Henry Degacher Niven
(1902-1953)

Henry Degacher Niven

Born: 29 Jun 1902, Faringdon, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage (1): Doreen Platt in Jun 1940
Died: 25 Mar 1953, Lions River, Natal, South Africa aged 50

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Doreen Platt

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/42553170/person/19800645178?ssrc=

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 913/1953
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NIVEN, HENRY DEGACHER. BORN IN ENGLAND. S/SP NIVEN, DOREEN. BORN PLATT. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19530000
ENDING 19700000

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/43989877/person/12797279524?ssrc=

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1904&iid=32858_606246_2068-00053&fn=Henry+Degacher&ln=Niven&st=r&ssrc=&pid=18953560

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1897&iid=31031_A100131-01558&fn=Henry+Degacher&ln=Niven&st=r&ssrc=&pid=303796

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

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 913/1953
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NIVEN, HENRY DEGACHER. BORN IN ENGLAND. S/SP NIVEN, DOREEN. BORN PLATT. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19530000
ENDING 19700000

• General Comment. He is David Niven's (the actor) brother.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2012-01/1325849803

• Census: UK, 1911. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&h=56131556&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2997

Henry married Doreen Platt, daughter of Cecil Platt and Hilda Isabelle Hogg, in Jun 1940. (Doreen Platt was born on 29 Jul 1911 in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and died Sep Q 1974 in St. Marylebone, London, England.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2012-01/1325849803

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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