Joan Leonie Wilson ¹

  General Notes:

Birth Certificate. CE 460719. Registration District Maidstone. County of Kent. Entry 113. Register Book 49 Joan Leonie. Father John Wilson (Motor Dealer) Mother Marie Edmee Leonie Wilson. Nee: Bouchereau. Girl born at 73 King Street. Maidstone. Registered 23, March. 1934.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------Marriage Certificate #418. Church of Catholic Mission. Nyeri. Holy Family Church. Nyeri. (Kenya Colony) was an annex to the Cathedral still under construction on the slopes of Mount Kenya about 6,000 feet above sea level. The Service was conducted by Italian Priests and "Ava Maria" was sung by a Catholic Nun. 500 native children attended with their teachers (Catholic Nuns)
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism, 23 Apr 1934, St. Francis. Week Street. Maidstone.Kent.

Joan married Hugh John Blundell McCaffrey, son of Hugh John Thomas McCaffrey and Ethel Blundell, on 30 Sep 1956 in Nyeri (Cathederal). Kenya. East Africa. (Hugh John Blundell McCaffrey was born on 11 Sep 1931 in Stockport, Cheshire, England ¹ and was christened on 1 Nov 1931 in Church Of St. Peter, Stockport, Cheshire, England ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Certificate #418. Church of Catholic Mission. Nyeri. Holy Family Church. Nyeri. (Kenya Colony) was an annex to the Cathedral still under construction on the slopes of Mount Kenya about 6,000 feet above sea level.
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