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Name: ALBRECHTSEN, Sybil, Mrs
Nee: Hirtzel, sister of Clement Henry Armitage Hirtzel
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1877 Exeter
Death Date: 15 Sep 1961 Nairobi
First Date: 1901
Profession: Teacher - started 1st kindergarten school with Miss Keddie in Nakuru. Later she established the PNEU School at Naivasha and devoted her whole life to teaching in EA. She was latterly a resident of Nairobi.
Area: Nakuru, Naivasha & later Nairobi
Married: 2 Jan 1915 Otto Waldemar Albrechtsen (1891-1944)
Children: Penelope Mary (Jeffreys) (18 Aug 1916 Nairobi-2 June 2012 Sticklepath, Devon); Christopher Burnard 'Kit' (2 Jan 1925)
Book Reference: Gillett, Mrs M. McNeice, Naivasha
General Information:
Naivasha - Another hotel on the opposite side of the railway from the Bell Inn was owned by the parents of R.S. Alexander and in 1923 the waters of the lake rose so high that they washed against the verandah steps; however, the lake receded before damage was done. This building was later taken over as a PNEU School run by Mrs Albrechtsen, and finally finished as a school for Indian children.
Gazette 7 Nov 1961 probate