This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine August 29, 1896. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

SONS

CRIBB, MRS. R. H., Bloemfontein, July 22

FRIEDMAN, MRS. L., Johannesburg, July 24

HARTLEY, MRS. G. O., Middelburg, July 23

JACOBS, MRS. S., Johannesburg, July 23

ROCHESTER, MRS. R., Johannesburg, July 26

SCHLIMMER, MRS. F., Johannesburg, July 25.

WANCKEL, MRS. E., East London, July 23.

DAUGHTERS

CURGENVEN, MRS. B., Kimberley, July 26

GOULD, MRS. J., Johannesburg, July 23

MORRIS, MRS. J. S., Pretoria, July 25

PARTRIDGE, MRS. J., Kimberley, July 26

WALL, MRS. A. E., Johannesburg, July 23.

MARRIAGES

HAM, H. T. - KIGHTLEY, E. L., Brandfort, O. F. S., July 23.

PUGH, H. W. - DOULAS, J. M., Johannesburg, July 23

SKIPPER - BARKER - On July 31, by special licence, at Cape Town, Charles A. J. Skipper, eldest son of the late Charles Skipper, 39, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, to Agnes, fifth daughter of William Barker, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

WALLACH, W. - DE LA HUNT, B., Pretoria, July 23.

DEATHS

BRETT - On August 19, at Hampton Wick, Winifred Clara, the beloved wife of Francis Henry Brett, aged 26.

BERESFORD - On July 25, at his residence, 8, Pearson Street, Port Elizabeth, after many years intense suffering, Captain the Hon. Ralph Aubrey Dupres Beresford, aged 46, youngest son of the late Lord Alfred Beresford.

DE KOCK, MISS J. S. - Villiersdorp, July 16, aged 13.

EIGELAAR, MRS. J. C., Porterville, July 29, aged 31.

KYD, R. S., Swellendam, July 23, aged 35.

MCKENZIE, MRS. J., Graaf-Reinet, July 24, aged 80.

POTTER - On July 23, at Bulawayo, of fever, James Thomas Potter, aged 28, only son of the late James Potter, of Glenfuir, Falkirk, and of Mrs. Potter, 41, Coates Gardens, Edinburgh.

STEEL, C. W., Johannesburg, July 23.

VAN SCHALWYK, O. G., Fraserburg, July 27, aged 72.

Miscellaneous articles on same page:

Mr. F. J. LUNNON, an English barrister practising in Pretoria as an attorney, was married recently to Miss Bertha Metlerkamp, daughter of the well-known Knysna Justice of the Peace of that name. The news of his marriage came as a surprise to his friends in Pretoria.

An Indian who got out of the Durban gaol recently signalised his return to freedom by placing a heavy piece of wood and stones on the railway line. He was observed; but before the obstructions could be removed a train had passed over them. He got two years' hard labour.

The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse told a good story at Cape Town the other week. His little girl came to him one day, he said, with a thorn in her finger with the remark in her mouth, "Father, a thorn in the hand is not worth two in the bush, is it?"

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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