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Name: MILTON, Helen Ruby Morton 'Nellie', Mrs
Nee: Dewar
Birth Date: 1900
Death Date: 2 Nov 1955 Nakuru, murdered
Profession: School matron
Area: Nakuru
Married: William Sutherland 'Bill' Milton b, 29 Apr 1904, of Howes & McGeorge, Nakuru
Children: Margaret Catherine Helen (1944)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAWL, Markham, Rhodora
General Information:
Source: Roy Douglas Dewar
Markham - Matron of Miss Seccombe's school in 1915 at Nakuru
Case of Mrs Helen Milton and Miss Margaret Milton. They were killed on 2 Nov 1955. Their house servants were suspected of the murder. Kenya Police issued a statement that there were “No signs to suggest that the Mau Mau were involved.”
Both Nellie and her daughter Margaret were murdered at Nakuru in 1955 and Bill emigrated to Australia.