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Name: WELLS, John Stuart
Birth Date: 16 May 1909 Strabane
Death Date: 1960 Africa
Profession: Miner, Kisumu; mechanical engineer
Area: Kisumu, 1953 Nairobi
Married: Janet Amy Bullen b. 21 Apr 1908 Tralee, Ireland, d. 12 Jan 1953 Nairobi
Children: one son; 2 dau.
Book Reference: Sitrep 2
School: Prep school in Ireland and Roddall School, Fleetwood
General Information:
Son of John Stuart Kerr Wells 1873-1937 and Mary Florence Wells née Brenan buried in Kisauni cemetery in Mombasa:
FindaGrave Mary Florence Brenan Wells Birth 5 Mar 1876 County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Death 9 Nov 1962 (aged 86) Mombasa, Kenya Burial Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya Plot KC24/P Memorial ID 270572147
Mechanical Engineer Records 1925-6 Apprenticed with J.W. Buchanan, General Engineers and Car Factors, Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 1926-28 on coffee plantation for Lord Francis Scott in Tanganyika. 1928-30 ran a road transport service in Tanganyika for Southern Transport Company, fleet of petrol units, had government transport contract over Southern Highlands. 1930-33 working on Lupa gold fields on own account. 1933-36 mechanical engineer for Kenya Gold Mining Syndicate, responsible for installation of new plant, running and maintenance of existing plant, with three European systems and about 20 natives. 1936 mechanical engineer to Ngiga Mining Company Ltd. Kisumu, Kenya Colony, responsible to managing engineer for maintenance and running of all plant, also acting as Mill Manager, responsible for all reduction, amalgamation of gold etc. Staff of three Europeans in milling department, two Asians and up to 20 natives on construction work.
FindaGrave Mary Florence Brenan Wells Birth 5 Mar 1876 County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Death 9 Nov 1962 (aged 86) Mombasa, Kenya Burial Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya Plot KC24/P Memorial ID 270572147
Mechanical Engineer Records 1925-6 Apprenticed with J.W. Buchanan, General Engineers and Car Factors, Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 1926-28 on coffee plantation for Lord Francis Scott in Tanganyika. 1928-30 ran a road transport service in Tanganyika for Southern Transport Company, fleet of petrol units, had government transport contract over Southern Highlands. 1930-33 working on Lupa gold fields on own account. 1933-36 mechanical engineer for Kenya Gold Mining Syndicate, responsible for installation of new plant, running and maintenance of existing plant, with three European systems and about 20 natives. 1936 mechanical engineer to Ngiga Mining Company Ltd. Kisumu, Kenya Colony, responsible to managing engineer for maintenance and running of all plant, also acting as Mill Manager, responsible for all reduction, amalgamation of gold etc. Staff of three Europeans in milling department, two Asians and up to 20 natives on construction work.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List - miner, Kisumu
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 786). No birthdate in KR records.
Gazette 27 Jan 1953 he is named as executor in will of Janet Amy Wells who d. at Nairobi 12 Jan 1952
Nairobi City Park cemetery Janet Wells d. 12 Jan 1953 age 45