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Name: MORISON, Hannah Louise Mary 'Belinda', Mrs

Nee: Lowe

Birth Date: 1880 Paddington

Death Date: 1 Jan 1968 Devizes

First Date: 1913

Area: Nakuru, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa; moved to Cape Town

Married: In Wetherby, Yorks. 18 Nov 1911Robert William Norrie Morison (1881-1954)

Children: Betty (1913-1913 Kenya); Christine Betty Louise (O'Donoghue) (14 Dec 1914 Nakuru-2007); Janet Mary (Spaul) (17 Apr 1924 Nakuru-2002)

Book Reference: EAWL, Jambo

School: Privately in London & Yorkshire (Wetherby)

General Information:

Source: Mrs J.M. Spaul
Gazette 14 June 1968 probate
Mr & Mrs Morison known as 'Bin' and 'Belinda' - both names derived from horses. It seems he, in the very early days, owned a racehorse (thought to be called 'Bin Salein') and ever after was 'Bin' to everyone. 'Belinda' was an Arab Somali pony that Mrs Morison used to ride around Nakuru in WW1 days. It was said that she was riding up to join a party of other horse riders when one of them remarked "Ah, here comes 'Belinda'" and that was that - horse and rider became one! Source: Mrs J. Spaul

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