Transcribed from South Africa Magazine, 7 November 1903

DOMESTIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Announcements under this heading are charged for at a minimum of 5s., which in all cases must be prepaid. All notices must be properly authenticated.)

BIRTHS

DOWNING—At Potchefstroom, the wife of Captain F. J. C. Downing, Mines Department, Transvaal Civil Service, a son.

GREENFIELD—On September 30, at Boksburg, the wife of Rev. C. E. Greenfield, Presbyterian Church, a daughter.

HOWLEY, Mrs. W., Greyville, October 5, a son.

KING, Mrs. H. E., Durban, October 4, a son.

LEISHMAN—On September 28, at Stranraer Villa, Durban, the wife of James Leishman, a son.

MCDOUALL—On October 28, at Potchefstroom, the wife of Captain R. McDouall, a daughter.

MIDDLEMOST—On October 10, at Newlands, Cape Town, to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Middlemost, a son.

SWANSON—On October 24, at Park View Villa, Muizenberg, Mrs. W. Swanson (late of Wick), a son.

WADE, Mrs. W. B., Durban, October 4, a son.

MARRIAGES

BAYLDON, H. E.—FINDLAY, W., Berea, October 1.

BELL, F. C.—HENDERSON, A., Durban, October 1.

CHALMERS—RUSSELL—On October 28, at Durban, James Chalmers, M.R.C.V.S. Lond., of Heidelberg, to Mabel Bessie Russell, of London Road, South-end-on-Sea.

DENHAM—CAMPBELL—On November 2, at Johannesburg, William Ballingal Denham, to Bessie, second daughter of George Campbell, Ayr, and niece of A. Campbell, Bank of Scotland, Kirkcaldy.

GORDON-HUNTLY, P.—RUTHERFORD, A. B., Cape Town, October 7.

LAUDER—REID—On October 24, at Vanburg Park Presbyterian Church, Blackheath, Duncan Fullerton Lander, Dunblane, to Louise Ada, second daughter of the late John Reid, Cape Town.

MACKENZIE—CHALMERS—On October 28, at Auchrynie, Donald William Mackenzie, Secretary Alliance Permanent and Mutual Buildings Society and Savings Bank, Johannesburg, to Maggie, second daughter of John Chalmers, Auchrynie, Aberdeenshire.

RIPLEY—OHLSSON—On October 1, at St. Paul’s Church, Rondebosch, John Ripley, third son of the Rev. H. C. Ripley, late Vicar of Minster Lovell, Oxon, to Frances Annie, youngest daughter of A. Ohlsson, of Montebello, Newlands, Cape Town, Consul-General for Sweden and Norway.

DEATHS

BROOK—On October 2, at Belingwe, Norman Winn, eldest son of the late William Henry Brook, of Blundellsands, and of Mrs. Brook, of 41, Avonmore Road, Kensington, W., aged 33.

BRUMMER, G. O., Durban, October 3, aged 88.

DRIMIE, W., Bellair, September 29.

FAYERS, Mrs. J., Camperdown, September 11, aged 82.

JENNINGS—On October 6, at Standerton, Kate Gertrude, wife of Charles Jennings, youngest daughter of the late Robert Bateman, of Hackney.

OLDMAN—On October 5, at Belingwe, Henry Louis, only son of the late T. H. Oldman, of Gainsborough, aged 40.

OVENS—On September 20, at 8, Charmouth Terrace, Newington Road, Port Elizabeth, Robert Patrick Grinsell, only child of Robert Ovens and grandson of the late Major S. D. N. Grinsell, aged 2 ½ years.

WELDON—On November 1, at Pretoria, Thomas Hamilton, Captain in the 3^rd Battalion Leinster Regiment, and the fondly loved second son of the late Sir Anthony Crosdill Weldon, 5^th Bart., of Kilmorony, Athy, Ireland, and of his wife, Elizabeth Lady Weldon, aged 39.

WILSON—On October 4, at St. Andrew’s Nursing Home, Johannesburg, Richard Fisher Wilson, nephew and adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson, 28, Great King Street, Edinburgh, aged 26.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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