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Name: COMELY, John (Rev.)
Birth Date: 1878 Oldbury on Severn
Death Date: 14 Dec 1938 Nairobi
First Date: 1915
Last Date: 1938
Profession: CMS missionary
Area: Embu
Married: In Walthamstow 13 July 1910 Henrietta Chapman b. 1880 Shoreditch, d. 5 Feb 1969 South Australia
Children: Hettie Elizabeth (1911 Chesterton, Cambs.-1973); Helen Margaret (1914 West Ham); Ruth (2 May 1916 Embu-1980); John Frederick (9 July 1918 Embu)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Drumkey, Red 22, Barnes, Foster, Gazette
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - John Comely, British, age 62, died 14/12/38
Foster - He joined the CMS as a Missionary in 1905 and served in the Sudan until 1908 when he went to Cambridge University. In 1915 he was ordained and came to Kenya as a CMS Missionary. He spent 23 years in Embu District. Died of an appendicitis and peritonitis 14 Dec 1938. Daughter a CMS worker. His wife left Kenya in 1939.
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Ukamba Area - John Comely - CMS Missionary, Embu
Red 31 has Rev. J. Comley, CMS, Fort Hall
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List