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Name: MARTIN, Nina Eldoma, Miss

Nee: daughter of James Martin

Birth Date: 1899 Eldama Ravine, bapt 13 Oct

First Date: 1899

Area: Eldama Ravine

Married: Winkler

Book Reference: UJ

General Information:

Uganda Journal - Vol 22, p. 183 - James Martin. His Medals - Senhora Nina Eldoma Winkler - Note: She appears in a photograph of 1902 reproduced at UJ, 3 (1935-6), 240-2. Her christening is recorded in Zanzibar Gazette of 1 November 1899: "Interesting Event at Eldoma Ravine. On the 13th October Eldoma Ravine Station was en fete the occasion being the christening of Mr and Mrs Martin's youngest daughter Nina Eldoma Martin, a beautiful child not quite 6 months old. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Plunkett of Uganda who was on his way to the coast and who arrived from Nandi on the previous day. The sponsors were Mr Jose Leon de Souza and Mrs Nina Carolina de Souza - Mr C.J. Dias and Mrs Mary Wallace acting by proxy.
At 8 am Father Plunkett celebrated Mass during which Mr and Mrs Martin along with some others received Holy Communion. On this occasion Father Plunkett had also the happiness of blessing the marriage of Mr and Mrs Martin according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. {They had been married in the British Consulate at Zanzibar on 9 April 1896}
After the baptism Mrs Martin invited all present to partake of cake and port wine. Father Plunkett in a few felicitous words proposed the health of Baby Nina Eldoma who that day had become a true child of God and heir to the kingdom of heaven. Doctor Donald next proposed in similar terms the health of Mr and Mrs Martin, both toasts being duly honoured. In the evening Mrs Martin treated the Company to several songs and selections on the piano, whilst Mrs Wallace was most successful in manipulating the gramophone. Altogether the event was very interesting, Baby Nina Eldoma having the honour of being, perhaps, the first child of European parents to be baptized so far up in Equatorial Africa. All joined heartily in wishing her and Mrs Martin very many happy returns of the day."

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