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Name: KERBY, Grace Hannah, Miss
Nee: dau of Rev. James Thomas Kerby, sis of Caleb and Albert Maurice Kerby
Birth Date: 20.1.1891 Fylde, Lancs.
Death Date: 10.6.1981 Croydon
First Date: 1 Jan 1924
Profession: Education Officer European Educ. in 1939, appointed 1931. Originally an Asst. Mistress 1924. headmistress of Kenya High School
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Nicholls, Dominion, Red 25, Childhood, Verandah
School: Cheltenham Ladies Coll; BA Hons. (Lond)
General Information:
Nicholls - Girls of secondary level were educated on the Hill in Nairobi, in the Kenya High School, as it was called from 1 January 1938, under the headship of Grace Kerby.
Dominion - Education Department - Senior Assistant Mistress - 1930
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Nairobi South - Grace Hannah Kerby, Education Officer, Girls' Secondary School, Nbi.
Childhood - Jean Tomes (née Mackinlay) - School in Nairobi - Other members of staff included Miss Kirby [sic] who became Headmistress of the Girls' High School
Headmistress, Parklands School
Principal, KHS for Girls 1 Jan 1931
Interview of Joan Considine by Christine Nicholls 2 July 2002: Miss Kerby was like a stately galleon. She did not allow you to speak to your brother in the primary school. She was an old dragon. She left and Miss Stott came in May 1942 from England. She was welcoming and interested in everyone, having people to tea in groups and not daunting at all.