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Name: THURLOW, Ethel Ostell, Miss
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1874 Sudbury, Suffolk
Death Date: 17 Oct 1970 Marlborough, Nelson, New Zealand
Nationality: British
First Date: 1902
Profession: Church Missionary Society missionary at Mombasa, 1939 lecturer in Swahili, School of Oriental Studies in lLondon
Area: Mombasa, Freretown
Married: In Freretown 31 Dec 1909 Reuben Norman Ashton (1877-1958)
Children: Dorothy Ostell (Goddard) (15 Aug 1911 Frere Town, Mombasa-1991 Christchurch, New Zealand); Monica Kathryn (Robinson) (10 Aug 1913 Frere Town-2004 New Zealand)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, CMS, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907
School: Tewkesbury High School
General Information:
CMS - 1902 - Age 28. Of Torquay. Book-keeper. born at Sudbury. Tewkesbury High School. 1900 Highbury; 1901 The Willows; 1902 July 15 Accepted as Missionary CMS; Oct 21 Depart for East Africa Mission - Frere Town. 1904 Jan Mombasa. {Roy Dunstan note - Mrs Ashton ?}
North - Former bookkeeper; Highbury & The Willows Training Houses; aged 28 dep. for EA 21/10/1902; Freretown; Mombasa Town Mission Jan 1904
1939 England and Wales Register lived with husband in Chelmsford. She was a lecturer in Swahili