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Name: DOWSE, Percy Walcott Wynne
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1875 Kensington, London
Death Date: 25 June 1904 at sea, 2 days out from Aden
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1904
Profession: Trader. Worked for Smith Mackenzie
Area: Ravine, Bukongo, Entebbe
Married: In 1900 Kate b. 19 June 1878 Bishops Stortford, d. 1973 Middlesex
Children: Edith Maud Kate (1891 Wokingham-1978); Percy Arthur William (1901 Willesden-1963)
Book Reference: Matson, Hut, North
General Information:
North - Trading at Entebbe as Campbell, Dowse & Co. 1900; Granted land lease at Entebbe 1902; dep Mombasa for Europe 14/6/1904
Matson - 1896 - Smith Mackenzie's agent at Ravine.
Hut has Capt. Geoffrey Dowse - buried at Mumias.
North - Ravine 1897; Operating transport in Nandi area 1898; planting at Bukongo with Walter Trefusis c1889