Martha Duchesne

Born: 15 Jun 1804, Poplar, London, England
Christened: 12 Jul 1804, Stepney, London, England
Marriage (1): John Ayres on 10 Apr 1828 in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England
Died: 21 Jun 1883, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa aged 79
Buried: 1883, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. John Ayres

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1841&indiv=try&h=16606165

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=450789&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t1493870_p1563124208_kpidz0q3d1563124208z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid

And

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1530759

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9R-WLW6?i=1582&cc=2520237
Says born in France

bullet Christening Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=lmaearlyparish&h=450789&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t1493870_p1563124208_kpidz0q3d1563124208z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 45/214
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AYRES, MARTHA. (BORN DUCHESNE) (WIDOW).
STARTING 18830000
ENDING 19170000

And

http://www.geni.com/people/Martha-Ayres/6000000027775548354?through=6000000027777234632

And

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1530759

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1530759

bullet Sources of information or noted events in her life were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3HF-D2Y

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2X9-8LH

• Census: UK, 1841. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1841&indiv=try&h=16606165
In this census Susannah Duchesne is staying with them. Presumably a sister.

• General Comment. Copy of her daughter, Alice Wirsing's, Death Notice dated 6 Nov 1918 in RAB's possession.

• General Comment. Copy of her son, Walter Ayre's, Death Notice dated 30 July 1919 in RAB's possession.

Martha married John Ayres on 10 Apr 1828 in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England. (John Ayres was born in Oct 1791 in , , England, died on 6 Jul 1878 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and was buried in 1878 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2X9-8LH

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1623&iid=31280_194733-00634&fn=John&ln=Ayres&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2033947
Witnessed by Martha's brother John and sister Sarah

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=5967&iid=auld-12_pa-pc10123963&fn=John&ln=Ayres&st=r&ssrc=&pid=59874

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years