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Clara Martha Sophia Dryden

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Clara Martha Sophia Dryden
Birthdate:	July 01, 1904
Birthplace:	Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death:	February 12, 1944 (39) Indian Ocean
Place of Burial:	Indian Ocean
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Henry Norris Dryden, I and Henrietta Christina Dryden Sister of Jessie Priscilla Norris Beckman; Winifred Magdalena Dryden; Henrietta Alice Greyling; Henry Norris Dryden, II; William Daniel Berrangé Dryden and 1 other Half sister of Frederick Sidney Dryden
Occupation:	Nursing Sister

Managed by:	Private User
Last Updated:	November 7, 2014

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Immediate Family

Henry Norris Dryden, I

father
Henrietta Christina Dryden

mother
Jessie Priscilla Norris Beckman

sister
Winifred Magdalena Dryden

sister
Henrietta Alice Greyling

sister
Henry Norris Dryden, II

brother
William Daniel Berrangé Dryden

brother
Alfred John Norris Dryden, I

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Frederick Sidney Chambers

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Frederick Sidney Dryden

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About Clara Martha Sophia Dryden

Clara may have received her first name from her maternal aunt, Clara Johanna Mattheys nee Brink, her first middle-name from her maternal aunt, Martha Entress nee Brink, and her second middle-name from her paternal aunt, Sophie Hayes nee Dryden.

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Clara's second middle name, Sophia, is found only on her baptism record (Source: Ancestry24.co.za); all other records, including her Death Notice, give her name as Clara Martha Dryden.

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According to Clara's Estate Papers, she lived at Lansdowne Road, Claremont.

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The East Africa Memorial, Nairobi War Cemetery, lists Clara's nationality as "United Kingdom" and that she served with the "East African Military Nursing Service".

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2540244

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Edited by Carol Minshall nee Hampshire, from a conversation between her and her mother, Henrietta Lavina Hampshire nee Greyling (May 2008): "mom was there when she was packing up to leave. Mom never imagined it would be the last time she'd ever see her. Mom was about 14 or 15 at the time (tho' she's not too sure of this) She remembered her gran commenting that "Clara should have been a man". I gather she wasn't too happy about her daughter going off."

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Clara Martha Sophia Dryden is mentioned in an unknown capacity in a 1927 edition of "The Journal of Mental Science", possibly as part of a list of medical graduates.

Source: Google Book Search, http://tinyurl.com/n347gd

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Clara Martha Sophia Dryden's Timeline

1904	July 1, 1904	Birth of Clara Martha Sophia Dryden Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source of Date: Clara Martha Sophia Dryden's baptism certificate (Source: Ancestry24.co.za) Source: Date of Birth can be estimated based on the age and date of death given on her War Memorial: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2540244
	August 7, 1904	Baptism of Clara Dryden St. Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source of Date and Place: Ancestry24.co.za Surname: Dryden First Names: Clara Martha Sophia Baptism Date: 07 August 1904 Declared Date of Birth: 01 July 1904 Fathers First Names: Henry Norris Fathers Surname: Dryden Mothers First Names: Henrietta Christina Abode: Claremont Quality Trade Or Profession: Butcher Sponsor 1 First Names: Henrietta C. Sponsor 1 Surname: Dryden Sponsor 2 First Names: Martha Sponsor 2 Surname: Brink Sponsor 3 First Names: John Daniel Sponsor 3 Surname: Brink Page Number: 827 Entry Number: 391 By Whom The Ceremony Was Performed: B Guyer Church Name: St Saviours Claremont Source: Anglican Church Archives Wits University =============================================================== The second Sponsor of Clara Dryden's baptism, Martha Brink, may be either Henrietta Dryden nee Brink's sister, or John Daniel Brink's possible wife, Martha Susan Maria Brink nee Sinden.
1922	November 1, 1922	Baptism of Alicia Dorothy Margaret Greyling St. John's Church, Cape Town, South Africa Source of info: Alicia Greyling's baptism certificate Source: FamilySearch.org, "Cape Town, Wynberg, St. John, Baptisms 1919-1939", Image no.: 57
1944	February 12, 1944 Age 39	Death of Clara Martha Sophia Dryden Indian Ocean Clara Martha Dryden's Estate Papers: http://tinyurl.com/82lc8t Source: Reference to Clara Martha Dryden's Estate Papers can be found in a Search of the Cape Town Archives Repository on the National Archives of South Africa website - http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm Source: Casualty Details, East Africa Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2540244 East Africa Memorial Ref.: Column 95 The East Africa Memorial is located within the Nairobi War Cemetery, Nairobi. Source: Entry for "Dryden, Clara Martha" at The War Graves Photographic Project - http://tinyurl.com/5x63qd
????	- 1944	Clara Martha Sophia Dryden worked at East African Mi... East African Military Nursing Service
????		Burial of Clara Martha Sophia Dryden Indian Ocean

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