To make up for a whole bunch of blog posts, I am publishing in post format the biographies I compiled for my world-famous “The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society for all articles relating to their Central Africa Mission from 1876-1905.” I appreciate your patience!
Dr. James George Mackay, L.R.C.S. & L.R.C.P.
Born: July 9, 1860, at Inverness
Dr. J.G. Mackay studied Theology at the East London Institute and Medicine at the London Hospital. Originally appointed to Madagascar, he married Kathleen Priscilla Hedges on July 27, 1886. They returned to England on furlough in 1895 and due to French regulations were unable to return to work in Madagascar [Jun 1897]. He was reappointed to the Central Africa Mission in 1897 [Apr 1897] and the couple departed England on June 8, 1897, slated to work at Kambole [Jul 1897]. He resigned due to a disagreement with London Missionary Society policies†, and they returned to England on July 18, 1901 [Sep 1901].
Kathleen Priscilla Mackay, née Hedges
Born: October 3, 1861, at Bow
Mrs. Mackay joined her husband in both Madagascar and Central Africa.
Rev. George Mackendrick
Born: March 25, 1869, at Overtown, Wishaw, Lanarkshire
Died: April 15, 1901, at Niamkolo [May 1901]
Having been pastor of an Evangelical Union Church in Scotland, he was appointed to the Central Africa Mission [Feb 1900] and had a dedication service on June 6, 1900. He departed England on June 21 and reached Kawimbe on September 22, 1900 [Feb 1901], before settling at Niamkolo.
Dr. Charles Benjamin Mather, L.R.C.S. & L.R.C.P.
Born: December 7, 1858, at Tunbridge, Kent
Died: July 11, 1898, at Kawimbe [Sep 1898]
Dr. C.B. Mather studied Medicine at Edinburgh and, appointed as a medical missionary, departed England on June 2, 1888 [Jul 1888]. He reached Lake Tanganyika on October 18 [Ninety-Fifth Report], and went to Fwambo and then Niamkolo. He married Henrietta Sarah Mawson on September 25, 1891 [Feb 1892]. Mrs. Mather then died in childbirth in December 1892 [Apr 1893] [Jun 1893] [Jun 1899]. He arrived in England on furlough on January 15, 1895 [Feb 1895], and departed again on May 15, 1896 [Jun 1896] to work at Kawimbe.
Henrietta Sarah Mather, née Mawson
Died: December 18, 1892, at Niamkolo [Apr 1893]
Intending to marry Dr. Mather, Miss Mawson departed England on May 29, 1891 [Jul 1891]. After marrying Dr. Mather at Zomba and then the Church of Scotland Mission in Domasi (first legally by H.H. Johnston and then by Rev. Dr. Scott), she proceeded with him to Fwambo and then Niamkolo. She died in childbirth, alongside her son.
Notes:
Unless otherwise noted, missionary biographies are derived firstly from London Missionary Society: A Register of Missionaries, Deputations, Etc. From 1796 to 1923, prepared by James Sibree, D.D., Fourth Edition, published by the London Missionary Society, London, 1923. Brackets with [Month Year] indicate the issue of The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society which records the preceding event. Information denoted by a dagger (†) is from Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924, by Robert I. Rotberg, published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965. Other sources are denoted by a footnote.
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