Rupert Norman Watkins-Pitchford

Born: 5 Feb 1910
Marriage (1): Daphne Mary Butcher Dec Q 1932 in Holborn, Middlesex, England
Marriage (2): Greta Vera Heasman on 26 May 1943 in Mombassa, , Kenya
Marriage (3): Pamela in Oct 2000 in West Dorset, Dorset, England
Died: May 2001, West Dorset, Dorset, England aged 91

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Spouses/Children:

bullet Birth Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=rupert&gsfn_x=NN_NIC&gsln=watkins-pitchford&gsln_x=NP_NS&MSAV=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=3993866&db=ONSDeath93&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1&requr=11540774699171840&ur=0

bullet Death Notes:

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

• Ancestors. He is almost certainly a son of Col Herbert Watkins-Pitchford who founded the Allerton laboratory in Natal.

• Web Based Info. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=2X0KHyhPIuB%2BFu1scx7k7Q&scan=1

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

Rupert married Daphne Mary Butcher, daughter of Arthur George Butcher and Alice Jane Marion Platt, Dec Q 1932 in Holborn, Middlesex, England. The marriage ended in divorce. (Daphne Mary Butcher was born on 16 Jan 1911 in Durban, Natal, South Africa and died on 28 Mar 1952 in Guildford, Surrey, 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

Rupert next married Greta Vera Heasman on 26 May 1943 in Mombassa, , Kenya. The marriage ended in divorce. (Greta Vera Heasman was born on 25 Jan 1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England and died on 23 Aug 1995 in Onrusriver, Cape Province, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1897/31031_A100186-00372/373367?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dAndrewsIndex%26h%3d373367%26ti%3d5538%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t13911084_p19088527585_kpidz0q3d19088527585z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t13911084_p19088527585_kpidz0q3d19088527585z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Rupert next married Pamela in Oct 2000 in West Dorset, Dorset, England.

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

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&uidh=000&rank=1&new=1&msT=1&MS_AdvCB=1&MSAV=2&gsfn_x=XO&gsln_x=XO&cp=0&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&_80018003=Watkins-pitchford&_F0005648=428&_F0006310=293&_80004003=Watkins-pitchford&db=ONSmarriage1984&r=5538&noredir=true&gss=angs-d&pcat=34&fh=1&h=10548520&recoff=&ml_rpos=2

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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