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Name: McLEAN, William Arthur
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1866 Hyderabad, India
Death Date: 22 June 1910 Nairobi, carcinoma of liver
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1910
Profession: Workshop Foreman, Uganda Railway
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Hyderabad 4 Feb 1889 Alice Leonora Desmier b. 21.3.1867 Hyderabad, d. Mombasa
Children: Irene (22.11.1889 Hyderabad); Donald (3.1.1890 Hyderabad); Elsie (Reel) (25.8.1892 Hyderabad-15 Mar 1998); Elise (25.8.1893-21.6.1982); Marie Esther (Leonard) (1.10.1897 Hyderabad-18.9.1982 Yorkshire); Dorothea (Goode) (1.10.1897, twins); Laura (2.10.1900, bapt Msa 20.10.1900-19.8.1992 Ealing); William Allen (24.8.1905 Nairobi-5.2.1975 Staffordshire); Leonora (11.8.1906). All those b. before 1900 born in Hyderabad
Book Reference: North, EAHB, Gillett, Land 1903, EAHB 1905, Red 31,Drumkey, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Web, Barnes, Mills Railway
General Information:
Nairobi South cemetery Gravestone says - General Foreman, Nairobi Workshops. Inscription: In loving memory / of William Arthur McLean / general foreman Nairobi workshops / who died June 22nd 1910 / aged 44 years & 6 months / deeply regretted by his sorrowing wife / and children The cup was bitter, the sting severe / to part with one we loved so dear / the trial is hard, we'll not complain / but trust in Christ to meet again Prayer teach me o Lord to say "thy will be done" when / my best beloved are gathered to thee. when my / loved and dearest ones are withdrawn from me / when my affliction becomes my portion, teach me / then o Lord to say fiat; fiat; and to turn to thee / for support & consolation from whom I cam alone / expect to find it, breath in the spirit of a dove / o'er my troubled soul and teach me thyself to say / "thy will be done" erected by his sorrowing wife, friends and workmen
Land Grant 1903 - A.W. McLean - Building etc., 10 acres - Near Nairobi - Sept 18 - Freehold
Eurasian
North - A.W. McLean - Uganda Railway - Perm. Way Insp., Platelaying Div., Land Grant applications 29/5/1903 & 18/9/1903 near Nairobi - {different man?}
Drumkey 1909 - Railway Dept. - Locomotive Dept. - Loco. Shed, Carriage and Boiler Foreman
North - William Arthur McLean - Eurasian - recruited at Mombasa, local employment agreement 21/4/1899; Listed as Erecting, Fitting and Machine Shop Foreman Jan 1900; Nairobi area Jan 1902; Listed with 'Officers & Subordinates' Foreman 1/4/1903; on list of 'Non-Native Residents of Nairobi' (EAM) Loco Dept, with wife 5/9/1903; 5 Children joined the Uganda Railway School, Nairobi when it opened, Irene, Donald, Elsie, Marie, Dorothea 20/1/1904; daughter Laura started school 1/11/1904
EAHB 1904 - Nairobi Residents - McLean, W.A. - Loco Dept. Uganda Railway
Web - Alice Desmier b. 21 Mar 1867 Hyderabad, Sind. Married William McLean on 4 Feb 1889 St Francis Xavier Cathedral Hyderabad. He was born c. 1865. Married first cousin by special licence.
EAHB 1906 - W.A. Maclean - Nairobi North - From Lanark, Scotland
Mills Railway - Escarpment - Winding Engines - The winding engines worked well and their crews, Alderson [sic], Hosie, McLean, Shutt, Stuart, Smart, Spence and Thom "were all comfortably housed".
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