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Name: WRIGHT, Gaskoin Richard Morden (Dr.)

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Birth Date: 18 Apr 1860 Wickhambrook, Suffolk

Death Date: 10 Sep 1923 Metheringham, Lincs

Nationality: British

First Date: 1891

Last Date: 1892

Profession: Church Missionary Society, Uganda - aged 31 dep. coast for Uganda 9/7/1891; arr. Mengo 31/10/1891; invalided home dep. Kampala for coast Sept. 1892; arr. England 17/1/1893

Area: Mengo

Married: 1. In Ormskirk 12.11.1885 Catharine Elizabeth Denton b. 12 Nov 1860 Charlton on Medlock, d. 13 May 1890 Salford, Manchester; 2. Elizabeth ' Elise' Kauffmann b. 16 Aug 1863 Germany, d. 22 Jan 1951 Kesteven, Lincs.

Children: 1. Herbert Morden (8 Sep 1886 Salford-1950 Battersea); Dorothy Hope (13 Apr 1889 Salford-4 Mar 1979 Sidmouth) 2. Jessie Arabella (27 Jan 1897 Nablous, Palestine-18 Nov 1980 Canterbury); Morden Hatfield (28 Dec 1897 Nablous-29 Sep 1967 Liddington); Winifred Hope (b. and d. 1899 Nablous); Eric Devereux Morden (15 Sep 1900 Nablous-24 Mar 1981 Waddington, Lincs.); Kathleen Ethel (21 Sep 1902 Nablous-1979 Lincoln); Gaskoin Montage Morden (17 Aug 1904 Nablous-6 Sep 1970 Malvern)

Book Reference: North, CMS

General Information:

CMS 1891 - Age 31. b. at Wickhamsbrook, Suffolk. Surrey County Sch.; St. Bartholomews Hosp.; House Surgeon, Southport Infirmary. MRCSE, LRCPL Physician and Surg. in practice. Accepted by CMS as Medical Missionary, Nov 4 1890. 1891, Mar. CM Coll. 1891, May 17, to E. Eq. Africa - Uganda - Mission; 1893, Jan 17, arrived in England invalided. 1893, Oct 17, transferred to Palestine - Nablus Medical Mission; and 1894, Jan 5 left England. m. 1885, Nov 12, Catherine Elizabeth Denton, who died May 13, 1890

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