John (age 31) married Irene Thornton Randall (age 21) on 1 February 1911 in Potchefstroom, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa.[1]
Research Notes
Pioneering researchers: The late Pat Randall of Port Alfred, myself, Vernon Whittal & Trevor Dickerson. (Pat did extensive research even going over to England to trace the origins of the Randalls. She was a Boast from Natal who had married Avro Randall a farmer of PA) Forrester - Verona Blake ( there is a book by her "Richard Forrester and His Descendants)
His wife was born and died in South Africa.
DOB based on wife's birth in 1889
Sources
↑Marriage:
"South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930"
citing Marriage, Potchefstroom, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria.
FamilySearch Record: QPW7-LKSR (accessed 5 December 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91V-YW95 Image number 02729
John Alexander Manson (31) marriage to Irene Thornton Randall (21) on 1 Feb 1911 in Potchefstroom, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa.
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Manson-216 created through the import of Descendants of Abraham WILD.ged on Dec 2, 2012 by Ernest Bessinger.
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