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Name: BOEDEKER, Helen, Mrs
Nee: Wardlaw
Birth Date: 5 July 1864 Tillicoultry, Clackmannonshire
Death Date: 23 Sep 1935 Nairobi
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1935
Profession: One of the earliest women settlers in EA, she travelled up with her husband from Mombasa in 1896, and settled near Fort Smith in the Kikuyu country
Area: Fort Smith, Nairobi
Married: In Stratford le Bow, London 28 Apr 1896 Henry Albert Boedeker (1872-1940)
Children: Lesley Margarita Taylor (Williams) (Dunkeld, Perthshire 1899), Henry Harvey Sutherland (13 Jan 1901 Naivasha-1982); Frederick James Wardlaw (1902 Naivasha-1953)
Book Reference: Gillett, Barnes, North
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Helen Boedeker, British, age 66, died 23/9/35
She was widely known for her hospitable and kindly nature.