Dorothy May Branson
(1911-Abt 1976)

Dorothy May Branson

Born: 1911, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Marriage (1): Cecil Thomas Dawson on 2 Jan 1932 in St. Patrick's Church, Malvern, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Died: Abt 1976 aged about 65

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Cecil Thomas Dawson

Cynthia Dawson

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Dorothy-May-Branson/175906551-1002358

And

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/1998-03/0890809624

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12772175/person/1976589572
1912

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Dorothy-May-Branson/175906551-1002358

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/John-Daniel-Branson/175906551-1000378

• General Comment. In an odd coincidence.

Name: Dawson, Dorothy May
Place Of Death: Durban
Customary Law: No
Inventory Value: 0
Surname Of Spouse: Dawson
First Name Of Pre Deceased Spouse: Harold Kendall
Estate Number: 8793/2005
Will: Yes
Collection: National Deceased Estates Index
Source: Master Of The High Court Offices Pietermaritzburg
Collection Name: Pietermaritzburg Deceased Estates Index
https://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2148715646

And

https://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._27894_-_20_Aug_2005_12_54
Section: Notices to Creditors in Deceased Estates
Record Type: Legal Records
8793/2005 - Dawson, Dorothy May, 26-01-1918, 1801260065180,12 AStTropez, Ripley Terrace, Durban, 4001,17 June 2005. Dane Lievesley, 7 Naboom Close, Glen Anil, 4051. 30 days.

She may be the same person who remarried

Dorothy married Cecil Thomas Dawson on 2 Jan 1932 in St. Patrick's Church, Malvern, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. (Cecil Thomas Dawson was born in 1908 in Witbank, Mapumalanga, South Africa and died on 3 Dec 1943 in Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12772175/person/1976589572

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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