Ernest Alphones Thornhill ⁵ ^,13

Born: Mar 1858, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Emma Pownell Thackwray on 11 Mar 1891 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died: Marandellas, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

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Spouses/Children:

1. Emma Pownell Thackwray

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bullet General Notes:

On his marriage certificate his second name is spelt Alphonso. Ernest farmed initially at "Lion Hill" near Dordrecht. He sold un in about 1910 and moved to Southern Rhodesia. In 1923 the family moved to Kenya and then back to Rhodesia in 1963 following the Mau Mau Rebellion. It is presumed that both Ernest and Emma are buried on a farm 14 km outside Marandellas.

Ernest married Emma Pownell Thackwray, daughter of James Thackwray and Mary Jane Vicary, on 11 Mar 1891 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Emma Pownell Thackwray was born on 5 Oct 1867 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died in 1938 in Marandellas, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.)

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

• Web Based Info. Entry #386
Husband: Ernest Alphonso THORNHILL, Full, Bachelor, Farmer, residing
Eerste Verlies, district of Cradock
Wife: Emma Pownell THACKWRAY, Full, Spinster, residing Klip Poort,
district of Cradock
Date: 3/11/1891
Witnesses: G. W. COMPTON, Rosina COMPTON
Minister: William M. DOUGLAS

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-03/1048493070

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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.

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.

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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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Ernest Alphones Thornhill ⁵ ^,13