| Administrative History | Agnes May Johnston (formerly Nicholls) married CMS missionary Rev Alec Bowman Johnston in October 1915 the day after arriving in Bombay. After a honeymoon in Kashmir they settled in their home at St Paul's College in Calcutta. Their son, Kenneth was born in July 1921 while the couple were on furlough in England and on the family's return to India they were transferred to Masulipatam in South India where Alec was appointed to a post at Noble College. They remained there until 1934 when Alec resigned from the CMS and accepted a living in Cambridge. Kenneth was killed in Italy in 1944 while fighting with the Indian Army during the Second War. Agnes (May) died in Cambridge 28 December 1973 aged 93.
Reference: Register of CMS Missionaries unpublished manuscript addition: Men 1909 |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS May 1997 |