Theodora Chevalier Gervers CBE (1875 - 1962)

Born 1 Mar 1875 in Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa

Ancestors

Wife of James Knel — married 7 Oct 1921 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

Died 3 Oct 1962 at age 87 in Westminster, London, England

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Biography

• She was born in March 1 1875 in Cape Town to Francis Theodore Henry Alexander Gervers and Annie Coombes Gervers, and baptised on May 4 1875.
• Marriage to: Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham at St. George Hanover Square, London, England Oct 11 1894.
• Birth of daughter: Joy Mary Minna Markham 1900 (later McCann).
• After the death of her first husband she married James Knel, son of Jacques Henri Knel in 1921.
• She died at Westminster, London in 1962.

Birth

• "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-YF5K : accessed 13 June 2016), Theorora Chevallier Gervers, 04 May 1875; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 169, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

Marriage

To Albert Hastings Markham

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DBF-TGN : accessed 13 June 2016), Theodora Chavallier Gervers, 1894; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1894, quarter 4, vol. 1A, p. 822, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

To James Knel

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZK-23FN : accessed 13 June 2016), Theodora C Markham and null, 1921; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1921, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 329, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records (Marriages).[1]^[1]

Death

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCK-1D3J : accessed 13 June 2016), Theodora C M Knel, 1962; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Westminster, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Census

• 1886 Census. Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Population Registers. Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland.[2]^[2]
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:482P-PW2 : accessed 13 June 2016), Theodora C Gervers in household of Francis H A T Gervers, Brighton, Sussex, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Sussex county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• 1901 England Census. Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census (Class: RG13; Piece: 83; Folio: 8; Page: 5.)
• 1911 England Census.Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census (Class: RG14; Piece: 537.)
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWLJ-64S : accessed 13 June 2016), Theodora Chevalier Markham, St. Marylebone, Marble Arch, London, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

Sources

1. ↑ Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records (Marriages).
2. ↑ 1886 Census. Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Population Registers.