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Close up of Tijou Screen at Hampton Court Palace

Womersley family

 

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Part 5: Womersley Descendants

 

Muriel Womersley (1898 - 1972) was born 01 September 1898 in Salterhebble, Yorkshire. She was the eldest child of Alfred Womersley and Ada Mitchell. As a teenager, she attended school part time and worked as a worsted spinner. When her mother became an invalid, she took care of her. Muriel never married and after her parents died, she stayed living in their house in Thornton Street, Halifax. When World War II began, Muriel was working as a sewer and hand knitter. She later was a hostel warden for the Christian Alliance of Women and Girls (CAWG) in Scarborough and Reigate. After her retirement, she lived in Redhill. She was a very caring person, did a lot of knitting and was remembered as always friendly. She died 01 February 1972, aged 73, at Smallfield Hospital, Horley, Surrey.

 

Harold Womersley (1902 - 1986) was the younger brother of Muriel. He spent many years in the Belgian Congo as a missionary and married Josephine Smith-Turner (1900 - 1982). More information about their life can be found in their son David Womersley's book 'The House that God Built' (CAM International, 2015).

Harold had a number of books published about his and others’ experiences of life in the Congo. A full list of his known published work appears below:

  • 'First lessons in Kiluba: the language of the Baluba people, living in the Katanga province of the Belgian Congo' (1932)

  • 'Bitango bilaibwe (les ordonnances)’ (c1960)

  • ‘[Le ministère.] Busapudi, etc' (1964) 

  • ‘Wm FP Burton: Congo Pioneer’ (1973)

  • ‘Congo Miracle: Fifty Years of God's Working in Congo (Zaïre)’ (1974)

  • ‘In the Glow of the Log Fire’ (1975)

  • Legends and history of the Luba’ (1984)

 


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