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Name: STANTON, Margaret Georgiana 'Marjorie', Mrs

Nee: Humphries, daughter of Frederick William Humphries and Georgiana

Birth Date: 1897

First Date: 1914

Profession: Education Officer European Educ. in 1939, appointed 1932. Originally an Asst. Mistress 1914

Area: Nairobi, 1930 Box 6, Eldoret

Married: In Eldoret 1922 Patrick Reginald Stanton b. 1877

Children: Moira; Frederick Michael; Joan

Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Hut, KGF, Red Book 1919, Nicholls, KAD

School: BA (Bristol)

General Information:

Nicholls - Eldoret parties - …. Mrs Shaw, wife of the bank manager and a professional singer, would sing duets with Marjorie Humphries, the daughter of the head of the Central School.
Red Book 1919 - Education Dept. - Uasin Gishu - Mistress - Miss M. Humphries
Nicholls - The government could not delay indefinitely the education of white children on the plateau and in february 1915 the Central School was finally opened at Eldoret. By June of the following year it had 50 students. A new block was erected next to an old corrugated-iron building at the end of the road beyond the Roman Catholic church, and Mr and Mrs Humphries were appointed as the headmaster and his asistant. F.W. Humphries, of medium height, sturdy and well set, with a fine-shaped head and dark hair greying at the temples, had a dark moustache and twinkling brown eyes. He was a wonderful teacher and keen gardener. Mrs G. Humphries, with grey eyes and brown hair plaited and wound round at the nape of her neck, was able to keep perfect discipline. Their daughter Marjorie (Margaret Georgiana), a piano-player with a pleasant singing voice, had recently left school and helped with the teaching.
 

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