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Name: MENZIES, Alfred (Rev.)
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1832 Kingston, Jamaica
Death Date: 19 Feb 1884 Finchley, London
First Date: 1879
Last Date: 1882
Profession: CMS missionary - succeeded Rev J.A. Lamb at Mombasa
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Freetown, Sierra Leone 15 Nov 1860 Charlotte Jean Roxburgh b. 30 Apr 1836 Trinidad, d. 20 Jan 1923 Liverpool
Children: Alfred Ernest (15 Nov 1860 Freetown, Sierra Leone-1884); Harry (1865 Silsoe, Herts.); Wilfred Roxburgh (13 Apr 1875 Gateacre, Lancs.-1960)
Book Reference: Tucker, CMS
General Information:
CMS 1858 - Age 26. Of Kingston, Jamaica (Scotch parents). 1853 at CM College. 1858, May 30 Deacon by Bishop of London; 1861, Feb 24 Priest by Bishop of Sierra Leone. 1858, Oct 24 to Wilberforce, Sierra Leone; afterwards to Sherbro Mission ….. 1877 invalided home; 1879 offered renewed service - appointed to Sierra Leone as Secretary, but April 24 transferred to E. Eq. Africa as Secretary; 1882, May 7 to England in shattered health. 1883 retired. 1884, Feb 19 died in London. Service in both West and East Africa Missions, 25 years. Married 1860, Nov 15 Charlotte Jean Roxburgh, who died Liverpool Jan 20 1923.