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Name: BLUNDELL, John Arthur
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1907 Barrow in Furness
Death Date: ?29 June 1985 Tipperary
First Date: 1926
Profession: Senior Livestock Officer, Veterinary Dept. in 1953. Originally Farm Manager 1935
Area: 1930 Gilgil
Married: In Naivasha 22 Dec 1937 Marjorie Hilditch Macartney b. 27 Mar 1904 Lancaster, d. 18 Nov 1984 Myrtleville, Co. Cork, Ireland
Children: Giles Richard (20 Jan 1939); John Roger (19 Sep 1941); Caroline Eve (Goosen) (6 Dec 1944)
Book Reference: Staff 53, Red 31, Hut
General Information:
Caroline Goosen (daughter): . My father arrived in Kenya in 1926, as a farm sssistant and I think worked on Soysambu Farm, which belonged to Lord and Lady Delamere. At some stage before his marriage, he was badly burnt in a grass fire, but am not sure of that date. As a Livestock Officer (not sure of the beginning date) he became Manager of Government Farm in Naivasha. He was there during WW2 and left on "home leave" in September 1948 with his family. On his return in March or April 1949, the family spent some time in Machakos before moving to Lumbwa, which was his place of work until he retired in 1972 - an unusual length of time for a Government Livestock Officer in the Veterinary Department as they were usually transferred to different areas in Kenya every three years. On retirement, he and Marjorie moved to Ireland (Myrtleville, Co.Cork). Marjorie died in Cork in 1984 and Arthur died in Tipperary in 1985.