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Name: MATHERN, Aloyse

Nee: Brother Théodemir
Birth Date: 14.6.1871 Ribeauville, Alsace
Death Date: 20.7.1932 Nairobi
First Date: 1892
Profession: Carpenter in charge of building the new Catholic Boarding Schooln Nairobi, 1904; Catholic Mission at Mbonda 1893, Kiboshi 1897
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: KAD, North, Red 31
General Information:
A carpenter in charge of building new Catholic boarding sch. Nairobi 1904
North - Holy Ghost Fathers - Shoemaker; dep. Marseille for Zanzibar 12-10-1892; Bagamoyo; Kiboshi 1897; in charge of building new Catholic boarding school at Nairobi June 1904
H.J. Koren, Spiritan East African Memorial (1994): Son of a labourer, learned shoemaker's trade. To Mhonda. 1897, to Kibosho new mission, as mason, smith, carpenter, coffee planter. 1914 exploratory trip along Tana R.. WW1 lived and worked in Nairobi. Stayed at St Austin's - he built, ran dispensary, pulled teeth, did surgery, and organised the mission's coffee plantation. Died of pneumonia.
St Austin's cemetery, Nairobi Rev Brother Theodemir (Aloyise) Mathern Birth 14 Jun 1871 Death 20 Jul 1932 (aged 61) Burial Saint Austin Cemetery Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Memorial ID217909269