Daphne Mary Butcher
(1911-1952)

Daphne Mary Butcher

Born: 16 Jan 1911, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Rupert Norman Watkins-Pitchford Dec Q 1932 in Holborn, Middlesex, England
Died: 28 Mar 1952, Guildford, Surrey, England aged 41

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Rupert Norman Watkins-Pitchford

bullet Birth Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 337/1953
PART 1
DESCRIPTION WATKINS-PITCHFORD, DAPHNE MARY. BORN BUTCHER. BORN IN DURBAN, NATAL.
DIVORCEE. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19520000
ENDING 19640000

And

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1518/30807_A001000-00080/9950105?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3ddaphne%2bmary%26gsfn_x%3dNN_NIC%26gsln%3dbutcher%26gsln_x%3dNP_NS%26MSAV%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26cp%3d11%26catbucket%3drstp%26uidh%3diof%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d9950105%26db%3dBT26%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SAfrBirBap&h=130273&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1518

bullet Death Notes:

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

• General Comment. Copy of her father, Arthur George Butcher's, Death Notice dated 27 Jul 1943 in RAB's possession.

• Will. http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/32858_635001_2122-00233/16327260?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d16327260%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7579&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Daphne married Rupert Norman Watkins-Pitchford, son of Herbert Watkins-Pitchford and Emily May Willson, Dec Q 1932 in Holborn, Middlesex, England. The marriage ended in divorce. (Rupert Norman Watkins-Pitchford was born on 5 Feb 1910 and died in May 2001 in West Dorset, Dorset, England.)

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

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 337/1953
PART 1
DESCRIPTION WATKINS-PITCHFORD, DAPHNE MARY. BORN BUTCHER. BORN IN DURBAN, NATAL.
DIVORCEE. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19520000
ENDING 19640000

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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