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Name: SMITH, Arthur Grafftey (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1862 Dudley
Death Date: 6.1.1937 Tunbridge Wells
First Date: 1887
Last Date: 1903
Profession: CMS BEA aged 25 dep. for EA 11/5/1887; moved from Rabai to Mochi Sept. 1889; Opened mission at Jilore July 1890; Acting Mission Secretary Freretown; Rabai 1894; Priest in charge at Rabai Feb 1898; resigned on medical grounds 7/4/1903
Area: Jilore, Mochi, Freretown, Rabai
Married: At Freretown 8.8.1890 Mabel Augusta Barton b. 1867, d. 1941 Tunbridge Wells
Children: Anthony Paul Grafftey (bapt. 24 June 1903 Bristol); Lawrence Barton Grafftey (bapt. 12 May 1892 Cheselbourne, Dorset)
Book Reference: North, CMS, Tucker
General Information:
CMS 1887 - Age 25. b. at Dudley, Worcestershire. 1883, Mar 6 Prep. Instn.; 1884, Easter CM Coll. 1887, May 4 Deacon by Bishop Perry for the Bishop of London; 1890, June 1 Priest by Bishop Tucker. 1887, May 11 to E. Eq. Africa Mission; 1887-88, Frere Town; 1888-90, Mbungu and Jilore; 1891, Apr 27 to England; 1892, Oct 24 to Frere Town; Acting Secretary; 1894 Rabai. m. 1890, Aug 8, Mabel Augusta Barton, also a CMS Missionary.
CMS Missionary at the Coast - at Jilore, near Malindi in 1891. Tucker mentions both him and his wife being seriously ill in 1891 - he with blackwater fever.
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