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Violet May Edwards

Female 1888 - 1961  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Violet May Edwards was born on 7 Jan 1888 in Rockdell, Emgwate, District Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Henry Edwards and Hannah Maria Houltom); died on 18 Aug 1961 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.

    Violet married Leopold Thackwray on 11 Sep 1911 in Rosebank Farm, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Leopold (son of James Thackwray and Mary Jane Vicary) was born on 25 May 1883 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Nov 1918 in Mashaba, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Grace Gladys Thackwray was born on 30 Jul 1912; died on 24 Feb 1976 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); was buried in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.
    2. Norman James Thackwray was born on 1 Dec 1913 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia; died on 8 Sep 1970 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    3. Clarence Victor Thackwray was born on 12 Apr 1915; died on 10 Sep 1930.

    Violet married Joseph Armstrong on 3 Oct 1932. Joseph was born on 29 Jan 1875 in Cumberland, England; died on 27 Dec 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Henry Edwards was born on 11 Oct 1862 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Charles Richard Edwards and Anne Gibbens); died on 5 Dec 1932 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.

    James married Hannah Maria Houltom on 17 Dec 1885 in St Andrews Church, Chilton, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hannah was born on 4 Dec 1866 in Klip Plaats Farm, Queenstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jun 1942 in Dawsons Farm, Daisyfield, Southern Rhodesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah Maria Houltom was born on 4 Dec 1866 in Klip Plaats Farm, Queenstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jun 1942 in Dawsons Farm, Daisyfield, Southern Rhodesia.
    Children:
    1. Lifford Edwin Edwards was born in 1886; died in 1958.
    2. 1. Violet May Edwards was born on 7 Jan 1888 in Rockdell, Emgwate, District Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Aug 1961 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.
    3. Lilian Avice Edwards was born on 24 Jul 1889; died on 16 Oct 1906 in Rockdell Farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Ivy Therese Edwards was born on 15 Nov 1891 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 May 1975 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Stanley Houltom Edwards was born on 23 Oct 1893 in Rockdell Farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Mar 1971 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.
    6. Eric James Edwards was born on 11 Dec 1897; died on 10 Sep 1972 in ‘Insha Allah’ in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
    7. Gladys Maria Edwards was born on 5 Feb 1896; died on 17 May 1971.
    8. Alma Male Edwards was born on 7 Feb 1900; died on 23 May 1904.
    9. Stewart Melville Edwards was born on 4 Apr 1904 in Rockdell Farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Apr 1969 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
    10. Charles William Edwards was born on 1 Apr 1911 in Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Aug 1990.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Richard EdwardsCharles Richard Edwards was born on 6 Jul 1831 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Edwards, 1820 Settler and Ann Thomas, 1820 Settler); died on 4 Oct 1904 in Renan farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Charles married Anne Gibbens on 11 Jul 1852 in Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anne (daughter of George Gibbens and Margaret Field) was born on 21 Jan 1827; died on 9 Jul 1908 in Stiutterheim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anne GibbensAnne Gibbens was born on 21 Jan 1827 (daughter of George Gibbens and Margaret Field); died on 9 Jul 1908 in Stiutterheim.
    Children:
    1. George James Edwards was born on 23 Apr 1856; died on 15 Aug 1922.
    2. Margaret Ann Edwards was born on 11 Jul 1857 in The Coombs, Upper Blinkwater, Winterberg (nr) Fort Beaufort, Cape of Good Hope; was christened on 15 Nov 1857 in Parish of Winterburg (Anglican) in the Division of Fort Beaufort.; died on 21 Nov 1924 in Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa; was buried in Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa.
    3. Mary Eliza Edwards was born on 18 Jan 1859.
    4. Charles Alfred Edwards was born on 20 Apr 1861; died in 1925.
    5. 2. James Henry Edwards was born on 11 Oct 1862 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Dec 1932 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
    6. William Thomas Edwards was born on 2 Oct 1864 in Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Apr 1870.
    7. Edwin John Edwards was born on 15 Jun 1867; died on 1 May 1870.
    8. Albert Field Edwards was born on 21 Sep 1868; died on 7 Jun 1930; was buried in East London Cemetery (East Bank), East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Henry Edwards was born on 1 Feb 1871; died on 17 Sep 1921.
    10. Ada Gibbens Edwards was born on 30 Apr 1873 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Nov 1959 in Shangani, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    11. Arthur William Edwards was born on 27 Jan 1876; died on 27 Jan 1878.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Edwards, 1820 Settler was born on 12 Dec 1792 in London, England; died on 28 Oct 1840 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Fort Beaufort cemetery, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    James married Ann Thomas, 1820 Settler on 12 Feb 1817 in St Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England. Ann (daughter of Stephen Thomas and Sarah, - wife of Stephen Thomas) was born on 15 May 1795 in Kent, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1795 in Ivychurch, Kent, England; died on 21 Jul 1881 in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann Thomas, 1820 SettlerAnn Thomas, 1820 Settler was born on 15 May 1795 in Kent, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1795 in Ivychurch, Kent, England (daughter of Stephen Thomas and Sarah, - wife of Stephen Thomas); died on 21 Jul 1881 in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. James Edwards was born on 12 Dec 1817; was christened on 4 Jan 1818 in St John, Hackney, London, England; died on 12 Jul 1819; was buried on 18 Jul 1819 in St John, Hackney, London, England.
    2. Henry Edwards was born on 15 Apr 1820 in At sea; died on 9 Jan 1828.
    3. Daniel Edwards, 1820 Settler was born in 1820; died in 1820.
    4. William Edwards was born on 24 Sep 1822; died on 18 Jun 1824.
    5. William Edwards was born on 10 Dec 1824; died on 16 Feb 1826.
    6. John Edwards was born on 15 Dec 1826 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 31 Jan 1828 in Methodist Circuit, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Dec 1917 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa.
    7. Thomas Edwards was born on 7 Jun 1828 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Nov 1828 in Methodist Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Feb 1879.
    8. 4. Charles Richard Edwards was born on 6 Jul 1831 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Oct 1904 in Renan farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Alfred Stephen Edwards was born on 29 Jul 1833 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Apr 1870 in Riet Vlei, Queenstown, Cape, South Africa.
    10. Sarah Ann Edwards was born on 22 May 1836 in Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Nov 1916 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    11. James Joseph Edwards was born on 11 Aug 1839; died on 20 Jul 1914.

  3. 10.  George GibbensGeorge Gibbens was born on 9 Dec 1799 in St Lawrence, Kent, England; died on 8 Feb 1875 in Chilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    George married Margaret Field about 1822. Margaret (daughter of Field) was born on 13 Jan 1800 in Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret Field was born on 13 Jan 1800 in Kent, England (daughter of Field).
    Children:
    1. Sarah Gibbens was born on 12 Jul 1823.
    2. Elizabeth Mary Gibbens was born on 15 Nov 1824 in London, England; died on 19 Dec 1890 in Woodburn, Diep River, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Jane Gibbens was born on 2 Dec 1825; died on 26 Dec 1826.
    4. 5. Anne Gibbens was born on 21 Jan 1827; died on 9 Jul 1908 in Stiutterheim.
    5. George Gibbens was born on 26 Oct 1827.
    6. James Gibbens was born on 29 Nov 1829 in Kent, England; died on 8 Dec 1896 in Queenstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. William Bear Gibbens was born on 12 Mar 1831.
    8. Edward Field Gibbens was born on 12 Mar 1832 in St Lawrence, Kent, England; died on 4 Aug 1903 in Upper Chilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Eliza Gibbens was born on 17 Dec 1838.
    10. William George Gibbens was born on 12 Apr 1841; died on 3 Jun 1884 in Lindisfarne farm, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


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