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Name: SEMLER, Ishmael Michael (Rev.)

Nationality: African

First Date: 1864

Profession: Priest, carpenter

Area: Mombasa

Book Reference: Red 25, Red 22, North, Rabai

General Information:

North - CMS BEA - African Priest based at Freretown Rabai - The first of the freed slaves trained in Bombay came to join Rebmann in 1864. They were William Jones, a blacksmith, with his wife, and Ishmael Semler, a carpenter. They were soon joined by George and Priscilla David.
Rabai - The Rev. Ishmael Swemler retired in 1916 "after a service as CMS agent of more than 50 years, 31 of them as an ordained man"

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