Frances Geraldine Chalmers Francis

Marriage (1): William Hollings Norton in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Died: 1942, , Natal, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. William Hollings Norton

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bullet Death Notes:

She almost certainly died in 1942. Now confirmed.

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 35613/1942
PART 1
DESCRIPTION NORTON, FRANCIS GERALDINE. (BORN FRANCIS) (WIDOW).
STARTING 1942
ENDING 1943
REMARKS MSCE 26 574.

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

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/36071269/person/18877248182

• Ancestors. Her father may be James Bernard Chalmers Francis.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23576-69304-21?cc=1468076

• General Comment. Copy of his son, William Hollings Norton's, Death Notice dated 13 December 1937 in RAB's possession. She was present at his death and signed his death notice. She is recorded as Frances Geraldine Chalmers Francis. She signs as F. Geraldine C. Norton.

Frances married William Hollings Norton, son of The Hon. Philip Ogilvie Norton M. L. C. , J. P. and Ellen Elizabeth Otto, in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. (William Hollings Norton was born in 1870 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ⁸² and died on 27 Nov 1937 in Richmond, Natal, South Africa ⁸².)

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

• General Comment. Copy of William Hollings Norton's Death Notice dated 13 December 1937 in RAB's possession.

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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