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Name: ACTON, William Birchall
Birth Date: June 1879 Altrincham, Cheshire
Death Date: 18.7.1940 Inverness
First Date: 1906
Profession: Visited various parts of the country, then joined PWD in 1909, and was appointed Overseer at Kisumu
Area: Kisumu, Mombasa
Married: 1. In Cheshire 1899 Jane Elizabeth Antrobus b. 1881 Wilmslow, d. 1912 Cheshire; 2. 1915 Katherine Mackintosh b. 1882 Inverness-shire
Children: Arthur Birchall (10 Sep 1901 Wilmslow-20 Aug 1976 Knutsford); William Birchall (21.7.1908 Nairobi-1974)
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, KAD, Red 25, Hut, EAMR, Drumkey, Red 22, Advertiser, Gazette, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 1919
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - E Sqdn 15/11/15
School: FSI, M.Inst.M and CE
General Information:
KAD 1922 Superintendent of Inland Revenue and Conservancy, Kisumu
Drumkey 1909 - Public Works Dept. - Foreman Carpenter, Nairobi
Red 22 - Inland Rev. Office, Nairobi
Advertiser - 4/9/1908 - Subscribers for St. Andrew's Church Building Fund - W.B. Acton - Rs. 50
Gazette - 20/9/16 - appt. Superintendent of Conservancy, Kisumu
EAHB 1907 - Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - W.B. Acton - Kisumu Red Book 1912 - Public Works Dept. - Overseer
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Lake Area - William Birchall Acton - Government Official - Kisumu
Red Book 1919 - W B Acton - Conservancy Office, Mombasa