Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Lieut-Col. Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell

Lieut-Col. Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell

Coffee Farmer
Male 1898 - 1986  (87 years)


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  • Name Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 27 Nov 1898  India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 7 Jan 1899  Lanauli, Mumbai, Bombay Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1901  43 Church Road, Wimbledon, Merton, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Census 1911  Ore, Sussex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Education Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name George 
    • He is listed as George Mitchell in the wedding notice to Nina North.
    Occupation Makuyu, ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Coffee Farmer 
    WWW http://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk/_site/custom/database/default.asp?a=viewIndividual&pid=2&person=12622 
    Military Service Between 1914 and 1920 
    Death 25 Jul 1986  Malindi, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Death notice in The Times
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2020 

    Father Hugh McPherson Mitchell
              b. 24 May 1863, 88 Sloane Street, Chelsea, Kensington & Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Mar 1901, Lanauli, Mumbai, Bombay Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Agnes Lockhart Nisbet
              b. 19 Oct 1866, West Hampstead, Camden, London Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Jun 1955, Park House Nursing Home, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 16 Jul 1894  St Andrew's, Khandwa, Central Provinces, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 

    Wife 1 Elizabeth Ursula "Libby" Crawford
              b. Abt 1906  
              d. 17 Jun 1941, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years)  [8] 
    Marriage 1931  Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Age at Marriage Geoffrey was ~ 32 years old - Elizabeth was ~ 25 years old. 
    Children 
     1.
     2.
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 

    Wife 2 Nina Mary North
              b. 28 Sep 1907, Cavendish Square, Marylebone, Westminster, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Mar 1987 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1947  Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Geoffrey was 48 years old - Nina was 39 years old. 
    Children 
     1.
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 

    • From Europeans in East Africa:
      930s Makuyu - Next down the road was Cornforth, for long a bachelor. His friend, Hugh Mitchell did marry a lovely girl called Ibby, but she died tragically, very young. Hugh then married again, Nina. He was an old Marlburian and we were often mistaken for each other, though he was at least ten years older. Nina was a great character and organiser. She was buxom and never carried a handbag, everything was kept in her bra!

      Retired to Malindi in Kenya.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Nov 1898 - India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 7 Jan 1899 - Lanauli, Mumbai, Bombay Presidency, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - 43 Church Road, Wimbledon, Merton, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1911 - Ore, Sussex, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - - Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Coffee Farmer - - Makuyu, ? Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1931 - Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Mar 1947 - Kenya Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1986 - Malindi, Kenya Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell
    Hugh and Libby in front of Doromo Falls
    Hugh, Ibby and Bill

  • Sources 
    1. [S0400] FamilySearch, India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, (familysearch.org), 7 Jan 1899, Goeffrey [sic] Hugh Mitchell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCM-QZ4 : 5 February 2020), Goeffrey Hugh Mitchell, 1899.

    2. [S0303] FamilySearch, England and Wales Census, 1901, (familysearch.org), 1901, Mitchell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XX-8GK : 20 May 2019), Agnes Lockhart Mitchell in household of Harry Curtis Nisbet, Wimbledon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images.

    3. [S0303] FamilySearch, England and Wales Census, 1901, (familysearch.org), 1901, Nisbet; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XX-8GJ : 20 May 2019), Lousia Margaret Nisbet in household of Harry Curtis Nisbet, Wimbledon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, f.

    4. [S0313] FamilySearch, England and Wales Census, 1911, (familysearch.org), 1911, Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7BF-455 : 12 July 2019), Geoffrey Hugh Mitchell, Ore, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.

    5. [S0243] The Times. London, England: The Times, 1982-1988., London, England, Death Notices from The Times, 1982-1988, (ancestry.co.uk), 28 Jul 1986, Geoffrey High Mitchell.

    6. [S0402] FamilySearch, India Marriages, 1792-1948, (familysearch.org), 16 Jul 1894, Nisbet; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGJR-HMC : 5 February 2020), Agnes Lockhert Nisbet in entry for Hugh McPherson Mitchel, 1894.

    7. [S0045] Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/35684295/.

    8. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8Q-PFT2.

    9. [S0439] Ancestry, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, (ancestry.co.uk), Jul 1931, Geoffrey H Mitchell & Elizabeth U Crawford; Winchester, Vol 2c, p357.