This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine May 9, 1891. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

BROWNING—On March 28, at Pietermaritzburg, the wife of Mr. Edwin Browning, of Greytown, of a son.

EDWARDS—On April 8, at Fauresmith, O.F.S., the wife of Mr. Henry Braham Edwards, of a daughter.

HANNAN—On April 6, at Lydenburg, the wife of Mr. J. K. M. Hannan, of a son.

HOSKINS—On May 1, at Milton Villa, Hoddesdon, the wife of Mr. Douglas Hamilton Hoskins, of a daughter.

MOIR—On May 6, at 1, Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh, the wife of Mr. John W. Moir, Joint Manager of the African Lakes Company, of a daughter.

PITCHER—On March 23, at Maritzburg, the wife of Mr. Edmund William Pitcher, of a daughter.

SEWELL—On March 27, at Pietermaritz Street, Pietermaritzburg, the wife of Mr. G. J. Sewell, of a daughter.

STEPHEN—On April 1, at Barberton, the wife of Mr. Henri Stephan, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES

ANDERSON-FIVAZ—On April 9, at Vryburg, by special licence, John Illingworth Anderson, to Gertrude Fivaz, of Georgetown, Cape Colony.

ARMSTRONG-ALDUM—On March 26, at Holy Trinity Church, Rustenburg, by Reverend__Maber, John Armstrong, of Glenavy, Antrim, Ireland, to Emily Lucas Aldum, of Queen’s Town, Cape Colony.

BONE-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, England.

BROKENSHA-AUSTIN—On April 2, at the Umbilo Chapel, by the Rev. E. Nuttall, Wesleyan Minister, William Casley Brokensha, of Heidelberg, to Mary E. C. Austin, second daughter of Mr. William. Austin, Sea View, Umbilo.

COAKES—BRERETON—On March 30, at the Dilkoosh Hotel, Northdene, by the Rev. P. A. Turpin, Percy Evans Coakes, solicitor, Durban, to Elizabeth Maud, eldest daughter of Charles Henry and Clarissa Chase Brereton.

DUNSMURE-MALCOLM—On May 6, at St. Mary’s, Dunblane, by the Rev. J. T. F. Farquhar and the Rev. Canon Malcolm, Incumbent of St. Mary’s, Henry William Henderson Dunsmure, Esq., of Glenbruach, Callander, eldest surviving son of Alexander Dunsmure, Esq., to Alice Mary Terrot Malcolm, youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry Malcolm, Dunblane.

JOHNSON-JOHNSON—On April 8, at Hoop Stad, O.F.S., by the Rev. C. Radloff, Robert Lewis Johnson, formerly of Grahamstown, to Annie Johanna Johnson, only daughter of the late Henry Johnson, of Hoop Stad.

MELVILL-HOLLAND—On April 8, at St. George’s Cathedral, Grahamstown, by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, assisted by the Very Reverend the Dean, Frederick Ziervogel Melvill, of Graaff-Reinet, to Lilian, second daughter of Thomas Holland, Evelyn House, Grahamstown.

HAYES-MONTGOMERY—On April 8, at St. Margaret’s Church, Mid-Ilovu, Natal, by the Rev. J. R. Ward, M.A., Edward Harry, second son of George Bevan Hayes, of Klipspruit Sugar Plantation, Natal, and grandson of the late Rev. James Hayes, M.A., Vicar of Wybunbury, Cheshire, to Blanche Lucia, second daughter of A. N. Montgomery, J.P., of Ismont, Mid-Ilovu, Natal, formerly, Captain, the Royal Fusiliers.

CHAMBERS-WORSLEY-MONTAGU—On April 22, at Tafelberg Hall, Cape Colony, the residence of J. S. Distin, Esq., J. P., Roland Chambers, Esq., to Ruby Mabel Worsley-Montagu.

RICKETTS-HARRIS—On April 30, at All Saints’, Blackheath, London, by the Rev. E. Foyle Randolph, Charles Arthur Langworthy Ricketts, Lieutenant Bechuanaland Mounted Police, eldest son of Captain Ricketts, late H.M. 32^nd Light Infantry, to Nancy; daughter of the late George Harris, Esq., of Finsbury.

DEATHS

DOUGLAS—On April 6, at the Rectory, Southwell, Reginald Allan Douglas, infant son of the Rev. William Robert and Eleanor Jane Brice, aged 2 months and 10 days.

GREEN—On January 3, at Sydney, Australia, Arthur Green, late of Grahamstown, in the 21^st year of his age.

HANNAY—On April 7, at New Grennan, British Bechuanaland, the residence of his nephews Robert and Angus Hannay, John Hannay, native of Wigtonshire, Scotland, aged 78 years.

MCNALLY—On April 2, at her residence, Bathurst, Margaret, the beloved wife of James McNally, aged 76 years.

STANSFELD—On March 21 at Riversfield, Lidgettor, Mrs. Ellen Stansfeld, aged 78.

WOOD—On March 30, at Havelock Terrace, Maritzburg, Jessie Paul, beloved wife of William Wood, late of Joppa, Scotland, aged 69 years and 11 months.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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