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Name: HARRIS, Muriel 'Mu', Mrs

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Nee: Hill, sister of Thomas Kenyon Hill, dau. of John Kenyon and Ruby Hill

Birth Date: 6 Sep 1911 Gilgil

Death Date: 2006 Kilifi

First Date: 1911

Profession: Pembroke House matron

Area: Gilgil

Married: 1934 John Wilson Litchfield Harris (1906-1994)

Children: Charles John (1935); David Richard Litchfield (1942); Mary Victoria (22.2.1940)

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Pembroke, Women in Kenya 3/2001

General Information:

Pembroke - First assistant matron and sister to Tom Hill who was among the first Pembroke pupils. Was at Pembroke for six years. Eventually she was won by a local farmer - John Harris - and farmed at Subukia. 'Mu' (pronounced moo) Harris's links with Pembroke House have endured however … she contributed two sons, four grandsons and a nephew as alumni.
Women in Kenya 3/2001 - Mu Harris's 90th birthday …… Mu was born in Gilgil on September 6th 1911. Her parents, Ruby and J.K. Hill, managed the Syndicate farm which stretched from Naivasha to Gilgil. She married John Harris in 1934, prior to that she had been the Assistant Matron at Pembroke House School. …. After marriage she and John farmed at Subukia …..
Pembroke - at the school reading to the younger children when the Prince of Wales paid an unscheduled visit.

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