Sydney Michael Southwood ⁵

Born: 12 Feb 1920, York, Yorkshire, England
Marriage (1): Aileen Merle Weakley on 12 Feb 1942 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. Aileen Merle Weakley

Michael Peter Southwood+
Winston Southwood

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Rg4re68H1RZp27iKAK1iWA&scan=1

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

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/36627584/person/18963230530?ssrc=

Sydney married Aileen Merle Weakley, daughter of Harold Edgar Weakley and Maude Christine Pearsall, on 12 Feb 1942 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Aileen Merle Weakley was born on 26 Aug 1921, christened on 8 Apr 1922 in Queenstown Methodist Church, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on 27 May 2009 in Durban, Natal, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. Name: Southwood, Sidney Michael
Place Of Birth: England
Age: 22 Years
Occupation: Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force
Status: Bachelor
Date Of Marriage: 12 February 1942
Surname Of Bride: Weakley
First Name Of Bride: Aileen Merle
Age Of Bride: 20 Years
Country Of Birth Of Bride: C.P.
Status Of Bride: Spinster
Occupation Of Bride: Shop Assistant
Residence At Time Of Marriage Of Bride: 8 Grey Street
Name Of Witness 1: Ralph, P. P.
Name Of Witness 2: Homan, G.
Surname Of Minister: Whalley
First Name Of Minister: W. T.
Entry Number: 1/1942
Source Location: Methodist Parish Records: Queenstown: Marriages 1927-1947
Collection Name: Methodist Marriages

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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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Sydney Michael Southwood ⁵