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Name: OWEN, William (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1906
Death Date: 2003 Taunton
First Date: 1937
Profession: Missionary
Area: Butere, Limuru, Embu, Nairobi
Married: Margaret (1908)
Children: Jane Caris Margaret (1946)
Book Reference: Foster
General Information:
Foster - He was married to Rita [?]. In 1937 he resigned from BCMS and joined CMS Kenya Mission in January 1938. He worked as a CMS educationalist at Butere and was then appointed to be the Principal of the Limuru Divinity School. On 31 December 1953 he resigned from CMS to do pastoral work at the rehabilitation Centre at Athi River. In 1961 he was given Licence to officiate in Mombasa Diocese. He was the Headmaster of the Government African Secondary School at Kangaru, Embu. In 1960s he was the Headmaster of the Government Secondary School - Njiri's. Later he joined the staff of Starehe Boys Centre, Nairobi in the Secondary School Division.