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Name: BLACKLEDGE, Helen Dorothy Ida, Mrs
Nee: Scott
Birth Date: 1874 York
Death Date: 20 Oct 1965 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Profession: CMS Uganda - The Willows Training House 1897; arr. Mengo 30/9/1899; Mengo; Ngogwe 1900
Area: Mengo, Ngogwe
Married: 14.11.1901 George Robert Blackledge (1868-1935)
Children: Joan Helen (Kampala 2.4.1903); Alexander Roden (Worthing 28.4.1906)
Book Reference: North, BEA, CMS
General Information:
CMS - 1899 - Age 26. Of Pateley Bridge. Governess. born at York. Clergy Daughter's School, Casterton. 1897 offer of service temporarily withdrawn for family reasons; renewed offer; The Willows. 1898 Mildmay Hosp., Bethnal Green; Nov 3 Accepted as Missionary CMS; 1899 June 3 Depart for Uganda Mission via the Cape - Mengo. 1900 Ngogwe. Sister of Constance Muriel Scott, CMS Missionary to the Punjab. Married 1901, Nov 14 to Rev G.R. Blackledge