Bessie Danks Morgan^{[1, 2]}

1903 - 1981  (77 years)

• Name	Bessie Danks Morgan
  Born	31 Mar 1903	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Mar 1981	Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Person ID	I39968	master
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel Johnston Morgan
  Mother	Ellen Danks
  Family ID	F14506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melvyn Gush,   b. 30 Nov 1898, Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 25 Jun 1982, Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 83 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1930	Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Children	1. Ralph Llewellyn Gush,   b. 5 Aug 1931, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 26 May 2002, Caerlaverock farm, Barkly East District, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 70 years)   2. Terence Melvyn Gush,   b. 30 Dec 1934, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. Gainsborough Church (All Saint's), Gainsborough, Lincolnshire   3. Elizabeth Merle Gush,   b. 8 Feb 1941, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. West Stockwith Church (St Mary the Blessed Virgin), West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2007
  Family ID	F13727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 31 Mar 1903 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Married - 18 Feb 1930 - Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died - 30 Mar 1981 - Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Bessie's mother died while Bessie was still very young. Bessie's father remarried and came out to South Africa about 1910, he was an employee of an iron foundry in Johannesburg. Bessie's step mother apparently wanted nothing to do with her step children,so Bessie was put into the care of a guardian, who she always alluded to as Guardie. Bessie studied at Grahamstown teachers college where she qualified as a primary school teacher. She took a post at the Barkly East school some time in the 1920s where she taught for some years. She then accepted a post as governess to teach the three elder children of Jack and Edith Sephton of Glengyle it was while at Glengyle that she became engaged to her future husband. Bessie was much loved by everyone and known as a compassionate person. She never spoke badly of anyone and was always willing to do more than her share. Mom did all she could to make life easy for me, her daughter in law. She loved her garden and even though she always struggled for lack of water, she managed to have a veggie garden and flowers. Mom saved all the water she could, bath and rain water for her plants. Many times her wash in the morning would be the water from her hot water bottle. When she became frail she would not consent to having anyone to live in to help her as she felt it would be too much to expect anyone to live as she did, so sparingly. I admired and loved Mom and she meant a great deal to both Ralph and I.

  
  

• Sources

  [S382] GIDDY Family Tree, Giddy, Cynthia - GIDDY Family Tree. [S389] GUSH Family Tree, Gush, Ralph & Jessie + Fiona Sephton.