This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine June 13, 1891. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

 

BIRTHS

 

ABRAHAMS—On May 5, at Fairview, Barberton, the wife of Mr. S. Abrahams, of a son.

COLLIER—On May 6, at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, the wife of Mr. C. T. Collier, of a daughter.

DAUB—On May 15, at Lennox Street, Kimberley, the wife of Mr. August Daub, of a daughter.

EVANS—On May 9, at Potchefstroom, the wife of Mr. M. A. Evans, of a daughter.

FOXWELL—On May 8, at Kent Villa, Dutoitspan Road, Kimberley, the wife of Mr. D. L. Foxwell, of a daughter.

GATHERCOLE—On May 3, at the Wesleyan Parsonage, York, the wife of the Rev. J. Harvey Gathercole, of a son.

GUEST—On May 13, at Ivy Cottage, Klerksdorp, the wife of Mr. H. M. Guest, of a son.

HANSFORD—On May 8, at 22, Brickhill Road, Durban, the wife of Mr. James Hansford, of a son.

HILDER—On May 9, at Graaff-Reinet, the wife of Mr. T. H. C. Hilder, of a daughter.

HINDSON—On May 3, at Clifton Estate, Nonoti, the wife of Mr. George H. Hindson, of a son.

HOLLINS—On May 4, at Johannesburg, the wife of Mr. Richard R. Hollins, of a son.

STOCKS—On May 8, at Grahamstown, the wife of Mr. W. Burnett Stocks, of a son.

VON DER HEYDE—On April 26, at the Weeza, Harding, the wife of Mr. Robert L. Von der Heyde, of a daughter (stillborn).

WHITE—On April 29, at Beaconsfield, the wife of Mr. A. White, of a daughter.

 

MARRIAGES

 

ADAMSON-KEYTER—On May 6, at Greytown, by the Rev. David Rossouw, G. William, eldest son of the late David Adamson, to Helena Maria, youngest daughter of A. P. C. Keyter, J.P., of Spekfontein.

CALDWELL-JOHNSON—On April 13, at St. Matthias’ Church, Umgeni, by special licence, by the Rev. T. Goodwin, incumbent, William Hunter, second son of John Caldwell, of Berberton, to Jesse Fuller, third daughter of the late William Johnson, of Umgeni.

WEBBER-SCHUTZE—On May 9, at the Wesleyan Church, Russell Road, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. R. Jenkin, John James Webber, Cradock, to Emma Agnes, eldest daughter of Gustav Schutze, of Nienburg-on-the-Wasser, Germany.

MADGE-NEILSON—On May 6, at the Presbyterian Church, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. J. MacPherson, Robert Daw Madge to Emma Isabel Neilson.

PHILLIPS-CAMDEN—On May 6, at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Dr. Hewitt, Harry Augustus Phillips, of Port Elizabeth, to Kate Camden, of Sandown, Isle of Wight.

SEARLE-BRISTER—On May 5, at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Dr. Hewitt, Edward Merry Searle, second son of James Searle, Esq., to Ruth Elizabeth, daughter of James Brister, Esq., of Port Elizabeth.

SMITH-MITCHELL—On May 6, at St. Cyprian’s Church, Durban, by the Rev. H. Johnson, Incumbent, Joseph Smith, of Newcastle, Natal, to Mary Ellen (Nellie) eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Mitchell, Devoran, Cornwall, England.

STAPYLTON-SMITH—WILLIAMS—On May 8, at St. Mary’s Church, Woodstock, by the Rev. D. Elliott Young, Henry Gouger Stapylton-Smith, of East London, to Alice Emily Williams, of Lincoln, England.

STEVENSON-MOORE—On June 6, at St. Mary’s, Tottenham, Middlesex, by the Rev. E. F. Noel Smith, M.A., vicar, assisted by the Rev. A. R. Anderson, M.A., the Rev. Joseph Thomas Stevenson, St. Mary’s Woodstock, Cape Town, to Emma, third daughter of Henry Moore, of Kynaston House, Tottenham.

WALLACE-HOFFMANN—On April 29, at St. Alban’s Cathedral, Pretoria, by the Rev. Canon Kewley, Edward Clement Wallace, Manager Randfontein Estate Gold Mining Company, eldest son of the Rev. John Wallace, of Wey-Springs, Haslemere, Surrey, England, to Kate Rynie, second daughter of J. P. Hoffmann, Esq., Burken Villa, Durban Natal.

WATT-LEE—At Durban, on May 9, by the Rev. W. J. Hardy, M.A., John Watt, Manager of the Bank of Africa, Durban Branch, to Achilla, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Vincent Lee, C.E., London.

 

DEATHS

 

CRANMER—On May 11, at Grahamstown, after a painful illness, William James Cranmer, aged 19 years and 9 months.

FOXWELL—On June 5, the infant daughter of Douglas and Millicent Foxwell, of Kimberley.

GOLD—On May 2, at Polela, Robert Gold, of “Eskdale,” Highflats, aged 57 years.

JACKSON—On May 10, at Queenstown, Mary L. Jackson, aged 40 years and 8 months.

KEAL—On May 8, at Sydenham, Durham, Jemima, relict of the late Stamforth Keal, aged 65 years.

ROWSELL—On May 6, at Pietermaritzburg, Edith Maud, beloved daughter of A. W. and Agnes Rowsell, aged 5 years and 3 months.

SMITH—On May 8, at Port Elizabeth, Matilda Phillis Smith, aged 58 years and 11 months.

STEIN—On June 5, at 42, Ladbroke Square, Notting Hill, W., John Stein, formerly of the Cape of Good Hope, in his 81st year.

 

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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