General Notes:
John left Queenstown in 1896 to emigrate to Southern Rhodesia. A note for the first child states that he was orphaned in the 1918 Flu endemic and was adopted by his aunt, Lydia Ann Sephton Jakins. Whether his siblings were also adopted by her is unknown.
John married Mary Rosina Thackwray, daughter of James Thackwray and Mary Jane Vicary, in 1899. (Mary Rosina Thackwray was born on 29 Jan 1880 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa, christened in Cradock Methodist Church, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in 1918.)
John next married Florence Dorothy Thackwray, daughter of James Thackwray and Mary Jane Vicary, in 1899. (Florence Dorothy Thackwray was born on 3 Apr 1885 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in Oct 1918.)
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