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Name: ELMER, Katherine Osbourne, Mrs
Nee: Lack
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1898 Lowestoft
Death Date: 2 Oct 1978 Guildford, Surrey
First Date: 1930
Last Date: 1965
Profession: Artist, farmer
Area: 'Maboonde Estate' Kitale
Married: In Kenya 1922 Leslie Arthur Elmer (1895-1945)
Children: Ann Elizabeth (Luck) (1924); John R. Lack (1925-1974)
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Stud, Les Elmer
General Information:
EA Stud Book 1954 - Cattle - Guernseys - Mrs K. Elmer, Kitale - a very accomplished artist
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Trans Nzoia Voters List
Nat Probate Calendar says she d. 2 Oct, but elsewhere in Ancestry the date is 20 Oct.
She studied at the Royal Academy Schools.
Anne Elizabeth Luck (daughter) Katherine Osbourne Lack married Leslie Elmer in 1922? She was a highly trained artist in London. She adapted to pioneer life in Kenya with very great courage. She ran the farm Maboonde after Leslie died for 20 years. She returned to England in 1965 and died at Guildford in 1979 [1978].