Vera Eileen Platt
(1888-1969)

Vera Eileen Platt

Born: 12 Mar 1888, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Hugh Douglas Clinch on 4 Apr 1907 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (2): Arthur Harold Keith Jopp on 8 Jul 1952 in Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 30 Apr 1969, Durban, Natal, South Africa aged 81

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Hugh Douglas Clinch

Monica Eileen Druce Clinch+
Diana Clinch+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11767-45369-84?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PYS:n1741016856
She was 62 when she married on 8 Jul 1952.
Cal 8 Jul 1889

And

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Vera-Eileen-Clinch-born-Platt/119743411-1001231

And

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1518/30807_A000855-00334/6929476?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749
She was 21 when she married on 4/4/1907

And

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2997/40610_B001157-00047/40649590?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3ddiana%26gsfn_x%3dNIC%26gsln%3dclinch%26gsln_x%3dXO%26msbdy%3d1925%26msbdy_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3diof%26msbdp%3d1%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d40649590%26recoff%3d7%2b8%2b32%26db%3dUKOutwardPassengerLists%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

And

Copy of Vera Eileen Jopp's Death Notice dated 2 May 1969 in RAB's possession. Her birthday is recorded as 12/3/1888 in Durban.

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Vera-Eileen-Clinch-born-Platt/119743411-1001231

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1473/1969
PART 1
DESCRIPTION JOPP, VERA EILEEN. (FORMERLY CLINCH, BORN PLATT). BORN IN DURBAN,
NATAL. S SP JOPP, ARTHUR HAROLD KEITH. PRSP CLINCH, HE DOUGLAS. NO
TRACE. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19690000
ENDING 19690000

Copy of Vera Eileen Jopp's Death Notice dated 2 May 1969 in RAB's possession.

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.angloboerwar.com/images/pdf/natalwhoswho1906-p.pdf

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C23622

• General Comment. She was E.A. Platts youngest daughter.
http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C23622

And

Death certificates of Edward Ashworth Platt and Trena Vosper Henry in RAB's posession.

And

Name: Clinch, Hugh Douglas
Date Of Birth: 21 January 1880
Place Of Birth: Gloucester
Occupation: Manager Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co., Ltd, Durban
Father Name: Clinch, A. Howard
Surname Of Spouse: Platt
First Name Of Spouse: Vera Eileen
Date Of Marriage: 1907
Surname Of Father Spouse 1: Platt
First Name Of Father Spouse 1: E.A.
Information Of Father Spouse 1: Vera was youngest daughter
Number Of Children: Two daughters.
Place Of Education: King's School, Peterborough
Address: P.O. Box 349, Durban
Other Information: Served with Montgomery Yeomanry in Boer War, 1900-01; also in Great War with Yeomanry, Staff Captain, G.H.Q., Palestine. Mentioned in Despatches. Manager, Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co. in Durban since 1908. President, Durban and Coast Society of Agriculture and Industry, 1927/9. Represented Natal, Inter-provincial Tennis, 1906.

• General Comment. Copy of her mother - Trena Vosper Platt nee Henry's death notice dd 4 Sep 1920 in RAB's possession.

• General Comment. Copy of her father - Edward Ashworth Platt's Death Notice dd 26 Jun 1937 in RAB's possesion.

Vera married Hugh Douglas Clinch, son of Arthur Howard Clinch and Julia Emma Cridland, on 4 Apr 1907 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Hugh Douglas Clinch was born on 21 Jan 1880 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, christened on 29 Feb 1880 in Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, died on 24 Oct 1947 in Marylebone, London, England and was cremated in , , England.)

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

• Web Based Info. Name: Clinch, Hugh Douglas
Date Of Birth: 21 January 1880
Place Of Birth: Gloucester
Occupation: Manager Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co., Ltd, Durban
Father Name: Clinch, A. Howard
Surname Of Spouse: Platt
First Name Of Spouse: Vera Eileen
Date Of Marriage: 1907
Surname Of Father Spouse 1: Platt
First Name Of Father Spouse 1: E.A.
Information Of Father Spouse 1: Vera was youngest daughter
Number Of Children: Two daughters.
Place Of Education: King's School, Peterborough
Address: P.O. Box 349, Durban
Other Information: Served with Montgomery Yeomanry in Boer War, 1900-01; also in Great War with Yeomanry, Staff Captain, G.H.Q., Palestine. Mentioned in Despatches. Manager, Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co. in Durban since 1908. President, Durban and Coast Society of Agriculture and Industry, 1927/9. Represented Natal, Inter-provincial Tennis, 1906.
Image Name: 053_WhosWhoNatal_1935.JPG
Page Number: 53
Source: Natal Who's Who 1933

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR2:n481135513
Witness was Trena Platt.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749

• General Comment. Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

Vera next married Arthur Harold Keith Jopp, son of George Keith Jopp and Bertha Matilda Manning, on 8 Jul 1952 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Arthur Harold Keith Jopp was born on 1 May 1890 in , Queensland, Australia and died in 1970 in , , South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDZ3-HTW

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11767-45369-84?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PYS:n1741016856

• General Comment. Copy of Vera Eileen Jopp's Death Notice dated 2 May 1969 in RAB's possession. There were no children of this marriage.

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