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Name: CHURCH, Richard James 'Low Church' AMICE
Nee: bro of Arthur Frederick Church
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1863 Crediton
Death Date: 28 May 1928 Tavistock
Nationality: British
First Date: 1896
Profession: Uganda Railway engineer
Area: Nakuru, Nairobi
Married: In Brentford 30 July 1903 Christine Mary Master b. 2 Apr 1877 Ealing, d. 27 July 1959 Tonbridge Wells
Children: Phyllis Mary (11 Dec 1905 Ealing-1997); Margaret Dorothea (23 May 1908 Broadstairs-1990); Christine Ann (1 Dec 1912 Thanet-2002)
Book Reference: Kenya Diary, EAHB 1905, EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1904
School: Engineering Training, Sep. 1881 to Sep. 1884 under Messrs. Galbraith & Church, Members Institute Civil Engineers
General Information:
EAHB 1905 - Sept. 1884 to June 1888, Asst. Engineer, North Cornwall and Plymouth and Devonport and South Western Railways; June 1888 till 1894, Asst. Engineer Haputale Extension, Ceylon Govt. Railways; 1894 to Dec. 1895, District Engineer, Matara Extension, Ceylon Govt. Railways; June 1896 District Engineer, Uganda Railway; 1898, elected Associate Member Institute Civil Engineers.
EAS - 15/1/1903 - Nairobi Races - Entries - Nairobi Hurdle Race - Tenderfoot - R.J. Church
North - From Ealing; UK appt. as District Engineer 1-6-1896; arr. Mombasa 11-7-1896; At Bandani preparing to survey route between Lake Elmenteita and Ravine 23-9-1898; District Engineer No 3 Surveys Division 23-2-1899 ……….. arr. Zanzibar from Europe with new wife, 28-9-1903 ….Not recommended to be retained when Railway Staff reorganised 12-11-1904 ……. due to be sacked - 'R.J. Church is a very nice chap but dreadfully slow' (Currie, FO 2)
EAHB 1904 - Makindu Residents - Church, R.J. - District Engineer, Uganda Railway
EAHB 1905 - Supdt. of Way and Works, Uganda Railway, Nairobi.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa
Mills Railway - 141 - 1898 - The final line to Nakuru was staked out by A.F. Church and Cooper after Baass left. Blackett had done the work between Nairobi and the Escarpment and Harrison was continuing in the Rift Valley. In October, Harrison was fatally injured by a lioness in the Kedong Valley below Kijabe and buried at Fort Smith; his demise necessitated some re-arrangement. Between Longonot and Elmenteita a party was at work under Boothby and ahead of him was R.J. Church (brother of A.F.) proceeding towards the question mark at Nakuru. R.J. Church was about 200 miles ahead of the rails.