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Name: BARTHOLOMEW, Elmer Daniel
Birth Date: 27 Nov 1869 Seemsville, Penn., USA
Death Date: 17 Jan 1933 Bethlehem, Penn.
Nationality: American
First Date: 1899
Last Date: 1906
Profession: Missionary with the Africa Inland Mission, his headquarters being at Kangundu
Area: Nzawi, Ukamba 1899, Kangundu
Married: 1. In Mombasa 8 Jan 1903 Clara Donaldson Fowler (Scottish) b. 1878 Fifeshire [?Philadelphia], d. 30.4.1905 Kangundu , heart failure following fever and childbirth; 2. In Allentown, Penn. 26 June 1911 Katherine A. Lees b. 17 Dec 1867 Bethlehem, Penn., d. 5 July 1946 Bethlehem
Children: Clarisse (Apr 1905 Kangundu-Apr 1905)
Book Reference: Gillett, EAHB 1905, North, EAHB 1906, Foster, EAHB 1904, Barnes
General Information:
Elmer Bartholomew arrived in Kangundo in 1899 as a single man. He arrived with C.F. Johnstone to relieve Bangert, the sole remaining AIM missionary after various deaths and departures.
EAHB 1906 - Kangundo
EAHB 1905 has F.D. Bartholomew, AIM, Kangundo
North - On list of 'Non Native Residents in Ulu District (Machakos) … AIM Kangundu (EAM), with wife 20-9-1903
EAHB 1904 - Ulu District Residents - Bartholomew, E.D. - AI Mission, Kangundu
Nairobi South cemetery Clara Bartholomew d.30 Apr 1905, heart failure following fever and childbirth
His wife was also a missionary and much loved in the district.
Between Two Mountains Two sisters, Clara and Jean Fowler, arrived at Kangundo's mission station on 10 Jan 1903, Jean Fowler died at Kangundo on 4 Feb 1903, having lasted less than a month. Clara became a v. attractive prospect for delivering Bartholomew from a state of bachelorhood.
Bartholomew left East Africa within a year or so of his wife's death.