May Gwendoline Lavin

Born: 1 May 1914, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Harold Arthur Ward on 10 Apr 1937 in St. George's Church, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Marriage (2): Louis Alfred Andrew on 22 Mar 1961
Died: 13 Sep 2000, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa aged 86

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Harold Arthur Ward

Penelope Ward
Allison May Ward
Frances Margaret Ward

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

https://www.identitynumber.org/research/marriage-transcriptions-maiden-results.php

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T7B-S3YJ?i=227&cc=1468076&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A68FQ-9VVH

And

https://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3701579

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH1-3Z6D?cc=4319131

bullet Death Notes:

https://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3701579

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH1-3Z6D?cc=4319131

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

• Web Based Info. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHZQ-3G1

May married Harold Arthur Ward on 10 Apr 1937 in St. George's Church, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. The marriage ended in divorce in 1951. (Harold Arthur Ward was born calculated 10 Apr 1908 in , , South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT TBD
SOURCE RSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO II/5A/328
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE I241/53
PART 1
DESCRIPTION WARD, MAY GWENDOLENE. BORN LAVIN. ILLIQUID CASE.
STARTING 19510908
ENDING 19510908
REMARKS DIVORCE. HAROLD ARTHUR WARD.

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T7B-S3YJ?i=227&cc=1468076&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A68FQ-9VVH

May next married Louis Alfred Andrew on 22 Mar 1961. (Louis Alfred Andrew was born on 20 Sep 1909.)

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

• Web Based Info. https://www.identitynumber.org/research/marriage-transcriptions-maiden-results1.php?id=17517771

And

https://www.identitynumber.org/research/death-records-results.php?id=3701579

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
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