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Name: SHELTON, Mildred Veronica, Mrs
Nee: Essenhigh, sister-in-law of Laura Violet Shelton
Birth Date: 8 July 1878 Oudtshoorn, S. Africa
Death Date: 19 Apr 1943 Nairobi
First Date: 1922
Profession: Asst. Matron, Education Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Oudtshoorn 17 Feb 1903 Henry George Harvey Shelton (1876-1946)
Children: Edwin Harvey St John (1904-1989); Lennox St John (1905); Henry St John (1905-1907); Mildred St John (1908); Laura Evelyn St John (1909-2005); Sophia Mary Dorothea (1913-1995); Patricia St John (1917-1994)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Barnes, Dominion, Breckenridge
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Mildred Veronica Shelton, British, age 66, died 19/3/43
Dominion - Education Department - Assistant Matron - 1930 - Miss M.S. Shelton [her dau Mildred]
Breckenridge - Government School, Nairobi - " …. Breakfast was at seven and Miss Shelton's sister was caterer. She produced the most dreadful, very plain meals; I imagine that she was on a very tight budget, and frequently we found maggots in our porridge. …. "
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Mrs Mildred Veronica Shelton, Parklands, Nbi. And Laura Evelyn St John Shelton, Box 1135, Parklands