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Name: HARRAP, June Doreen, Mrs
Nee: Hambidge, dau. of Louis Roby Hambidge
Birth Date: 9 Aug 1924 Kitale
First Date: 1924
Last Date: 1975
Profession: Taught art at Kenya High School, worked on EA Standard women's page and then in Education Department, Nairobi
Area: Kitale, Thomson's Falls, Eldoret, Nakuru, Mombasa, Nairobi
Married: 1948 Kenneth Douglas Harrap (1919-1994) - 4th Bn. KAR, later joined Labour Dept.
Children: David Louis John (2.2.1949); Dorothy Mary (20.12.1952); Stephen Peter
Book Reference: EAWL
School: Governesses, Limuru Girls' School, University of Rhodes, SA
General Information:
Father a settler in the Trans Nzoia, d. 1950. Mother d. 1929 buried in Eldoret. Stepmother d. 1970, buried in Nairobi. In childhood Mrs Harrap went to the Elgon Club, a tiny club at Kiminini, golf, tennis, bridge and various get togethers. Also belonged to Kitale Club where they lunched every Friday and went a bit wild every New Year and had a huge fete to support the vicar once a year.
Ancestry Passenger list 1955 London-Mombasa for dates