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Name: BARTHOLOMEW, Elmer Daniel
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1869 Seemsville, Penn., USA
Death Date: 17 Jan 1933 Bethlehem, Penn.
Nationality: American
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1906
Profession: Missionary with the Africa Inland Mission, his headquarters being at Kangundu
Area: Nzawi, Ukamba 1899, Kangundu
Married: 20.9.1903 Clara Fowler (Scottish) b. 1878 Fifeshire, d. in childbirth at Kangundu 30.4.1905
Children: Clarisse (Apr 1905 Kangundu-Apr 1905)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906, Foster, EAHB 1904, Barnes
General Information:
Elmer Bartholomew arrived in Kangundo in 1899 as a single man. He arrived with C.F. Johnstone to relieve Bangert, the sole remaining AIM missionary after various deaths and departures.
EAHB 1906 - Kangundo
Foster Has - S.A. Bartholmew [sic] - Lay Member Rabai 1918 Synod
EAHB 1905 has F.D. Bartholomew, AIM, Kangundo
North - On list of 'Non Native Residents in Ulu District (Machakos) … AIM Kangundu (EAM), with wife 20-9-1903
EAHB 1904 - Ulu District Residents - Bartholomew, E.D. - AI Mission, Kangundu
Nairobi South cemetery Clara Bartholomew d.30 Apr 1905, heart failure following fever and childbirth
His wife was also a missionary and much loved in the district.
Between Two Mountains Two sisters, Clara and Jean Fowler, arrived at Kangundo's mission station on 10 Jan 1903, Jean Fowler died on 4 Feb 1903, having lasted less than a month. Clara became a v. attractive prospect for delivering Bartholomew from a state of bachelorhood.
Bartholomew left East Africa within a year or so of his wife's death.