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Name: FINCHER, Edward Henry (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1867 Headington, Oxford, bapt. 1 Sep.
Death Date: 26.3.1948 Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Profession: CMS missionary - Freretown, Kisokwe GEA Jan 1898; resigned 1.10.1901
Area: Freretown, Kisokwe
Married: 1. In Zanzibar 20.8.1901 Katherine 'Katie' Potter without CMS approval, so resigned. She was b. 1869 Roscommon and d. 22.6.1905 Shaftesbury; 2. In Frome 1941 Rosalie Blanche Gertrude Star b. 26 Dec 1871 Nunney, Somerset, d. 11 Feb 1964 Frome
Children: 1. Edward Hugh Fincher (2 July 1903 Cann, Dorset)
Book Reference: North, CMS
School: Selby and Scarborough Grammar Schools; London Coll. of Divinity
General Information:
North - From Ramsgate; accepted as missionary in EA 30-10-1894
CMS 1895 - Age 28. Of Canonbury. Born at Headington, Oxford. Selby and Scarborough Gram. Schools; Lond. Coll. of Divinity. 1892 Deacon and 1893 Priest by Bp. Marlborough. 1892-4 Curate of St. Matthew's Islington. 1894 Oct 30 Accepted as Missionary CMS. 1894 Livingstone Coll.; 1895 CM Coll.; Oct 17 Depart for E. Africa Mission - Frere Town. 1898 Jan Kisokwe; 1900 June 12 to England; 1901 June 9 to E. Africa; Oct 1 resignation on his marriage without the Committee's sanction to Miss Kate Potter (also a CMS Missionary) accepted. Service 5 years 8 months. Absent 1 year.