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Name: SHELTON, Mildred Veronica, Mrs

Nee: Essenhigh, sister-in-law of Laura Violet Shelton

Birth Date: 8 July 1878 Oudtshoorn, S. Africa

Death Date: 19 Apr 1943 Nairobi

First Date: 1922

Profession: Asst. Matron, Education Dept.

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Oudtshoorn 17 Feb 1903 Henry George Harvey Shelton (1876-1946)

Children: Edwin Harvey St John (1 Jan 1904 Bedford, Cape Colony, S. Africa-18 Feb 1989 Exeter, Devon); Lennox St John (18 Mar 1905 Bedford, Cape Colony); Henry St John (16 July 1905 Ooudstroom-22 Jan 1907 Adelaide, S. Africa); Mildred St John (1908 Adelaide, S. Africa); Laura Evelyn St John (Gates) (10 Nov 1909 Adelaide, S. Africa-26 Jan 2006 Palmerston North, New Zealand); Sophia Mary Dorothea (1913-1995); Patricia St John (1917-1994)

Book Reference: KAD, Red 22, Barnes, Dominion, Breckenridge

General Information:

Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Mildred Veronica Shelton, British, age 66, died 19/3/43

Dominion - Education Department - Assistant Matron - 1930 - Miss M.S. Shelton [her dau Mildred]

Breckenridge - Government School, Nairobi - " …. Breakfast was at seven and Miss Shelton's sister was caterer. She produced the most dreadful, very plain meals; I imagine that she was on a very tight budget, and frequently we found maggots in our porridge. …. "

Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Mrs Mildred Veronica Shelton, Parklands, Nbi. And Laura Evelyn St John Shelton, Box 1135, Parklands

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