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Name: ASHTON, Ethel Ostell, Mrs.

Short Name:

Nee: Thurlow

Birth Date: 2 Oct 1874

Death Date: 1969 Christchurch, New Zealand

First Date: 1906

Profession: A missionary who later taught Swahili at the University of London School of Oriental Languages from 1934-38

Married: In Mombasa 31 Dec 1909 Reuben Norman Ashton (1875-1958)

Children: Dorothy Ostell (15 Aug 1911 Frere Town, Mombasa-1991); Monica Kathryn (10 Aug 1913 Frere Town-2004)

Author: Swahili Grammar 1944

Book Reference: Gillett

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