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Name: FENTON, Anne Florence 'Nan', Mrs
Nee: Patterson, sister of Lylie, Mary, Isa, Jessie and John
Birth Date: 13 May 1902 Sunderland
Death Date: 1990 Northumberland
First Date: 1931
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 6 Jan 1929 John 'Jack' Fenton (23 June 1901 Grangetown, Sunderland-16 June 1977 Ponteland)
Children: Margery Donnison (Wylie) (1933-1994 m. John Wylie retired from Kenya Police and died in 1994 in Scotland; John Louis Anthony (11.10.1934 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Patterson family book
General Information:
Went to Kenya in 1931, followed a few months later by her husband-to-be Jack. They lived in Kenya for over 30 years until Jack retired in the 1960s when they returned to Sunderland. They later moved to Hexham, Northumberland.