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Name: PLANT, Evelyn Alice Rose, Mrs
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1876 Mannofield, Aberdeenshire
Death Date: 31 Mar 1954 Mombasa
Last Date: 1954
Profession: Farmer
Area: Rumuruti, Thomson's Falls
Married: In Pietermaritzburg 24 Feb 1903 Henry Gilbert Plant (1869-1949)
Children: Douglas Gilbert (14 June 1912 Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal); Gordon Evelyn Gilbert (d. 31 Dec 1965 Bulawayo)
Book Reference: EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 6/5/54 - Mrs Evelyn A.R. Plant, who has died in Mombasa at the age of 77, had led an adventurous life. At the age of 12 she went by ox-wagon with her family to Johannesburg, was on a farm in Natal throughout the Zulu Rebellion, and suffered great hardship during the South African War. After the 1914-18 war the family moved to Kenya, where they were engaged in farming, mining, and railway construction. She leaves 2 sons in Kenya. Mr Plant died 5 years ago.
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - Mrs Evelyn Alice Rose Plant, died 31 Mar 1954 age 77, European Hospital, toxaemia and obstruction
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List expunged