Alban McGowan MITFORD-BARBERTON

1904 - 1983  (78 years)

• Name	Alban McGowan MITFORD-BARBERTON
  Born	9 Dec 1904	Port Alfred
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1983	Kitale Kenya
  Person ID	I28334	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry MITFORD-BARBERTON,   b. 7 Sep 1850, Grahamstown ,   d. 25 May 1920, Transvaal  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Layard BOWKER,   b. 26 Apr 1863, Cape Town ,   d. 8 Mar 1928, Nanyuki, Kenya  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	28 Mar 1894	Bathurst
  Family ID	F3174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary PITT,   b. 28 Feb 1906,   d. 26 Apr 1985  (Age 79 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1935	Kitale Kenya
  Children	1. Simon Anthony McGowan MITFORD-BARBERTON,   b. 6 Sep 1936, Ealing, England ,   d. 27 Mar 1955, Nairobi, Kenya  (Age 18 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. Born at "The Castle". 2. Moved to Kenya in 1912. At school in Grahamstown 1916 -1920. Farm ed at Lions Fountain until his death. 3. He was a keen Musician playing the violin and tuning pianos all over Ke nya. While in Burma during the War he made a violin which he played from t hen on. 4. He was a keen Vintage Car enthusiast and rode to Cape Town twice, on ce on an ex-army Royal Enfield and once on an old Triumph.