Friday, 14 February 2014

STRETCH Family Tree (Updates & Errata)

At last! a few updates...
ID numbers, highlighted in yellow, will be listed below in numerical order as new discoveries are come to light.  (A reminder that I write all surnames in uppercase, and that an ID number is an 'umbrella' for both members of a couple OR of an individual if their partner/s are not known).

ID:33  Richard Aldworth STRETCH  (page 312)
Evidence has emerged that this Richard may have had a son (by the same name) born in 1826, hence probably the first-born. Based on the evidence of the following document, I suggest that the son named Aldworth (ID:67) ought to be renamed Richard Aldworth STRETCH (Jnr.):
The original document may be zoomed in the Harvey-SA family tree (ancestry.com):

Accordingly, his wife and children, unrecorded in the STRETCH Family Tree, should be added, as follows:

Wife of Richard Aldworth STRETCH (Jnr.) was Gesina Johanna BOLLEURS, daughter of John BOLLEURS and Hester UNKNOWN, was born at Pearston in about 1837. She died on 12 June 1904, having made a joint will on 1 March 1892 at Friedenburg.
Richard Aldworth STRETCH (Jnr.) and Gesina Johanna BOLLEURS had the following children (in presumed birth order as written by their father on the above death notice):
i.     Richard Aldworth STRETCH (Jnr.Jnr.)
ii.    John Bolleurs STRETCH
iii.   Charles Lennox STRETCH
iv.   Evelyn STRETCH
v.    Mabel STRETCH
vi.   Willie STRETCH
vii.  Catherine STRETCH      [minor]
viii. Maude STRETCH          [minor]
ix.   Gwennie STRETCH*     [minor]
x.    Walker STRETCH          [minor]

*Nos. ix and x may possibly be one person, ie 'Gwennie Walker STRETCH'.


ID:108  Catherine Ethel BENNETT  (page 312)
(sourced from the Robson Family Tree, ancestry.com, with thanks. Several earlier generations of this family, along with some photos, are available here)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5042911/person/1311815088
Catherine Ethel (Pringle) BENNETT 1868-1915
 
...and Catherine's husband William Scott PRINGLE, born 1858 in Eildon, Cape Province, South Africa, died 7 December 1904 in South Africa. Note that his name should be corrected to William Scott PRINGLE (Jnr.), now that I have discovered that his father had the same name.
William Scott PRINGLE (Jnr.) (1858- ?)

William Scott PRINGLE (Jnr.)'s father was also named William Scott PRINGLE, born on 23 December 1828 in Eildon, South Africa, and died on 7 December 1904 in South Africa (photo below).
His mother was Catherine Brand WELSH, born 8 February 1831 in Eildon, and died 7 August 1905 in South Africa (photo below):
William Scott PRINGLE, father of William Scott PRINGLE (Jnr.) 1828-1904
 
Catherine Brand WELSH 1831-1905
 

ID:155  Gladys Ethel PRINGLE  (page 312)
(sourced from the Robson Family Tree, ancestry.com, with thanks).
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5042911/person/6035078882
Gladys was born on 19 June 1890 in Craddock, Cape Province, South Africa. She married Herbert Rochford NILAND on 12 December 1902 at Adelaide, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Note the corrected spelling of Rochford (not Rockford). Gladys died on 8 July 1972 at Adelaide, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and was buried at an unknown location:

Herbert Rochford NILAND was born on 12 February 1885 at Mount Pleasant, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, and died on 8 March 1951 at Bedford, Easten Cape Province, South Africa. His grave was photographed at
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1710517  as follows: