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Name: BOWDEN, Lorna Alberta, Miss
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1892 Shepton Mallet
Death Date: 13 Aug 1976 Wells
First Date: 1922
Profession: Missionary
Area: Embu, Kahuhia, Weithaga
Book Reference: Foster
General Information:
Foster - Went to Kenya as a CMS Missionary in November 1922 and was posted to Embu. In 1931 she was at Kahuhia. In 1940 she was transferred to Weithaga. She retired in November 1952, but she returned to Kenya on a 2 year contract in 1953 to work at Weithaga. Her Brother - Mr W. Bowden - in his Will gave a legacy to the CMS for them to install door to the Weithaga Church as a suitable memorial to Miss Bowden's work in Kikuyu country.