21st 1866 / died September 22nd 1939
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Charles Gordon Findlay, Box 459, Ngong Rd., and Isabella Donaldson Findlay, Box 459, Ngong Rd.,
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Voters List has wife as Isobel Donaldson