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Name: OULTON, Kate, Mrs
Nee: Rawlings
Birth Date: 1874 Trowbridge, Wilts, on a dairy farm
Death Date: 4 Aug 1950 Nairobi, hit and run driver on Ngong Road
First Date: 1900 went out to marry Tom Oulton in Mombasa Cathedral
Profession: State Registered Nurse, cheesemaker
Area: Thika
Married: In Mombasa 1900 John Thomas Oulton (1875-1945)
Children: Jack (12.4.1903 Nairobi-1979); Kathleen (Frisby and Barnes) (16.4.1904 Kikuyu-1980); Molly (Dolan and Nattle)
Book Reference: Gillett, KFA, SKP
General Information:
Railway just built to Nairobi. Their first home was tent in Govt. Rd. She was not only a superb butter and cheese maker but was also a State Registered Nurse. Apart from helping her husband run a farm and win prizes for dairy products, she became renowned for her acts of mercy, helping all races, particularly with problems involved with malaria and childbirth. After one cross-country journey she delivered a premature baby boy and kept him alive in an empty one-gallon debi, lined with cotton wool. He grew up to be the famous Professor Leakey. Tragically killed by a hit and run driver on Ngong Road.
KFA - Won prize for butter at Agricultural and Horticultural Show in Nairobi in 1903.
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Sept 1900
Nairobi City Park cemetery - John Thomas Oulton, died 16 Dec 1945 aged 70 AND Kate Oulton, died 4 Aug 1950 aged 75, buried in next grave. Inscription: in loving memory of / Kate / Oulton / died / 4th Aug 1950 / aged 75 / arrived in Kenya 1900