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Name: KEARTON, Ada Cherry
Nee: Forrest, later Mrs Hawes
Birth Date: 17 July 1877 Congella, Natal, SA
Death Date: 19 Jan 1966 Sutton, Surrey
First Date: 1920
Profession: Born and brought up in S. Africa she trained as a singer in England at the Royal Academy and sang under the name 'Miss Ada Forrest'
Married: 1. In Natal, S Africa 16 Apr 1901 William Allen Hawes (1860-1914); 2. In London 1923 Cherry Kearton (1871-1940)
Author: On Safari, 1966; Under African Skies, 1941
Book Reference: Ada, Wikipedia
School: Royal Acad of Music
General Information:
Numerous recitals in the Proms and other concerts