Mary Pitt: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Mary Pitt was born on 28 Feb 1906; died on 26 Apr 1985.

Notes:

She was brought up in Kenya.
She had one brother, a leading doctor at Guy's Hospital, London, England.
After her first husband, Bernard, died she returned to Kenya with her children.

Family/Spouse: A. Mathews. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mary married Alban Mcgowan Mitford-Barberton on 3 Nov 1935. Alban (son of Henry Mitford-Barberton and Mary Layard Bowker) was born on 9 Dec 1904 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Nov 1983 in Kitale, Kenya; was buried in Kitale Cemetery, Kitale, Kenya. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Simon Anthony McGowan Mitford-Barberton was born on 6 Sep 1936 in Ealing, London, England; died on 27 Mar 1955 in Nairobi, Kenya; was buried on 29 Mar 1955 in Kitale Cemetery, Kitale, Kenya.

Generation: 2

2. Ann Mary, Hobson Mathews (1.Mary¹)
Ann married Clive Robert Catania in 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Gillian Bernadine Hobson Mathews (1.Mary¹)

Simon Anthony McGowan Mitford-Barberton

(1.Mary¹) was born on 6 Sep 1936 in Ealing, London, England; died on 27 Mar 1955 in Nairobi, Kenya; was buried on 29 Mar 1955 in Kitale Cemetery, Kitale, Kenya.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

He interited his father's talent in motor mechanics, always his main interest. He was apprenticed to Hugh's Motors, Nairobi.
He played the organ, piano, violin, guitar, saxophone and accordian. He had a glorious boy-soprano voice which was destroyed by polio. This was overcome eventually but by then his voice had broken.
He attended school at Eldoret and St. Mary's College, Nairobi.
He was killed in a motor accident.