Don Pratten
(1908-1988)

Don Pratten ¹⁹

Born: 6 Jul 1908
Marriage (1): Marjorie McPherson
Marriage (2): Marie Cicely Fuggie on 5 Jun 1941
Died: 9 Jul 1988, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 80

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Marjorie McPherson

Eris Pratten-Harvey

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Don-PrattenHarvey/203797181-1500014

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/research/ff-name-surname-results.php

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Don-PrattenHarvey/203797181-1500014

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3219201
He had an Ischemic Stroke.

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Don-PrattenHarvey/203797181-1500014

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT SAB
SOURCE URU
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2195
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2808
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AUTHORISING D PRATTEN TO ASSUME THE SURNAME OF "HARVEY".
STARTING 1944
ENDING 1944

• General Comment, 1944. Assumed the name Harvey. This was as a result of his grandmother's second marriage.

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT SAB
SOURCE URU
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2195
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2808
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AUTHORISING D PRATTEN TO ASSUME THE SURNAME OF "HARVEY".
STARTING 1944
ENDING 1944

• Occupation. Foreman employed by the Cape Times.

Don married Marjorie McPherson. (Marjorie McPherson died in 1980.)

Don next married Marie Cicely Fuggie on 5 Jun 1941. (Marie Cicely Fuggie was born on 15 Jul 1908 and died on 19 Dec 1979.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3219201

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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

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Don Pratten ¹⁹