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Name: SMIT, Anna Dorothea 'Annatjie', Mrs
Nee: Engelbrecht, dau of Jochemus Engelbrecht and Maria Jacoba (née du Plessis)
Birth Date: 1906
First Date: 1925
Profession: Primary School Mistress in 1939, appointed 1935. Originally Farm School Teacher 1925. Headmistress/Asst. Mistress in 1953
Area: Kipkabus, Eldoret
Married: In Eldoret Lukas Johannes Smit b. 1896, d. 7 Jan 1938 Mombasa
Children: Maria Jacoba (15 Aug 1927); Aletta Sophia (28 Feb 1934); Jochemus Johannes (7 July 1935)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Staff 53, Habari 2009
General Information:
Habari 2009 - Annatjie Smit (née Engelbrecht) qualified as a schoolteacher and started teaching in Eldoret for a period eventually lasting some 34 years, mostly at Hill School.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Lucas Johanes Smit, died 7 Jan 1938 age 43, European Hospital, Tuberculosis