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Name: MOWLAM, William
Birth Date: 24.9.1887 Chesterton, Cambridge
Death Date: 29.4.1967 Johannesburg
First Date: 1914
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Nairobi 7 Feb 1914 Elizabeth Mortimer (dau. of Arthur Mortimer) b.1893 Johannesburg (div. 1918); 2. In Durban 12 Dec 1918 Lillian Ethel Fellows b. 1887
Children: 1. Ronald Victor (1914 Nairobi); Sylvia Clarie Tanfanie (1917 Nairobi) 2. Pamela Aileen (22 Sep 1920-2000)
Book Reference: Dorothy (Rootsweb)
General Information:
Dorothy - "William came to Kenya as a settler, year unknown, seemingly met Elizabeth there and married her in Feb. 1914. Their son Ronald Victor b. Nairobi, November 1914 and a sister Sylvia Clarie Tanfanie Mowlam b. August 1917 Nairobi. …… William and Elizabeth were divorced in 1918 - Elizabeth was in Kenya and William in Johannesburg, SA - William getting custody of the young Ronald and Elizabeth keeping custody of Sylvia. William remained in S. Africa - on the way home by ship from England (must have gone to see his parents) he met Lillian Fellows - they married and had a daughter, Pamela Aileen born 1920. It took Ronald until 1973 to find his sister - she was living in Australia when he died.