Walter Ayres

Born: 2 Oct 1842, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Christened: 25 Jun 1843, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage (1): Maria Rutherford on 8 Jan 1873 in Potchefstroom, North Western Province, South Africa
Died: 29 Dec 1898, Buffels Drift, Transvaal, South Africa aged 56

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Maria Rutherford

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

He does not appear in the 1841 Census of the UK. Born after 1840
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=Ellen&gsfn_x=NN_NIC&gsln=Ayres&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1833&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&uidh=iof&cp=0&pcat=35&h=16606166&recoff=6+7&db=uki1841&indiv=1

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=walter&gsfn_x=NN_NIC&gsln=ayres&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1841&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=5&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=51223612&db=FS1EnglandBirthsandChristenings&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1

And

Copy of Walter Ayre's Death Notice dated 30 July 1919 in RAB's possession.

bullet Christening Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=walter&gsfn_x=NN_NIC&gsln=ayres&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1841&msbdy_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&msbdp=5&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=51223612&db=FS1EnglandBirthsandChristenings&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 41286
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AYRES, WALTER.
STARTING 18980000
ENDING 18980000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE MARIA AYRES.

And

http://www.geni.com/people/Walter-Ayres/6000000027777287378

And

Copy of Walter Ayre's Death Notice dated 30 July 1919 in RAB's possession.

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.durban.gov.za/Documents/DiscoverDurban/Museums%20and%20Durban%20Art%20Gallery/1_march2002_publications_ppmar02.pdf

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 41286
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AYRES, WALTER.
STARTING 18980000
ENDING 18980000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE MARIA AYRES.

• General Comment. Compiled a list of Natal Birds in the 1860s.
http://www.durban.gov.za/Documents/DiscoverDurban/Museums%20and%20Durban%20Art%20Gallery/1_march2002_publications_ppmar02.pdf

• Children. I suspect they have a child Alice Duchesne Ayres who married
Albert Edward Meadway. She was born about 1876. They married in 1899.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23578-33513-40?cc=1468076&wc=SFV7-16N:44975801,52325201,60055401,60056801

I suspect they have a child Catherine Martha Eulalie Ayres who married Andrew Augustine Phelan. She was born about 1874. They married in 1897.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23578-33475-47?cc=1468076&wc=SFV7-16N:44975801,52325201,60055401,60056801

• Occupation. Naturalist.
GISA SAF Kombo CD page 490.

And

Naturalist and Customs Officer.
Copy of Walter Ayre's Death Notice dated 30 July 1919 in RAB's possession.

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

Walter married Maria Rutherford, daughter of Richard Rutherford and Catharina Helena Lange, on 8 Jan 1873 in Potchefstroom, North Western Province, South Africa. (Maria Rutherford was born on 1 Aug 1852 and was christened on 29 Aug 1852 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.geni.com/people/Walter-Ayres/6000000027777287378?through=6000000027777499259

• General Comment. GISA SAF Kombo CD page 490.

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

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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