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Name: McQUEEN, John Russell

Nee: eldest son of James McQueen

Birth Date: 16 May 1897 Nairobi

Death Date: 20 Aug 1954 Ngong

First Date: 1919

Last Date: 1954

Profession: Laboratory Asst., Veterinary Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1921. Originally Lay Field Asst. 1919.

Area: Kabete

Married: Violet May Gray b. 4 Sep 1901 Cape Colony, d. 1980 Tavistock (eldest dau. of Henry John Gray)

Children: Jean Shirley (3 Aug 1930 Kabete-8 June 2009 Cornwall) (Felton); James Henry William (11 May 1924 Kabete-3 Mar 2009 Nottingham)

Book Reference: EAWL, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Dominion, Medals, Barnes, Red Book 1912

School: At home and at Dundee Academy

General Information:

Source:- Mrs Jean Felton

Dominion - Agricultural Department - Veterinary Research - Laboratory Assistant - 1930

Medals - East African Regiment - John R. McQueen, No. 3528, Private

Nairobi City Park cemetery - John Russel McQueen, died 20 Aug 1954 aged 57

Red Book 1912 - J. McQueen - Nairobi

KAD 1922 - Laboratory Assistant, Veterinary Research Dept.

Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - John Russell McQueen, Civil Servant, Kabete and Mrs Violet Mary McQueen, Kabete

First European to be born in Kenya? Had Birth Certificate No. 1.