This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, 18 September 1909, titled Domestic Announcements:

[Announcements under this heading are charged for at a minimum of 5s., which in all cases must be prepaid. All notices must be properly authenticated.]

BIRTHS

CAWOOD—On August 16, at Kimberley, to Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Cawood, of Beaconsfield, a daughter.

DIMSEY—On the 10^th inst., at Cape Town, the wife of Fleet-Surgeon E. R. Dimsey, D.S.O., R.N., a son.

DUXBURY—On August 11, at Pretoria, the wife of William Samuel Duxbury, a son.

FRIEDMAN—On August 16, at Kimberley, to Mr. and Mrs. M. Friedman, a son.

HARDIE—On August 23, at Zomba, Nyasaland, to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hardie, a son.

SADLEIR—On August 15, at Benoni, the wife of H. W. Sadleir, a son.

SHEARS—On the 2^nd inst., at Manchester, to Captain and Mrs. Cuthbert Shears, a daughter.

WILLIAMS—At Winchester, England, on Sunday, the 15^th August, the wife of Herbert V. Williams, of the Jubilee and Salisbury Mines, of twin sons.

ZIERVOGEL—On August 15, at Pietersburg, the wife of John Ziervogel, a son.

MARRIAGES

FOX—BRUNTON—On the 11^th inst., at Salisbury, Rhodesia, Edward Thornton Fox, eldest son of R. E. Fox, of Leicester, to Helen Edith, daughter of the late W. A. Brunton, M.I.C.E., and of Mrs. Brunton, of Stalham, Norfolk.

LADELL—BERRY—On the 13^th inst., at Durban, W. R. Simpson Ladell, F.C.S., A.I.C., of Cedara, Natal, third son of Dr. W. J. Simpson Ladell, of Canonbury, to Lindsay, daughter of W. Wilson Berry, of Canonbury.

ROBERTSON—TAIT—On the 9^th inst., at Barnton, Mid-Lothian, Hector Mackenzie Robertson, eldest son of the late Robert Robertson, Edinburgh, to Saidie Makins, fourth daughter of the late Walter Tait, of Cornhill-on-Tweed.

SCARLETT—MORRISON—On July 28, at Johannesburg, John Robert, second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scarlett, Newtonbutler, Ireland, to Annie Law, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morrison, of Johannesburg.

SCOTT—HEBBELL—On August 3, at Salisbury, Rhodesia, George, eldest son of George Scott, Edinburgh, to Edith, second daughter of the late Dr. Alfred Hebbell, of Flaxton, Yorkshire.

WILSON—SILVER—On the 11^th inst., at Pretoria, John Goddard Wilson, of the Transvaal Civil Service, to Margaret Silver, of Weybridge, Surrey.

DEATHS

ABRAHAMS—On the 13^th inst., at 6, Hall Road, N.W., Alfred Abrahams, aged 58.

CHAMBERS—On the 14^th inst., at Bedford, Charlotte Anne Wyatt Chambers, widow of the late Rev. James Chambers, of the Island of St. Helena, in her 88^th year.

DAVIES—On August 15, at Muizenburg, John Davies, late manager of Geldenhuis Deep.

GUYMER—On August 15, at Johannesburg, Annie, beloved wife of P. J. Guymer, of Johannesburg.

JACOB—On July 30, at Toise River, Cape Colony, Frederick Jacob, son of the late Frederick Jacob, of Edinburgh.

SONNENFELD—On August 18, at Johannesburg, Joseph Leon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Sonnenfeld, in his 25^th year.

WALSHE—On August 14, at Johannesburg, A.P. Walshe, in his 69^th year.

WARD—On August 7, at Madibi, Rose Alice, the dearly beloved wife of Albert Ernest Ward.

IN MEMORIAM

BIGGS—In memory of Arthur, elder son of Hayward and Bessie Biggs, who succumbed to enteric fever at Pretoria, September 17, 1900, in his 20^th year.

FERGUSON—In loving memory of Johnnie Ferguson who died at Cape Town, September 15, 1903.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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