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Name: ENGLISH, Jessica Louise, Miss
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1886 Robertson, Cape Colony
Death Date: 22 Apr 1949 Muizenberg, Simonstown, S. Africa
First Date: 1919
Profession: Asst. Mistress, Education Dept.
Area: Eldoret
Married: No
Book Reference: KAD, Hut, Red 22, Childhood, Gazette
School: Cheltenham
General Information:
Childhood - Joan Reid (née Lumley) - Eldoret at that time was a bit like the Wild West, with many young English men. There were also many Dutch farmers who had come up from the Cape. I went to school for the first time and my teacher was Miss English.
Gazette 15/10/1919 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Mistress, Education Dept. - 25/9/1919 - Miss J.L. English
Ancestry Passenger list London-Cape Town 1932, Miss J.L. English, teacher