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Name: CHURCH, Howard Joseph (Rev.)

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Birth Date: 26 Mar 1905 Burrough Green, Cambs.

Death Date: 1995 Salisbury, Wilts.

First Date: 1933

Last Date: 1957

Profession: CMS Embu

Area: Embu

Married: 1935 Elisabeth Victoria Reichwald b. 19 Jan 1913 Bromley, Kent, d. 10 Apr 2004 Salisbury, Rhodesia

Children: Anthony (1938); Colin (1936); Jeremy John (1943); Mary Christine (21 Feb 1949 Nairobi-13 Nov 1951 Nairobi)

Author: Elisabeth Church - Kenya Under my Skin (1988)

Book Reference: Hut, Skin, Foster

School: Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Ridley Hall

General Information:

Foster - Embu 1939, He also worked in Kabare, Kabete, Kigari and Weithaga, always on pastoral work. In 1949 he became the Vicar of St. Mark's Church, Parklands, as CMS could no longer afford to support him as a pastoral worker. In September 1953 he was appointed to be a member of the Rehabilitation Team at Athi Detention Camp. During the Emergency (1952-6) he worked at Athi River Rehabilitation Camp. In 1957 he retired from Kenya on being instituted to the living of Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. The family left Kenya in 1957.

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