Transcribed from South Africa Magazine, 26 December 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

FRANKS—On the 16^th inst., at her father’s residence, 59, Ridge Road, Stroud Green, N., the wife (nee Orford) of K. L. Franks, of Cape Town, a daughter.

ROGERS—On Dec. 20, at 58, Holland Park, W., the wife of Henry Pearson Rogers (of Johannesburg), of a son.

WESTLEY, Mrs. A. C.—Camperdown, Nov. 20, a daughter.

MARRIAGES

CRAKE—FRIEDBERGER—On Dec. 19, at St. Mark’s, North Audley Street, W., Eldred A. Crake, Rhodesian Civil Service, to Rosa Maud, elder daughter of Julius Friedberger, 2, Portman Square, W.

CURRIE—MILLAR—On Nov. 17, at the South End Presbyterian Church, Port Elizabeth, John Currie, late of Partick and Newtongrange, to Christina Hunter, eldest daughter of James Monkswood, Newtongrange, Mid-Lothian.

DUFF—BURTON—On Oct. 20, at Wesleyan Chapel, Cape Town, Alexander Duff, of Bulawayo, to Isabel Burton, youngest daughter of Newark Burton, Saltburn, Yorkshire.

DUNCAN—MACKINNON—On Nov. 18, at Mowbray, Roger, eldest son of J. R. Duncan, to Flora Shaw, younger daughter of the late D. MacKinnon and Mrs. D. MacKinnon.

SWAIN—HIGSON—On Dec. 18, at Failsworth, Leonard Hartley Swain, second son of the late Mr. Walter Swain, of Bolton and Durban, to Laura Gladys Daisy, only daughter of Mr. Hugh Higson, Failsworth Lodge.

TARTE—TARTE—On Thursday, the 17^th inst., at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Ernest Edmund Frederick, son of the late Colonel Edmund Tarte, South Wales Borderers (24^th) and Durban Mounted Rifles, to Ada Rose, younger daughter of the late William Tarte, Australian Mounted Police, of Egham.

WILLIAMS—WATSON—On Dec. 16, 1903, at Cape Town, Edward Charles, son of H. C. Williams, of Cape Town, formerly of Bishopston, Bristol, to Mary Agnes, daughter of the late John Watson, of Dyers’ Hall, E.C., and 22, Highbury New Park, N., and of Mrs. Watson, of Airlie, 13, Beckenham Road, Beckenham.

DEATHS

BROWN—On Nov. 11, at Vryburg, of rheumatic fever, aged 29 years, Andrew Asher Brown, L.R.C.P.S., only son of the late Dr. Hugh Brown, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, and grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Alex. MacLeod, Birkenhead.

MACKENZIE—On Nov. 22, at Strathallan, Queenstown, Lizzie Reid, beloved wife of Aeneas MacKenzie, merchant, Cape Colony, and fourth daughter of the late Henry Nairn, Bridge of Allan.

PITTWAY—On Dec. 15, at 37, Warwick Road, Maida Vale, W., Dr. H. Edgar Lincoln Pittway, aged 37, suddenly, of heart failure, late of Stansted, Essex.

RATTRAY—On Nov. 20, at the Nursing Home, Pretoria, of enteric fever, Chas. M. Rattray, youngest son of the late Thomas Rattray, Wishaw, and Mrs. Rattray, 5, University Avenue, Hillhead, aged 22.

REELAND—On Nov. 18, Charles John Reeland, late Cape Mounted Police, fifth son of P. Y. Reeland, aged 37.

TUDHOPE—On Dec. 22, at Sydenham, the Hon. John Tudhope, aged 67.

WILSON—On Dec. 15, at Johannesburg, Isabella Sommerville Wilson, daughter of Mr. Hugh Wilson, late of Blantyre, aged 19.

WISE, Mrs. A.—Durban, Nov. 16.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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