This is a transcription of a column from South Africa Magazine, August 15, 1896, titled Domestic Announcements:

 

BIRTHS

 

SONS

 

BALL, Mrs. W. J., Cape Town, July 16.

DA COSTA, Mrs. A., Johannesburg, July 12.

GASSON, Mrs. S. E., Bloemfontein, July 11.

GILES, Mrs. F., Sea Point, July 14.

GOCH, Mrs. J. G., Johannesburg, July 12.

GORDON, Mrs. M., Taungs, B.B., July 10.

JOHNSON, Mrs. C. W., Kimberley, July 9.

 

DAUGHTERS

 

GOULD, Mrs. F., Johannesburg, July 10.

MOFFETT, Mrs. W. A., Kenilworth, July 3.

SYME, Mrs. G. E., East London, July 7.

WEST, Mrs. W. J., Kingwilliamstown, July 13.

 

MARRIAGES

 

BOWLEY – ERASMUS – On July 16, at Observatory, Mr. J. B. Bowley to Miss A. M. Erasmus.

BRYANT – THOMPSON – On July 14, at Kingwilliamstown, Mr. J. Bryant to Miss K. Thompson.

FLAVEL – HARDS – On July 8, at Johannesburg, Mr. H. Flavel to Miss D. A. Hards.

GILBERT – HEINEMANN – On July 13, at Johannesburg, Mr. J. Gilbert to Miss S. S. Heinemann.

HOPKINS – BELL – On July 8, at Johannesburg, Mr. J. H. Hopkins to Miss E. M. Bell.

HUNTER – MARTIN – On July 8, at Kimberley, by the Rev. W. H. Richards, George Crawford Hunter, of Dunmurry-Hay, to Janet Scott Martin, eldest daughter of the late William Martin, contractor, Dublin.

MANSON – TWENTYMAN – On August 6, in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Hornsey Rise, London, N., by the Rev. W. S. Lewis, John Manson, M.A., F.F.A., Scottish Widows’ Fund Insurance, Edinburg, to Florence Ethel (Mossie) Twentyman, of Cape Town, eldest daughter of the late William Twentyman, of Stornis Valley, Swellendam, South Africa.

PENMAN – PLUMBRIDGE – On August 8, at Cape Town, John Caldwell Penman to Grace Plumbridge. (By cable.)

RICHARDSON – CHIAPPINI – On June 16, at Kensington (England), Mr. J. Richardson to Miss B. Chiappini.

WHITE – SPRING – On July 8, at Keiskama Hoek, Mr. G. H. White to Miss O. F. C. Spring.

 

DEATHS

 

AUSTIN, Mr. W., Grahamstown, July 8, aged 80.

BLANE, Mr. R., Cape Town, July 14, aged 62.

BROWN, Miss C. W., Cape Town, July 15, aged 15.

BUCKLE – On July 9, at Pietermaritzburg, Mary Susannah, eldest daughter of the late Captain E. Buckle, aged 55.

DOUGLAS – On August 4, at 9, Wendover Crescent, Mount Florida, Glasgow, William Craig Graham Douglas, writer, aged 24. – Friends will please accept this (the only) intimation.

HAYNES – On August 8, killed in action, at the storming of Makoni’s Kraal, Rhodesia, Captain Alfred Ernest Haynes, Royal Engineers, aged 35, youngest son of the late William Haynes, of Wildwoods, North End, Hampstead, and Mrs. Haynes, now of South Heath, Hampstead.

KERSHAW – On August 5, Major Frederick Kershaw, 84th York and Lancaster Regiment, killed in action near Bulawayo, Matabeleland, youngest son of Burroughes D. Kershaw, C.E., Dartmouth Park, N.W.

LISSACK, Mr. E., Johannesburg, July 8, aged 39.

MCAFEE, Dr. Alexander, Willowvale, Transkei, July 15.

MACLEOD – On August 7, at Dunvegan, Emily Sarah, eldest daughter of John Norman MacLeod, 21st Chief of MacLeod, aged 86.

OLIVER, Mrs. S. J., Kimberley, July 12, aged 74.

SHARPE, Mr. J. M., Grahamstown, July 9, aged 70.

WHITLOW – On July 3, in hospital, at Bulawayo, from fever following wounds received in the engagement of April 10 (Brand’s Gwanda Patrol), Charles Ernest, second son of William and Emma Whitlow, Harlesden, N.W., aged 22.

 

A shooting affray took place at a canteen in Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, last month. A man named Fred Austin had a dispute with some of the frequenters of the canteen. Getting the worst of it, he went to his rooms, procured a revolver, and returned to the canteen. As one, Jacobs, was leaving and getting into a cab, Austin drew his revolver and fired, wounding him in the head. Jacobs was at once removed to the hospital by Chief-Detective Ferguson, who happened to be on the premises at the time. Austin escaped, but was afterwards captured.

 

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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