Ethel Mary Platt
(cal 1868-1928)

Ethel Mary Platt

Born: Cal 6 Mar 1868, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Henry Melville Taberer J. P. , B. A. (Hons. ) in 1896 in Umtali, , Rhodesia
Died: 6 Aug 1928, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa aged about 60

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Henry Melville Taberer J. P. , B. A. (Hons. )

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=rebecca2&id=I5
Abt 1869

And

Copy of Ethel Mary Taberer's Death Notice dated 10 Aug 1928 in RAB's possession. She is recorded as 62 years and 5 months old when she died.
Cal 6 Mar 1866. This highly unlikely as her mother would have been 18 and she was born 3 months before her parents were married. Her husband was a well lettered person and is unlikely to have made a numerical mistake. Having said that, her husband incorrectly records her father as Alfred Platt.
I suspect this is a transcription error and have modified it to 1868.

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 66709
PART 1
DESCRIPTION TABERER, ETHEL MARY. BORN PLATT.
STARTING 19280000
ENDING 19280000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE HENRY MELVILLE TABERER

And

Copy of her father - Edward Ashworth Platt's Death Notice dd 26 Jun 1937 in RAB's possesion. It records her as deceased before 31 Jan 1919.

And

Copy of Ethel Mary Taberer's Death Notice dated 10 Aug 1928 in RAB's possession.

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

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2148845971

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2148845972

And

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=rebecca2&id=I5

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Dictionary%20of%20South%20African%20Biography/page_05307.pdf

And

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2817040/TABERER,%20T%20C%20M

• General Comment. Death certificates of her parents - Edward Ashworth Platt and Trena Vosper Henry in RAB's posession.

• General Comment. Copy of her son,Travers Charles Melville Taberer's, death notice dated Nov 1943 in RAB's possession.

• General Comment. Copy of her daughter, Phyllis Natalie Melville Dougherty's, death notice dated 27 Feb 1945 in RAB's possession.

Ethel married Henry Melville Taberer J. P. , B. A. (Hons. ), son of Canon Charles Taberer and Jeanne Hancorn Smith, in 1896 in Umtali, , Rhodesia. (Henry Melville Taberer J. P. , B. A. (Hons. ) was born on 7 Oct 1870 in Keiskama Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa and died on 5 Jun 1932 in Colesburg. Northern Cape, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2148845971

Name: Taberer, Henry
Date Of Birth: 07 October 1870
Place Of Birth: Keiskama Hoek, C.C.
Occupation: Native Labour Advisor to 3 companies
Surname Of Father: Taberer
Title Of Father: Canon
Information Of Father: Missionary for 53 years
Surname Of Spouse: Platt
First Name Of Spouse: Ethel
Date Of Marriage: 1896
Surname Of Father Spouse 1: Platt
First Name Of Father Spouse 1: A
Information Of Father Spouse: Of Durban
Other Information: 2 Children
Image Name: whoswho1929_328.pdf
Source: Who's Who 1929

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/The%20Family%20Register%20of%20the%20South%20African%20Nation/page_01035.pdf

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Dictionary%20of%20South%20African%20Biography/page_05307.pdf

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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