Georgina Revington
Dr. Georgina Revington (1889-1961) was an Irish medical missionary who worked among the Lunda people in Zambia.
Early life in Ireland[edit]
Georgina Revington 1889-1961 was born in Denny Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland on 21 February 1889, the daughter of John Revington and Emma Letitia White.[1] The Revington family were members of the Church of Ireland and the Whites were Methodists. John Revington, d. 1931,[2] and Emma Letitia White, d. 1941, married in the Methodist Centenary Church in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, 7 Sept. 1886. John Revington's father was Joseph Revington, a Tralee Merchant and Emma Letitia White's father was John White, a Dublin Printer.[3] In 1901 Georgina was aged twelve and living with her parents John and Emma Letitia, her brother John and sister, Elise at Princes Quay, Tralee.[4] Georgina's brother Thomas was living in Dublin with his maternal grandmother Elizabeth White nee Kelliher.[5]
Education[edit]
Georgina became a medical student at Trinity College, Dublin and in 1910 was awarded the Large Gold Medal for Natural Science.[6] In the 1911 Census, she is recorded as B.A. Medical Student, Trinity College Dublin, residing in Clounalour, Tralee.[7] After graduation, she took up a post as Medical Officer at the Lurgan Workhouse following the resignation of Dr. Laird in 1913.[8] On 6 Jul 1914. The Kerryman noted that Dr. Revington had been awarded the Bennet Prize (Surgery) at Trinity College, Dublin.[9]
Marriage[edit]
On 15 April 1915, Dr. Georgina Revington married Guy Singleton Darling in St. John's (Church of Ireland) Tralee.[10] Her husband, Guy Darling died in February of the following year of chronic infective endocarditis, in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, attended by his father Dr. John Singleton Darling.[11] The Darling family were Christian, commonly known as (Plymouth) Brethern.[12] Dr. John Darling's sister, Anna Darling was also a member of the Plymouth Brethern and she and her husband Dr. Walter Fisher were Plymouth Brethern missionaries in Rhodesia.[13]
Life in Rhodesia[edit]
In 1921, Dr. Georgina Revington began work at the Kalene Mission Hospital, Rhodesia, in modern day Zambia.[14] By 1924, having married Wilfred Fisher, she took over the running of the Kalene Mission Hospital.[15] The Mission had been established in 1905 by Wilfred Fisher's uncle, Dr. Walter Fisher and his wife Anna to serve the Lunda people.[16] Kalene is in Northern Rhodesia, close to the border of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time the Mission was established it took two months for supplies to reach them from the coast. Dr. Georgina Revington-Fisher continued the work of her predeccessor, sharing her faith, providing medical and surgical services to the people of the area and training local nurses until she retired to Luanshya, Zambia where she named her home 'Dingle'. Her mother, Emma Letitia Revington died in Luanshya in 1941.[17] Kalene Hospital is still in operation today, under the care of Christian Missions in Many Lands (CMML).[18] It was finally connected to twenty four hour a day electricity in 2007.
References[edit]
- ↑ Birth Record, Georgina Revngton. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ Death Record, John Revington. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ Marriage Record. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". www.census.nationalsrchives.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Women Alumni-Women's Centenary, Trinity College Dublin 1904-2004". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "The Irish American Weekly". The Irish American Weekly. 23 August 1913. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "The Kerryman". The Kerryman. 6 July 1914. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ Marriage Record. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ Death Record, Guy Singleton Darling. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Whose faith follow: Dr & Mrs Walter Fisher (1865-1935) | Believer's Magazine". www.believersmagazine.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Echoes of Service". Echoes of Service. Volume 51, 1922. 2 January 1921. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Echoes of Service". Echoes of Service. Volume 23 1924. March 1924. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Lunda People". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ Interview with Revington family, Tralee, 19 July 2018
- ↑ "CMML Missionaries". www.cmml.us. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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