Elizabeth Gill, 19001984 (aged 84 years)

0000046 Elizabeth Townsend.jpg
Name
Elizabeth /Gill/
Given names
Elizabeth
Nickname
Gillie
Surname
Gill
Birth
Address: Registration district – Whitehaven
1900 birth in the sub district of Harrington in the County of Cumberland
Born 5th April 1900 at Hound Inn, Arlecdon U D
Citation details: 0000154 Letter from Pat to Joyce.,also 000024
Note: Born in the Lake District of England

Born in the Lake District of England
Came to South Africa Aged ~2

Marriage
Birth of a brother
Citation details: 0000024
Note: He was five or six years younger than his sister (source Joyce Maureen)
Death of a father
Cause: Mining Accident, Simmer and Jack mine. Some sort of overwind, possibly a headgear overwind.
Note: In 2011 Mom did say it was Crown Mines , try to confirm, maybe crown mines is more likely (chatted to Mom)
Death of a husband
Address: 44 Earnest Road
Cause: Haematemesis Cirrosis of Liver and Oesophageal Varices
Citation details: 0000221 Philip Earnest Townsend 1950 DInfo
Text:

Johannesburg Hospital

Death of a brother
Note: While Gran (Elizabeth Gill) was visiting at Maquondza
Occupation
Employer: McLaren Campbell & Co
Address: 34 Tyrwhitt Avenue
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: 0000045 50 year Service Recognition
Text:

Rand Daily Mail article

Date of entry in original source: 3 March 1969
Death of a mother
Note: Burried West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg
Death
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction and heart arrest.
Citation details: 0000154 Letter from Pat to Joyce
Burial
Family with parents
father
18701920
Birth: about 1870Frizington, Cumberland, England
Death: 1920
mother
herself
0000046 Elizabeth Townsend.jpg
19001984
Birth: 5 April 1900 30 100 Frizington, Cumberland, England
Death: 14 November 1984Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
7 years
younger brother
19061966
Birth: about 1906 36 106
Death: between 1954 and 1966Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Family with Phillip Ernest Robert Townsend
husband
1950
Death: 23 October 1950Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
herself
0000046 Elizabeth Townsend.jpg
19001984
Birth: 5 April 1900 30 100 Frizington, Cumberland, England
Death: 14 November 1984Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Marriage Marriage
Birth
Citation details: 0000154 Letter from Pat to Joyce.,also 000024
Occupation
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: 0000045 50 year Service Recognition
Text:

Rand Daily Mail article

Date of entry in original source: 3 March 1969
Death
Citation details: 0000154 Letter from Pat to Joyce
Birth

Born in the Lake District of England
Came to South Africa Aged ~2

Note

Was two years old when the family arrived in South Africa in 1902