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Name: HENN, Hester Katherine 'Kit', Mrs
Nee: Orlebar
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1903 Tetwoth Hall, Sandy, Beds.
Death Date: 12 Jan 1986 Salisbury, Wilts
First Date: 1928
Last Date: 1966
Area: Kiambu, Ndigiri Ruiru
Married: In Gamlingay, Cambs. 31 July 1928 John Frederic Henn (1896-1966)
Children: Jane Katherine (Yates) (29 May 1929-25 Nov 2025 London); Stephen John Orlebar (11 May 1931-22 Oct 1995 Johannesburg); Alison Mary (Smith) (15 July 1932 Tetworth Hall, Beds.-19 Nov 2018)
Book Reference: EAWL, Foster
School: Governess, Broadsbury School; Priorsfield, Godalming
General Information:
Source: Mrs Yates
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
years.
Nicholls - Kit Henn, a coffee farmer's wife and writer of 'The Distaff Side' column in the Kenya Weekly News, helped to establish the Frangipani Club, a multi-racial group that became the Kenya Women's Society. She further put her beliefs into practice by teaching spinning and weaving to African women in Nairobi prison.