George Frederick Weakley ⁵ ^,13

Born: 19 Apr 1872, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Died: 11 May 1899, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa aged 27

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bullet General Notes:

No issue. George's occupation was given as the editor of Colesburg Advertiser on his death certificate. There appears to be some confusion as George's death certificate was first registered with his second name as Robert and subsequently re-registered with Frederick. He died of typhoid fever.

bullet Birth Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I7313&style=TEXT

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Copy of his death notice in RAB's possession.

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/390
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1743
PART 1
DESCRIPTION WEAKLEY, GEORGE FREDERICK. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18990000
ENDING 18990000

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https://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C1445827
Name: WEAKLEY, GEORGE FREDERICK
Year: 1899
Volume: 6/9/390
Source Location: National Archives, Cape Town (KAB)
Reference: 1743
Source: Master's Office / Orphan Chamber, Cape Town (MOOC)
Collection Name: Cape Estates Death Notice Index 1834 - 1951

And

Copy of his death notice in RAB's possession.

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

• Web Based Info. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I7313&style=TEXT

• General Comment. Extract from Grahamstown Journal - Thursday 9 June 1898
GUN ACCIDENT
Mr. George WEAKLEY, manager of the Colesberg paper, met with a somewhat serious accident. On Monday 30th ult he was visiting at Mr. John VAN ZYL's farm, T'Zamenkomst. Before breakfast he went out to shoot ducks. The cartridge did not fit in the gun, and required considerable force to get it in, and when in it fitted very tightly. About half a mile from the house, Mr. WEAKLEY fired. The shot in the cartridge remained in the gun: the powder exploded and forced its way out at the lock, striking Mr. WEAKLEY in the right eye. Fortunately he was able to make his way back to the house, and was brought immediately into town. At first it was feared that the eye was completely destroyed, but Dr. RIORDAN, who is in attendance, holds out the faint hope that it may be spared.

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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.

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George Frederick Weakley ⁵ ^,13