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Name: SPRINGER, Evan Gall

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Birth Date: 23 Aug 1907 Barbados

Death Date: 12 March 1966 Kilifi

First Date: 1930

Profession: Garage manager, Yala

Area: Hoey's Bridge, Kilifi

Married: In Mombasa 4 June 1940 Celia Alice Cubitt b. 16 Mar 1907 Notting Hill, London, d. 9 Feb 1995 Nairobi (later Mrs Hugh William Paterson)

Children: Margaret Ann (21 Sep 1941 Nairobi-1981 Grahamstown); Gill

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, EAWL

General Information:

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List
Women - Obit. - Celia married Evan Springer just before war broke out. They lived at Kibwezi working sisal, later moving to Makuyu. In 1956 they bought their own farm, in Kitale and moved there with their two daughters Anne and Gill. Celia now aged fifty went back to teaching to help with school fees, but still carried out her farmer's wife's duties, overseeing the milking and care of calves, weekends and holidays. Sadly Evan's health deteriorated and they decided to retire to the coast. Evan died shortly after and Celia once again found herself back in Kitale, teaching dressmaking, embroidery and being more involved with the EAWL.
Four years later she met and married Hugh Paterson, who was farming a small mixed farm.
Gazette 7 June 1966 probate

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