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EMWIN ẸGHE. KEVBE AZẸYUKPO

A yae bu ere wẹ, emwin ẹghẹ a ru n' ẹghẹ kevbe wẹ, ẹghẹ, ọ zẹ

vba-ru.

Ọkpa ni nọ wẹ deghẹ khare wẹ: a z' ọ mwan y' ukpo; a muẹn y'

ukpo; ra, a rhie ẹre y' ukpo. Ọghọ kevbe uyi a ya rẹn na mu y'

ukpo nọ yo, ibiba vb' uwu ẹbu.

A biẹmwẹn vb' ukpo 1893.

A mumwẹn gha rie Ibadan vb' Ufomwẹn November 1898.

I suẹn esuku vbe Ibadan vbe January 1899.

A rhiemwẹn y' olotu ibiẹka vb' ukpo 1901.

Erhamwẹn fiya vb' ufomwẹn December 1902.

A yamwẹn z' ọguọmwandia n' ọtẹn erhamwẹn (Ogbomo n'

Oza) 1903.

A rhiemwẹn gha rhie eghute Ọza n' Ogogoro vbe 1906.

Amerhẹn hihẹ kuọmwẹn vb' eghute Ọza n' Ogogoro vb' ima

rie olokun vbe 1907.

'Ma k' oza n' Ogogoro si kpao gha rie Ọza n' Isi vbe 1908.

I kpao vb' obọ Ogbọmọ vbe 1909 gha die eghute Ẹbuẹ.

Vb' ufọmwẹn 1911, i kpao gha rie Akure (Ekuẹ) ya gha y' esuku

vbe St David's C.M.S. School.

Iyemwẹn nọkhua (Ajayi) fiya vbe 1911.

I s' amẹ vbe St Matthew's Church vb' Ore Edo March 7, 1915.

I suẹn esuku fẹfẹfẹ vbe St Matthew's vb' Ore Edo vbe 1915 ya se

1916.

I kpao gha rie Warri vbe 1917.

I wina-ẹn vbe P.W.D. vbe November 1917 ya se April 1918.

I kpao gha rie Fort Harcourt vbe May 1917.

I kpao vbe port Harcourt gha rie Ọkigue vb ufọmwẹn

November 1918.

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I weriegbe gha die Ẹdo vbe March 1921.

I rhie okhuo vb' ukpo ni vbe April (1921).

A bie ọvbimwẹn n' ọdiọn n' okhuo (Victoria Ikpọnmwosa) vbe

January 28, 1922.

I kpao gha rie Sapele ya gha do ẹki vbe March 1922.

I weriegbe gba die Ẹdo vbe September 1923.

I b' owa-mwẹn nọ r' Oweko vb' ukpo ni (1923).

I b' owa-mwẹn no r' Uselu vbe 1925.

A bie ọvbimwẹn n' okhuo n' ukpogieva (Comfort Ọghomwẹn-

sẹmwẹn) vbe April 27, 1927.

Oyi do rhamwẹn vb owa-mwẹn vb' Uselu vbe November 1927

Iyase Okoro-otun do tuọmwẹn vb' owa vbe December 29, 1928.

A bie ovbimwẹn n' okhuo n' ukpogieha (Eunice Itohan) vbe

February 6, 1929.

Ebemwẹn: 'Ekhere vb'itan Ẹdo' ladian vbe February 1933 .

A biẹ ovbimwẹn n' okpia n' ọdiọn (Joseph Osarọgieagbọn) vbe

June 10, 1933 .

I de emasini na ya gbẹn ebe (Printing Press) ọghe obọ mwẹn ya

gha wina vbe April 1934 (ọre i ya gbẹn ebe Ọkha Ẹdo kevbe

Agbẹdogbọyọ vbe 1935)

Iyemwẹn (Dorcas Okunzuwa Egharevba) fiya vbe January 27,

1936.

A rhiẹmwẹn y' akọwe Iwebo hia vbe April 1936.

Idaho rhie ovbiẹre n' okhuo (Okhuọba Imasuen) gumwẹn

rọnmwẹn vbe February 13 , 1937. Nọkhuo ye guemwẹn nia

Oba mu Egie Ọbakhavbaye gumwẹn vbe October 27,1938.

A biẹ ovbimwẹn Jane Osarẹnkhoẹ vbe May 20, 1940.

'Mẹ kevbe Aihiọba Obasuyi koko igho-uhunmwun vbe Ward 4

'nẹdẹ vbe 1940.

Ovbokhanmwẹn (Okhuọba Hanah Omozuwa Egharevba) fiya

vbe March 1, 1941.

A biẹ ovbimwẹn David 'Sonarae vbe August 4, 1942.

A biẹ ovbimwẹn Clara Ọsẹmwọnyẹnmwẹn vbe March 15, 1945.

A rhiemwẹn ye nọ gbaro ghe Benin Museum (Curator) vbe

June 1946.

I la ok' ehoho gha rie Ẹko ya do iko 'Preservation of Antiquities

of Nigeria' vbe July 1948.

Resident kevbe D.O. rhie asẹ mẹ ni gha gbẹn iyẹn y' ebe iyẹn

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"Ẹdo Voice" vbe 1949.

A rhiemwẹn ye Chairman Committee ọghe Ward "L" vbe 1949

A biẹ ovbimwẹn Deborah Enina vbe May 20, 1949.

I ye Ibadan ya do iko International West Africa Conference vbe

December 1949.

A rhiemwẹn ye Chairman ọghe Adult Education Committee

vbe 1950.

A biẹ ivbimwẹn (ivin eva--Taiwo Osaman kevbe Kehinde

Ọmọsọvbiye-) vbe December 18, 1951.

Governor zemwẹn y' otu Antiquity Commission of Nigeria vbe

1953.

I rie ase ezọ ohoghei n' ivbi-ekokoma ogbe mu bamwẹn vbe

October 21, 1953.

I la ok' ehoho gha rie Ẹko ya do iko 'Antiquity Commission

of Nigeria' vbe September 1954.

I la ok' ehoho ya do iko 'Antiquity Commission of Nigeria, vbe

Jos (Northern Nigeria) vbe January 1955.

I gbẹn ebe gie Benin Divisional Council n' iran gb' rogba

ibiliki (Block) lega Usama kevbe Eguae Edaikẹn vbe February

1955.

I y' iko ọghe 'Antiquity Commission of Nigeria', kevbe Histo-

rical Society of Nigeria vbe University College Ibadan vbe'

December 1955.

I ya bae ibiliki y' Eguae Ogiso (Igodo)--Ogiso n' okaro --

Ugbẹkun vbe March 1956.

I ya bae ibiliki y' Eguae Ogiso n' Ere buru vbe Second East

Circular vbe June 1956.

I la ok' ehoho ya do iko Antiquity Commission of Nigeria vb'

Ẹko vbe October 1956.

A biẹ ovbimwẹn Adukpe Egberhanmwẹn vbe December 6,

1956.

Emianmwẹn ni khuọnmwin na-de-kunmwẹn vbe Benin

Museum vbe January 9, a na mumwẹn gha rie Hospital vbe

January 14, 1957.

Ogienebo (Queen Elizabeth II) mu egie M B E. gumwẹn vbe

January 1, 1962.

Nọnwanrẹn D.A. Munro gu 'Nikhamwinse vbe University

Ibadan z' iro na gbẹn Itan Ẹdẹ Agbọnmwẹn vbe July 1964.

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