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Name: HENN, Hester Katherine 'Kit', Mrs

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Nee: Orlebar

Birth Date: 22 Apr 1903 Caxton, Cambs.

Death Date: 12 Jan 1986 Salisbury, Wilts

First Date: 1928

Last Date: 1966

Area: Kiambu, Ndigiri Ruiru

Married: In Caxton, Cambs. 1928 John Frederic Henn (1896-1966)

Children: Alison Mary (Smith) (1932 St Neots); Jane Katherine (Yates) (1929); Stephen John Orlebar (1931-1995)

Book Reference: EAWL, Foster

School: Governess, Broadsbury School; Priorsfield, Godalming

General Information:

Source: Mrs Yates
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
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Nicholls - Kit Henn, a coffee farmer's wife and writer of 'The Distaff Side' column in the Kenya Weekly News, helped to establish the Frangipani Club, a multi-racial group that became the Kenya Women's Society. She further put her beliefs into practice by teaching spinning and weaving to African women in Nairobi prison.

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