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Name: McKAY, Robert
Nee: bro of Thomas Alexander McKay
Birth Date: 1889 Linlithgow
Death Date: 17 Sept 1955 Nairobi
First Date: 1920
Profession: Education Officer, Arab, Educ. Dept. In 1939, appointed 1924. Originally Asst. Master 1920. Principal, Arab School, Mombasa in 1939.
Area: Kitale, Mombasa, 1922 - Nakuru, 1930 Kitale, Ferguson's Gulf
Married: In Edinburgh 26 July 1913 Elisabeth Macara b. 1887 Glasgow, teacher
Children: Ian Alexander (21 Jan 1915 Linlithgow)
Book Reference: Golf, Staff 39, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Dominion, Gazette
General Information:
Hut has > Ferguson's Gulf, bitten by snake
Red 22 - R. McKay, The School, Nakuru
Dominion - Education Department - School Principal - 1930
Gazette - 9/2/1921 - Appointment - Robert McKay to be Assistant Master, Education Dept. Wef 20/12/1920
Gazette - 9/2/1921 - Appointment - Robert McKay to be Acting Headmaster, European School, Nakuru wef 20/12/1920
KAD 1922 - Asst. Master, Nakuru
Captain of Kitale Golf Club in 1929.
Gazette 8 Nov 1955 probate
KDF Robert McKay, Arab School, Mombasa
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery Robert McKay 1889-17 Sep 1955, Nairobi. Died at Maia Carberry Home Nairobi from pulmonary embolus and carcinoma of the pharynx. Buried in Mombasa