Mary Amelia Thackwray
(1852-1885)

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Born: 12 Feb 1852, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Christened: 14 Feb 1852, Cradock Methodist Church, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): George John Taylor Armstrong on 28 Mar 1870 in Cradock Methodist Church, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: 12 Nov 1885, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 33
Buried: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. George John Taylor Armstrong

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bullet General Notes:

George was an Auctioneer in Cradock and after the death of Mary he married her younger sister, Ellen.

bullet Birth Notes:

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

bullet Christening Notes:

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

bullet Death Notes:

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

Possibly the 13th of November 1885. This may be her burial date.

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

• Honours. South African National Archives

DEPOT Albany Museum (1820)
TYPE Photo
REFERENCE SMP455
DESCRIPTION Armstrong, Mrs. George (nee Mary Amelia Thackwray), 1852 - 1885; wife of George Armstrong of Cradock. Studio; full-length; full face (seated leaning over branch - studio prop.?).
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REMARKS Donor: Mrs. AM Emmett. Photographer: Aldham & Aldham, Grahamstown, 1886 - 1894. 7,8 x 5,7 cm.; mounted; cartes-de-visite (top cut off).

• Web Based Info. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

• Baptism, 14 Mar 1852, Cradock Methodist Church, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Mary married George John Taylor Armstrong in 1887. (George John Taylor Armstrong was born on 4 Jun 1843 and died on 7 Mar 1914.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-07/1058782317

Married by The Rev. J. W. H. Chubb.

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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

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