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Name: BIRD, Gertrude Elizabeth, Miss
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1863 Windsor, Berkshire
Death Date: 17 Apr 1949 London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1935
Profession: CMS missionary
Area: Mengo, Uganda, returned 1914 to Mengo, Ngogwe
Book Reference: Gillett, Roome, Tucker, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, BEA, EAHB 1906, CMS, Rabai, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907
General Information:
With other CMS Missionaries she walked from the Coast to Kisumu, crossed Lake Victoria to Uganda and worked there until 1909. She was sent home because of ill-health, but returned at her own expense in 1914.
From 1914, served at the Mengo Mission until she returned to England in 1935.
Tucker - to Ngogwe in 1896, started a mixed school there
North - From Balham, London; The Olives Training House 1894; aged 32 dep. London for EA 17-10-1895; Freretown Mission; dep. for Uganda 25-11-1896, Ngogwe 1897; Training women teachers at Mengo
CMS -1895 - Age 32. Of Balham. Lady Superintendent YWCA. 1894 The Olives; 1895 June 4 Accepted as Missionary CMS; Oct 17 Departed for Uganda Mission; 1895-6 Frere Town; 1896 Nov 26 left Frere Town for Uganda; 1897 Feb Ngogwe; Oct. Mengo; 1898 Apr. Ngogwe; 1900 Aug 1 to England; 1901 Sept. 14 to Mengo - training Women Teachers
Rabai - Miss Bird taught some students to play the harmonium …