| Birth |
15 Sep 1860 |
Inanda, Verulam district, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
| Christened |
8 Jan 1861 |
Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Verulam, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
| Died |
21 Mar 1938 |
Usherwood farm, Mount Currie, East Griqualand, Cape Province, South Africa |
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| Father |
Richard Groom, b. 10 May 1824, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Wallers, b. 20 Nov 1828, Everton, Lancashire, England |
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| Family |
Hagar Loveday Rawlins, b. 24 Oct 1879, Blinkwater, Fort Beaufort district, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Married |
13 Jun 1899 |
Vaalbank farm, Kokstad District, Mount Currie, East Griqualand, Cape Colony |
| Children |
| | 1. Caroline Groom, b. Abt 1900, Mount Currie district, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
| | 2. Albert Ivan Groom, b. 26 Apr 1901 |
| + | 3. Olive Maud Groom, b. 6 Mar 1903 |
| + | 4. Lorna Muriel Groom, b. 20 Feb 1906 |
| | 5. John Stanley Groom, b. 19 May 1908 |
| | 6. Raymond Robert Groom |
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