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Name: PEARSE, Theodore Franklyn 'Frank' (Capt.)

Birth Date: 12 July 1896 Jagersfontein, S Africa

Death Date: 1950 Nairobi

First Date: 1937

Profession: Farmer

Area: Maji Mzuri, Eldama Ravine

Married: In Bombay Cathedral 18 Nov 1921 Margaret Anne Cowie b. 1896, d. 1973

Children: Richard N. F. 'Dick (1926-1993); Mary Isobel (23 Oct 1927-2015); Angela; Margaret (1930)

Book Reference: Hut

War Service: 1915-22 119th Infantry

School: Dulwich Coll.

General Information:

After serving in Indian army went to farm in Kenya.
Margaret was born in about 1899. She was the niece of Mrs. Tucker of Buxted (where Dr. Pearse was in practice). She married Theodore (known as Frank), son of Dr. and Mildred Pearse, at Bombay Cathedral in 1922. After Frank left the army they bought a farm in Kenya and brought up their children there.

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