This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine May 16, 1891. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

BELLSTEDT—On April 11, at Park Drive, Port Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. J. C. Bellstedt, of a son.

BONHAM—On April 8, at Commercial Road, Maritzburg, the wife of Mr. T. Bonham of a son.

COURT—On April 14, at Cape Town, the wife of Mr. H. W. Court, of a daughter.

HOLT—On April 6, at Maritzburg, the wife of Surgeon M. P. Holt, Army Medical Staff, of a son.

LINSCOTT—On April 1, at Devon Cottage, Maritzburg, the wife of Mr. Thomas C. Linscott, of a daughter.

MACKENZIE-KENNEDY—On April 14, at Old Catton, Norwich, the wife of Captain H. Mackenzie-Kennedy, Norfolk Regiment, of a daughter.

NOSWORTHY—On April 11, at Port Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. S. S. Nosworthy, of a son.

TUCK—On April 13, at East London, the wife of Mr. J. Frederic Tuck, of a son.

MARRIAGES

BERRY-BUTLAND—On April 20, at Somerset East, by the Rev. J. H. Hofmeyr, George William Berry, eldest grandson late T. R. Bone, Port Elizabeth, to Maria Magdalen, only daughter of the late Thomas Butland, of Totnes, Devon.

BOYCE-BIRNIE—On March 25, in the Wesleyan Church, Cala, by the Rev. John Wilson, Alfred Edgar Boyce, of Lafuta, to Williamina, third daughter of William Birnie, Esq., Clerk of Works.

COHEN-COHEN—On April 14, at the Jewish Synagogue, Kimberley, by the Rev. Harris Isaacs, Barnett Cohen to Jane, daughter of Mr. S. Cohen, of George Street, Kimberley.

MALLOCH-KIPPEN—On March 31, at Lynedoch, Nottingham Road, by the Rev. W. Turnbull, M.A., John McVicar Malloch, to Elizabeth Furgusson, second daughter of John Kippen, Stormonfield, Scotland.

MOFFAT—PRINGLE—On April 16, at St. Paul’s Rondebosch, J. B. Moffat, son of the Rev. J. S. Moffat, of Matabeleland, to Agnes Pringle, sister to Mrs. Rose Innes, jun.

O’BRIEN-DIXON—On April 7, at Dordrecht, at the residence of the parents of the bridegroom, by the Rev. Father J. McTernan, Roman Catholic priest of Queenstown, Percival Murray O’Brien, second son of James Vincent O’Brien, of Dordrecht to Jane, fourth daughter of Matthew Henry Dixon, of Bathurst.

SMART-BURTON—On April 16, at St. Cyprian’s Kimberley, by the Venerable Archdeacon Gaul, William Smart, to Edith May Burton.

DEATHS

BOWER—On April 17, at Grahamstown, Agnes Irene, beloved and only daughter of John E. and Mary E. Bower, of Mowbray, aged two years.

BRITTON—On April 16, at Port Elizabeth, William Henry Britton, of Bristol, England, aged 57 years.

GORDON—On May 3, at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, Charles Hadfield Gordon, Major Royal Engineers.

JESSIMAN—On February 4, at Lunde River, Mashonaland, Trooper John J. Jessiman, “C” Troop B.S.A. Company’s Police, only son of the late John Jessiman, of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in his 20^th year.

KIRBY—On April 9, at Port Elizabeth, Esther, wife of Mr. G. J. Kirby, aged 38 years.

M’BETH—On April 4, at Maritzburg, from enteric fever, Robert Allan, youngest son of the Rev. Robert M’Beth, M.A., Broadway Congregational Church, Hammersmith, London.

MITCHELL—On May 7, at Harley Street, London, W. Lionel Mitchell, Esq., late of the Mauritius, aged 68, sadly missed, deeply loved and mourned.

NASH—On April 13, at East London, E. E. Nash, late of the Railway, aged 67 years.

RAYNER—On February 6, at Fort Charter, Mashonaland, of fever, Harold, son of the late Lloyd Rayner, Esq., of Mossley House, Liverpool, and Mrs. Lloyd Rayner, The Elms, Hampstead Heath.

Miscellaneous article on the same page:

COL. PENNEFATHER. This distinguished officer is likely to have a novel privilege—that of reading what the papers had to say about him on the assumption that he was dead. The report of his death we hope and believe is quite unfounded. Commenting upon the rumour the Observer says:--“News is now reaching us from Mashonaland by way of Zanzibar, but it should be remembered that whatever news reaches Zanzibar must necessarily have a Portuguese flavour. The most striking item of news which has come to hand by this channel is that Colonel Pennefather, the Commandant of the British South Africa Company’s police, is dead. The reason assigned for his death is hardly intelligible, viz., that he was worn out by constant journeying. South African travel alone does not kill. And we may not altogether unreasonably entertain a lingering hope that the news is to be received with as much caution as the periodical announcements which we receive from our own people at Suakim that Osman Digma is dead. Colonel Pennefather was a fine, soldierlike officer, thoroughly acclimatized to South Africa, and possessing great power of command over both whites and natives.”

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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