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Name: SMITH, Lewis Mortimer Allison
Nee: son of Maj. Allison Eugene Smith, Eldama Ravine; bro of Peter Gray Allison Smith
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1913 Teignmouth
Death Date: 9 Nov 2001 Ridgetown, Ontario
Area: Eldama Ravine
Married: In Cochrane, Ontario 25 June 1937 Evelyn Claire Shillington b. 29 July 1908 Blenheim, Ontario, d. 2 June 2001 Aldergrove, British Columbia
Children: Alison Joan (11 Apr 1938 Timmins, Ontario); Gordon Peter Allison (28 May 1940 Nakuru-2 June 2001 Aldergrove, British Columbia); Norman Allison (25 Nov 1944 Nakuru); Anthony Allison (16 Jan 1946 Kendu Bay)
Book Reference: Kenton
School: Kenton College 1924, left 1928 for Wellington; Queens University, Ontario (1937 degree in mining engineering)
General Information:
Howard Smith (nephew): He went to Canada where he earned a degree in Mining Engineering, got married and moved to Timmins, Ontario to work at the mine there for 18 months. In April 1939 they moved to Kenya where 'Tim' worked at a gold mine in the Nyanza region, followed by a move to McCalder Mines, between Kisii and Homa Bay. In 1956/'57 Tim moved to Kibakari Mine near Musoma in Tanganyika. The family left Africa in 1958 for Canada.