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Name: RATCLIFFE, Benjamin James (Rev.)
Birth Date: 5 July 1875 Norfolk
Death Date: 24 Feb 1953 Nairobi
Nationality: British
First Date: 1899
Profession: United Methodist Free Church missionary
Area: Ribe, Mombasa, 1930 YMCA, Nairobi
Married: In Rabai 4 Dec 1902 Thirza Hannah Browne b. 3 Nov 1872 Blickling, d. 21 Mar 1937 Nairobi
Children: Benjamin Frederick (14 Aug 1904 Norwich-26 June1978 Bristol); Bernard Joseph (2 Feb 1908 Wanstead, Essex-7 Nov 1980 Dorset); Leslie Gordon (25 Mar 1913 Birmingham-30 May 1988 Lambeth, London)
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, North, Red 22
General Information:
North - approved to perform marriages under the Native Marriage Ordinance April 1905; at Ribe with wife 16/6/1905
Gazette - 7/5/1929 - Expunged from Coast Register of Voter - Left Area - Benjamin James Ratcliffe - Missionary, Ngao via Lamu
North - United Methodist Free Church, Golbanti Mission on the Tana on arrival; Ribe mission 22/10/1900
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Thirza Hannah Ratcliffe d. 21 Apr 1937, aged 64
Nairobi City Park cemetery - B.J. Ratcliffe, died 24 Feb 1953 aged 78