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Name: LEWIN, Harold Brelsford FRGS, FZS (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1872 Boston, Lincs.
Death Date: 20.2.1972 Worthing
Nationality: British
First Date: 1894 - arrived in Uganda Feb 1895
Profession: CMS missionary
Area: Uganda, Ankole, EAHB 1905 - Kikoma, Walulita, Kisitala, Bunyoro, Bwekula
Married: 1903 Isabella Ferguson b. 1877 Penge, d. 21 June 1950 Goodnestone, Canterbury
Children: John Robert (1904 Gillingham); Arthur James (1905 Gillingham); Dorothy (25 Aug 1907 Gillingham-1988)
Book Reference: Roome, Tucker, EAHB 1905, North, Drumkey, Red 22, BEA, CMS, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Web
General Information:
Tucker - at Bulemezi in Aug 1895. In Sept. 1898 he went to Bunyoro with the 12 year old new king Kitaimba, one of Kabarega's sons. He built a church and returned to his station at Bulemezi. ......... Jan 1901 - just returned from furlough - to Bwekula
EAHB 1905 - at Kikoma
North - Arr. Zanzibar 30/8/1894; At Nassa seriously ill 17/1/1895; dep. Nassa for Uganda by canoe 1/2/1895, arr. Uganda 22/2/1895; Walulita, Bulemezi 1895-96; dep. Walulita for Kisitala (Kiburia) Aug 1896; Bunyoro 1898; home leave; sent to Bwekula on return, at least 18 months there; Nairobi Feb 1904
Drumkey 1909 - CMS Uganda - Kikoma, Buwekula
CMS 1894 - Age 22. Of Boston. Boston Gram. Sch. Hon. Evangelist at Boston. 1892, May 31, Prep. Instn.; 1893, Easter, CM Coll. 1894, July 14 to E. Eq. Africa - Uganda - Mission via the Cape.
North - From Boston, Lincolnshire
Roome - the only white man to enter the sacred forest to see the last resting place of the Bahima. The Mothers' Union has flourished under the kindly care of Mrs Lewin.
Tucker - CMS Missionary - autumn recruit for Uganda in 1894