This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine June 20, 1891. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

BEHR—On May 19, at St. Leonard’s Villa, Overport, the wife of Mr. S. A. Behr, of a daughter.

DRENNAN—On May 16, at Grahamstown, the wife of W. T. Drennan, Esq., of Bloemfontein, of a daughter.

GREY—On June 11, at Dorchester House, Park Lane, London, Mrs. Albert Grey, of a daughter.

GUEST—On May 14, at Ivy Cottage, Klerksdorp, Mrs. H. M. Guest, of a son.

KEMSLEY—On May 19, at Kalkeith Cottage, Clyde Street, Port Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. William Kemsley, of a daughter.

PEEL—On May 16, at Musgrave Road, Berea, Durban, the wife of Mr. Lennox G. Peel, of a son.

PEGLER—On May 13, at 486, Smith Street, Durban, the wife of Mr. W. Pegler, of a son.

SELBY—On May 20, at Grahamstown, the wife of Mr. J. C. Selby (Kei Bridge), of a daughter.

TURNER—On May 20, at Dordrecht Wodehouse, Mabel Eugenie (nee Formby), the wife of Harry Gordon Turner, of a son.

WEBB—On May 14, at Grahamstown, Mrs. T. Guard Webb, of a daughter.

WILLIAMS—On May 17, at the Bank of Africa, Harrismith, O.F.S., the wife of Mr. G. A. Williams, of a daughter.

WOOD—On May 15, at Doornfontein, Johannesburg, the wife of Mr. Thomas R. Wood (of Grahamstown), of a son.

MARRIAGES

BALDEN-STEVENS—On May 14, by the Rev. J. W. Boden, John Balden, of Johannesburg, to Henrietta Marion, second daughter of the late Henry Williams Stevens, of Addington, Natal.

BURTON-PRESTON—On May 13, at the Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Cathcart, by the Rev. A. Grant, R.D., assisted by the Rev. C. M. Parcell, priest in charge, the Rev. Frederick Carlisle Burton, curate of St. Paul’s, Port Elizabeth, late curate of Queenstown, to Wynfreda Adeleve, daughter of Mr. William Newcomb, of Stamford Hill, N.

DOOLEY-MONTGOMERY—On May 4, at Witzies Hoek, O.F.S., William John, eldest son of Mr. Alfred Dooley, of Durban, to Georgina, fourth daughter of Thomas A. Montgomery, Esq., Commandant, Witzies Hoek.

LOBBAN-LANE—On May 14, at the Woodford Hotel, Barberton, before the Landdrost, Edward Mortimer, second son of John Lobban, farmer and butcher, Aberdeen, Scotland, to Katherine Margaret, only daughter of the late John Lake, Exeter, Devon.

SCHENK-REMON—On May 14, at St. Mathias’, Umgeni, by the Rev. Thomas Goodwin, Alfred Housell Schenk, of Durban, to Emma Corbett, eldest daughter of Mr. E. Remon, Stamford Hill.

THURGOOD-DARIER—On June 11, at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Florissant, Geneve, Robert Rowlands, son of J. H. Thurgood, of Swansea, to Alice Huxley, youngest daughter of the late Louis Darier, of Geneva.

DEATHS

ANDREW—On May 10, in his 34^th year, at his residence, Priory Cottage, West Street, Maritzburg, Charles Buxton Andrews, Captain, Natal Royal Rifles.

BAKER—On May 14, at Claredon Crescent, Port Elizabeth, John, beloved husband of Sarah Baker, aged 39 years and 3 months.

BANGER—On May 10, at Pretoria, the beloved wife of J. J. Banger, aged 33 years.

EDMONDS—On May 15, in her 76^th year, at the residence of Mr. A. K. Murray, Berea, Durban, Eliza Edmonds, widow of the late Mr. William Edmonds, London.

HEATHMAN—On May 17, at the Berea Road, Louie, only daughter of F. Heathman, aged 1 year and 7 months.

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

KNOBEL—On May 20, at Grahams Street, Kimberley, Johanna Maria Knobel (born Heyns), aged 68.

MOORE—On May 14, at 72, Prince Edward Street, Durban, Annie Ward, the dearly beloved wife of Arthur James Moore, aged 25.

SCROOBY—On May 16, at the home of Mrs. G. Jennings, Heckpoort, Mary Elizabeth Scrooby, youngest child of Walter H. Scrooby, aged 2 months and 8 days.

SCROOBY—On May 16, at the residence of her grandparents in Pretoria, Ada Maud Scrooby, daughter of Walter H. Scrooby, aged 4 years and 7 ½ months.

SKINNER—On May 6, at Lydenburg, Transvaal, John Robert Skinner, second son of the Rev. Robert Skinner, British Chaplain, Cologne-on-Rhine, aged 33.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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