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Name: PRETTY, Mabel Hewitt 'Granny', Mrs
Nee: Paul
Birth Date: 1871 Ipswich
Death Date: 31 Oct 1956 Eldoret
Profession: A wonderful old lady. She was indefatigable and generous in her charitable work, especially hospital visiting
Area: Eldoret
Married: In Ipswich 12 Apr 1893 William Tertius Pretty (1867-1944)
Children: Doris Mary Freda (Keble-White) (15 Oct 1894 Ipswich-1989 Bury St Edmunds); William Jack (1898 Ipswich); Robert Philip 'Lofty' (27 Nov 1902 Ipswich-1 Sep 1967 Mombasa); Thomas Hewitt (27 Jan 1908 Ipswich-11 Jan 1992 Depwade, Norfolk)
Book Reference: Eldoret, Hut, EA & Rhodesia, Barnes
General Information:
East Africa & Rhodesia - 22/11/56 - Mrs Mabel Hewitt Pretty who has died in Eldoret at the age of 86, was the widow of Colonel W.T. Pretty, who died in 1944. They settled in Kenya nearly 30 years ago..
Gazette 11 Dec 1956 - probate
Gazette 13 Nov 1945 husband's probate
Eldoret cemetery in loving memory / of / William Tertius Pretty / died August 9th 1944 / aged 80 years / also of / Mabel Hewitt Pretty / "Grannie" / his beloved wife / died October 31st 1956 / aged 86 years
The doors of St. Matthew's Cathedral, Eldoret are a memorial to her and Col. Pretty