This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, August 8, 1903, titled Domestic Announcements:

BIRTHS

DALTON, Mrs. G. L., Durban, July 3, a daughter.

DEWHURST—On August 5, at Acton Vale, W., the wife of John Herbert Dewhurst, of a son.

DONNE, Mrs. R. L., Durban, June 29, a daughter.

FISHER, Mrs. A. W., Wynberg, July 14, a daughter.

FRASER—On August 1, at 81, New Road, Newtown, Ayr, the wife of Thomas Fraser, A.M.I.C.E., Aliwal North, a daughter.

GODFREY—On July 30, at The Pines, St. George’s Road, East London, the wife of J. J. Godfrey, Civil Engineer, Cape Government Railways, a son.

GREEN—On August 5, at Woodside, Mayow Road, Sydenham, the wife of R. Cottle Green, of a daughter.

KIRKWOOD—On June 8, at William’s Avenue, Durban, the wife of Wm. G. Kirkwood, of a daughter.

M’FARLANE—On June 28, at Umbilo Road, Durban, to Mr. and Mrs. R. M’Farlane, a son.

PEARSON, Mrs. A., Durban, July 6, a son.

ROBERTS, Mrs. H. R., Sea Point, July 14, a son.

WALKER—On July 24, at Germiston, the wife of Alexander T. Walker, of Polmont, a son.

WEBB—On July 30, at Johannesburg, the wife of Thomas Webb, of a son.

WOODGATE—On July 8, the wife of Arthur Seymour Woodgate, Calcote, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES

BELL—CHADWICK—On July 30, at St. Mattew’s, Bayswater, Henry Thurburn Montague Bell, of Phaleron, Johannesburg, son of the late James Leonard Bell, of Egypt and Ceylon, and of Mrs. Bell, of Wimbledon, to Eva Muriel, only daughter of the late Edward and Bessie Chadwick, of Bromley, Kent.

BISSET—MILLER—On July 28, at Durban, Robert Patrick Bisset, of Edinburgh, eldest son of the late John Bisset, Seggieden, Fife, to Mary Pearson Miller, eldest daughter of John Miller, Dean Park Mews, Edinburgh.

BLACKWOOD, T. R.—HARRON, M., Durban, July 1.

BROWN, R. B.—MORTON, B., Cape Town, July 11.

GEARY, E. H.—HARPER, G. W., Durban, June 29.

GRAHAM—MACINTOSH, K. A.—ARDERSTER, M., Cape Town, July 11.

HOUGHTON-HAWKSLEY, A. L.—SULLIVAN, M. M., Sea Point, July 13.

KNIGHT—WARREN—On August 5, at All Souls, Langham Place, London, W., by the Rev. C. H. Wilson, Clifford Hume Knight, of Cape Town, Merchant, to Edith, second daughter of Edward Warren, of Wellesley, Rondebosch, Cape Town.

LANGSCHMIDT, A. E. G.—LOUW, H., Cape Town, July 14.

NEILSON, E. L.—MACKINNON, M., Durban, July 2.

PHILPOT—MCEWAN—On June 3, at St. Augustine’s, Dornfontein, Johannesburg, Frederick William, second son of Major F. Philpot, to Eila Rose Campbell, third daughter of Alexander Campbell McEwan, of Maritzburg, and granddaughter of the late Alexander McEwan, of Sunderland, Islay.

RICHARDS, C.—ADAMS, S., Cape Town.

RUTHVEN—HENDERSON—On July 5, in the Presbyterian Church, Cape Town, James Henry Ruthven, Johannesburg, to Jane Buchanan Henderson, M.D., younger daughter of the late George Henderson, Bo’ness.

SHELLEY—ELLIS—On August 5, at St. Mary’s, Clapham Park Road, George Alic Henry Shelley, M.P.S., elder son of George Winn Shelley, of Ivy House, Old Town, Clapham, to Ada Elizabeth, only daughter of James Ellis, of 47, Rosenau Road, S.W.

SHELTON, J. H.—STACEY, F.L., Woodstock, July 8

TURNER, W. E.—SHELTON, M., Woodstock, July 8

DEATHS

BOEHM—On June 18, at the Vicarage, Heidelberg, Laura Wynne Boehm, aged 28, wife of the Rev. F. C. Boehm, and youngest daughter of the late A. Wetherby, of Albrighton, Shropshire.

BROWN—On July 5, 1903, at Germiston, Matthew Brown, Mine Manager, South Geldenhuis Deep, late of California.

COLLER, L. C. M., Lakeside, July 10, aged 10 months.

DONALDSON—On July 3, at Cape Town, James Donaldson, formerly drysalter, Glasgow.

EVANS, A. F., Berea, June 28.

HAMILTON—On July 27, at Bonnyrigg, Grace Cochran, daughter of the late James Hamilton, butcher, The Market, Tolbooth Wynd, Leith.

HODGSON—On July 31, at Llandudno, suddenly, Louisa Hodgson, of St. Margaret’s, High View Road, Upper Norwood, third daughter of the late Henry John Hodgson.

MANDY—On June 28, at Kimberley, Francis Raymond Mandy.

MORRISON—On August 1, at Stellenbosch, Jessie Emmeline, aged 34, beloved wife of Professor J. T. Morrison, daughter of the late G. H. Raithby, Edinburgh.

MUNRO—On June 29, at Kimberley, David Munro, third son of the late Mrs. Munro, Bettyhill, Sutherlandshire.

PURDON—On July 3, at Bulawayo, Frank A. Purdon, of pneumonia.

RIPPON, H. E., Volksrust, June 23.

ROBERTSON, R. S., Lydenburg, July 2, aged 16 months.

WALKER—On July 24, at East London, Hugh Dalziel, eldest son of the late Major-General William Walker and of Mrs. Eliza Murray Dalziel or Walker, 71, Morningside Park, Edinburgh.

WOODS, W. A., Mooie Rylies, Victoria, Mashonaland, June 8.

Miscellaneous articles on the same page:

We regret to announce the death of the Rev. W. P. Rousseau, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, at Maritzburg.

The Durban Port Advisory Board, at a recent meeting, considered in committee between 90 and 100 applications for the post of Port Captain. The recommendation of the Board was transmitted to the Government without being publicly announced.

At St. Cyprian’s Church, Pinetown, a wedding between Mr. G. V. Currie, of Pietersburg, and Miss Susie Lee was celebrated recently. The Rev. Mr. Bromilow officiated, and the church was crowded with friends and guests. After the ceremony about 100 guests assembled at Kya Lami, the residence of the bride’s parents, where a reception was held.

MACLEOD of MACLEOD, who was 64 this week, is the chief of the survivors of a clan that once was very large in the Highlands. He resides at Dunvegan Castle, in the Isle of Skye, which is claimed to be the oldest inhabited private house in Scotland, as it has been the ancestral home of the Macleods since the ninth century. The chief, who is the 23rd to hold that title, was 14 years in the 74th Highland Light Infantry, retiring in 1872 as a captain. He served in the Zulu War of 1879, acting as political agent, and received a C.M.G. for his services.

Ellen Stanton

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