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William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« on: Saturday 19 April 25 02:30 BST (UK) »
Hi
William and family appear to have travelled to Mombassa, Kenya in 1956, wife Norah and 3 children . I am interested in what William's occupation was. Born in Ireland, married in Ireland in 1948, the family seem to have travelled to Australia in the 1960's as well, he died in Perth Australia. Any info would be appreciated.

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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 April 25 05:25 BST (UK) »
Civil Engineer

Those children are probably still living. You should delete them form the opening post

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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 April 25 05:38 BST (UK) »
Thank you. I have deleted the names.

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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 April 25 06:04 BST (UK) »
There is a file at Australian National Archives for the family

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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 19 April 25 09:12 BST (UK) »
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
Their marriage is indexed here, Nora Croxon and William "Milhill" (image 2 is the correct one, middle names confirm this is the right couple - handwriting on the certificate is quite bad.

His occupation was civil engineer.   Look like he graduated from Trinity College Dublin and in Australia worked for one of the rail companies - he might have been doing similar work in Kenya.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/A_Record_of_the_School_of_Engineering_18/YrQoAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22William%20Humphrey%20Bevan%22&printsec=frontcover
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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 19 April 25 09:44 BST (UK) »
Great information. Very helpful. Thanks

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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 19 April 25 10:38 BST (UK) »

From the 1948 marriage record, his father Charles Hoffe Mitchell, an architect.

His father in 1911 Irish census.
House 19 in Sorrento Road (Dalkey, Dublin)
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Dalkey/Sorrento_Road/96592/
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000238773/


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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 19 April 25 16:26 BST (UK) »

Norah Pamela Croxon born 21 June 1920, Blackrock. Father Harold Croxon, motor engineer. Mother Eileen MN Larkin.   #75
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1920/01209/1502963.pdf



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Re: William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell - Occupation and 1956 Passenger to Mobassa
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 19 April 25 16:41 BST (UK) »

OP,
Do you have the birth record for William Humphrey Bevan Mitchell?


Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo
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