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Name: MURRAY, Marjorie Helen
Photo Source: British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1891 Paddington, London
Death Date: 10 Oct 1976 Hindhead, Surrey
First Date: 1920
Profession: Church Missionary Society missionary nurse and educationist
Area: Mbale, Voi
Book Reference: Curtis, Foster, Gazette
General Information:
Curtis - p. 27 - Arrived at Voi station in 1921 and went to Mbale as a Missionary nurse. Ran a dispensary with Miss Dixon (Australian)
Foster - Miss Marjorie H. Murray MBE - She was an Honorary (unpaid by CMS) member of CMS. She came to Kenya in 1920 and was posted as an educationalist and social worker to the Taita Hills, where, except for brief periods in Mombasa and at St. Paul's United Theological College she spent all her service. In 1943 she was appointed to be the Principal of the Coast Girls' School at Wusi. She retired in 1957
Gazette - 13/2/1924 - Electoral Register - Murray, Marjorie H, Missionary, CMS, Dabida, Voi
Kenya Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Coast Voters List
1939 England and Wales Register living in Paddington with sister, as missionary