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Name: PLANT, Evelyn Alice Rose, Mrs

Birth Date: 1877

Death Date: 31 Mar 1954 Mombasa

Last Date: 1954

Profession: Farmer

Area: Rumuruti, Thomson's Falls

Married: Henry Gilbert Plant (1869-1949)

Children: Douglas Gilbert (14 June 1912 Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal); Gordon Evelyn Gilbert

Book Reference: EA & Rhodesia, Barnes

General Information:

East Africa & Rhodesia - 6/5/54 - Mrs Evelyn A.R. Plant, who has died in Mombasa at the age of 77, had led an adventurous life. At the age of 12 she went by ox-wagon with her family to Johannesburg, was on a farm in Natal throughout the Zulu Rebellion, and suffered great hardship during the South African War. After the 1914-18 war the family moved to Kenya, where they were engaged in farming, mining, and railway construction. She leaves 2 sons in Kenya. Mr Plant died 5 years ago.
Barnes - Mombasa Cemetery - Mrs Evelyn Alice Rose Plant, died 31 Mar 1954 age 77, European Hospital
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List expunged

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