This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine December 4, 1909. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

 

BIRTHS

 

BEST – On November 29, at Rottingdean, the widow of John B. Best, a son.

BREDELL – On November 1, at Johannesburg, to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil J. V. Bredell, a son.

COOK – On November 3, at Cape Town, the wife of Ernest R. Cook, a son.

CREW – On the 1st inst., at Umtali, the wife of Cecil Crew, Assistant Magistrate, B.S.A. Company’s service, a son.

CUNNINGHAM – On October 30, at Johannesburg, the wife of D. V. Cunningham, a daughter.

GOOD – On November 25, at Simon’s Town, the wife of the Rev. E. H. Good, R. N., a daughter.

HALL – On November 27, at Heidelberg, the wife of George U. Hall, a daughter.

HASSALL – On October 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Hassall, of Germiston, a son.

KINDERSLEY – On November 25, at Witbank, the wife of Major Kindersley, a daughter.

MACCELARI – On November 1, at Simon’s Town, the wife of C. Maccelari, a son.

STRAUSS – On October 30, at Johannesburg, the wife of S. M. Strauss, a son.

TREFZ – On October 31, at Woodstock, the wife of F. W. Trefz, a daughter.

 

MARRIAGES

ANSLEY – HELT – On November 2, at Green Point, James Henry Ansley, of Paarl, to Eleanor Jane (Nellie) Helt, of Green Point.

BRADSHAW – MCNAB – On November 4, at Bloemfontein, Thomas Bradshaw, Government Farm, Tweespruit, to Jane Foster McNab.

HARRIMAN – HAWTHORNE – On October 26, at Kimberley, William Harriman to Violet Hawthorne, both of Kimberley.

HILL – HUDSON – On November 2, at Stellenbosch, Percy Buncombe Hill, of Pretoria, to Hester Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr. George Hudson, of Mossel Bay, and Mrs. Hudson, of Semer, Suffolk.

RAMSAY – BURGER – On November 10, at Pretoria, George Greig Ramsay, Edinburgh, to Rosa Louisa Hedwig, youngest daughter of the late H. F. W. Burger, Pretoria.

SHEFFIELD – NEWCOMBE – On October 28, William Hough Sheffield, of Johannesburg, to Ethel Annie Gush, only daughter of John Newcombe, of Tiverton.

SHIPLEY – CARMICHAEL – On November 2, at Maritzburg, Charles Tyrell Shipley, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Fusiliers, fourth son of the late General R. G. Shipley, C.B., to Joyce, second daughter of the late W.C. Carmichael, Advocate of the Natal Bar, and of Mrs. Carmichael, Innellan, Maritzburg.

SPENCER – STEWART – On October 29, at Cape Town, Alfred G. Spencer to Nellie Stewart, both of De Aar.

TWYNAM – RICHARDS – On November 2, at Cape Town, Frederick William Twynam to Jacoba Dorothea Richards.

 

DEATHS

 

BEEVOR – On October 26, at Middelburg, in his 77th year, Miles Branthwayt, eldest son of the late Frederick B. Beevor.

DATLEN – On November 5, at Woodstock, Eleanor Frances, beloved daughter of George and Frances Datlen.

DAVIES – On November 23, at Uddingston, Selina Beaven, wife of Thomas Davies.

DIFFORD – On November 1, at Kenilworth, E. E. Difford, widow of Abraham Difford, of the Cape Government Railways.

FLEMING – On November 1, at Johannesburg, George Fleming, husband of Sarah Green, late of Glasgow.

JONES – On November 5, at Kimberley, William Jones, late of Port Elizabeth.

LAURISTON – On October 27, at Mowbray, Jeanette Christina Lauriston, aged 20.

LIPKIE – On November 1, at Johannesburg, Rudolph Lipkie, son of Joseph Lipkie, aged 28.

PORTER – On November 15, at a New Station in the Universities Mission to Central Africa, Lumesule, near Masasi, William Carmichael Porter, Canon of Zanzibar, after 30 years’ service in the Mission, aged 73.

SCHWABACHER – On November 2, at Barkly West, Simon Schwabacher, of Kimberley.

 

MISSING RELATIVES

 

JONES, JOHN, miner and quarryman, was staying at Masonic Hotel, Johannesburg, in 1895. Daughter Annie asks.

KING, THOMAS WILLIAM, was in Cape Town in 1907, and his brother Charles was in Kimberley; believed to have sailed on s.s. Moravian to Australia. Father and sister Ethel ask.

MATTHEWS, ROBERT CHARLES, was living in Johannesburg or Barberton a year ago, and his brother Arthur, last heard of in South Africa in 1904, when he stated that he was going “up country,” are sought by sister Bessie.

MORGAN, WILLIAM, formerly of Woolwich, was in Johannesburg in 1893. Nephew and brother Harry ask.

RUSSER, HENRY, was last heard of at Queenstown, Cape Colony, at the time of the Boer war. Brother George asks.

SLATER, HENRY, was last heard of at Kimberley 18 months ago. Sister Mary asks.

TURNER, JAMES, was serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment (No. 4098), 1902, in South Africa. Father asks.

WALTER SUTTON, missing since March, 1893, last heard of camping near Crocodile River, 20 miles West or South-West of Victoria, was then 29 years old. Parents and family ask.

 

Miscellaneous articles on same page:

 

CAUTION IN CHARITY

 

The Bishop of Zululand, speaking at the annual meeting of the Cape Peninsula Charity Organisation, said a great deal of caution must be exercised in the giving of alms. Caution was needed not only to prevent deceit and fraud, but in order that charity should be given in a way which would help the recipients. He urged the need for the combination of different charitable organizations, and especially emphasized the necessity for caution so as to prevent overlapping. A society such as this needed visitors who were sympathetic and kind-hearted; there was no room for the individual who went about in a red-tape fashion and gave people the impression that he was a sort of charity policeman.

 

DEATHS OF OLD NATALIANS

 

An old Natal Colonist, Mr. John Hughes, has died suddenly in Johannesburg, where he had lived with his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Harper, during the last two years. Mr. Hughes settled in Maritzburg in 1882, and when he retired from business life he went to live at Albert Falls. He had eleven children, all of whom are living, and 46 grand-children and great-grandchildren who are spread over South Africa.

 

Another old Colonist of Natal, Mrs. Mary Foxon, died at her residence about five miles from Maritzburg in mail week. She was nearly 90 years of age, and had been in the Colony over 60 years. Two of her sons are Magistrates in Natal.

 

 

Among the artistes leaving Southampton today in the Carisbrook Castle to fulfil engagements with Sydney M. Hyman, Limited, at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, are the Bros. Bright, Miss Mabel Bright, Merton and Rydon, and Jules Garrison and Co.

 

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

Email: harprulz@bellsouth.net