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Name: JOLLEY, Joan, Mrs
Nee: Stephen, dau of Robert Stephen
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1922 Londiani
Death Date: 8 Nov 2018 Pietermaritzburg
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1968
Profession: Telephone Operator, Learner with Nairobi Telephone Exchange 1938-41. After the war worked at Land Office Exchange and then Agricultural Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Nairobi 12 Apr 1941 Ronald Bevan Jolley (1920-2012)
Children: Diana Elizabeth (5 Sep 1941 Nairobi); Shirley Christina (2 Nov1942 Nairobi); Rosemary Veronica (25 June 1944 Nairobi); Joan Heather (15 Sep 1945 Nairobi); Angela Vivian (2 June 1947 Nairobi); George Derek (1943 adopted 1953)
Book Reference: EAWL, Staff 39, R. Jolley
School: Nakuru Primary and Kenya Girls' High School
General Information:
R.B. Jolley - Joan Stephen on leaving school in 1938, took a position as a children's nurse with Mr & Mrs Kinnell. He was a golf pro at Muthaiga Club. On leaving in 1939, Joan joined Meg as a telephone operator in the Nairobi Exchange.