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Name: BEATON Jeanne Alice Mathilda

Nee: de Planta

Birth Date: 26 Jan 1873 Lucens, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland

Death Date: 2 Nov 1945 Nairobi

First Date: 1908

Profession: Originally missionary nurse. Founded Alice Beaton Maternity and Convalescent Home in Nairobi

Married: In Blantyre 1.1.1898 Duncan Beaton (1865-1943)

Children: Lost 2 children to malaria by 1904; William Gaudenz (24 Mar 1900 Chinde-1976); Norman (22 May 1903 Blantyre-13 Dec 1905); Kenneth de Planta (30 May 1905 Blantyre-1954); Alice (20 July 1908 Edinburgh-22 Aug 1910); Mary (Gillett) (20 July 1908 Edinburgh-Apr 1990 Falmouth)

School: In Zurich and England

General Information:

Buried in Forest Rd cem, Nairobi
In Jan 1892 joined Liverpool Missionary Training Institute. Went to Chinde , Nyasaland, where she met Duncan Beaton and married. Moved to East Africa.

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