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William Thornhill Gilfillan

Male 1822 - 1915  (92 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Thornhill Gilfillan was born on 2 Nov 1822; was christened on 2 Dec 1822 in 'Thornhill', Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 May 1915 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.

    William married Cornelia Aletta Regina Dorothea Smuts on 9 May 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Cornelia was born about Dec 1828 in Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Oct 1908 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Anna Wilhelmina Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Feb 1848 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Jun 1848 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Apr 1924 in Glen Tor Farm,Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.
    2. 3. William Henry Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1852; was christened on 28 Nov 1853 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1919.
    3. 4. Frederick William Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Nov 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1932 in Enkeldoorn, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
    4. 5. Charles Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1859 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Oct 1932 in Hospital, Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia.
    5. 6. Mildred Hester Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Apr 1872 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Oct 1946 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anna Wilhelmina Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 25 Feb 1848 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Jun 1848 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Apr 1924 in Glen Tor Farm,Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.

    Anna married William Heneage Coates Palgrave on 11 Nov 1873 in St Cyprian's Church, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. William was born on 31 Mar 1833 in Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1897 in George, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Ann Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Katherine Kate Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 9. Ann Glyn Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Oct 1877 in Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Dec 1955 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    4. 10. William Guest Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 11. Ethel May Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1890 in Cape Colony, South Africa; died in 1966 in South Africa.
    6. 12. Sydney Heneage Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1881 in George, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1947.

  2. 3.  William Henry Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 12 Jul 1852; was christened on 28 Nov 1853 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1919.

    Family/Spouse: Anne Elizabeth Pretorius. Anne was born on 12 Sep 1890; died on 19 Aug 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Rachel Edith Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1913; died in Jan 1978.
    2. 14. Dorothy Ann Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1915; died on 28 Oct 1974.
    3. 15. William Thornhill Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 4.  Frederick William Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 5 Sep 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Nov 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1932 in Enkeldoorn, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).

  4. 5.  Charles Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1859 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Oct 1932 in Hospital, Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia.

  5. 6.  Mildred Hester Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 2 Apr 1872 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Oct 1946 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.

    Mildred married John Thornhill Fisher on 29 Jun 1897 in All Saints Church, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. John (son of Henry Christopher Fisher and Anna Frances Gilfillan) was born about 1863; died in 1939 in Livingstone, Zambia (Northern Rhodesia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Ann Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1)

  2. 8.  Katherine Kate Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown Brooke-Norris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Honor Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. Stopford Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 18. Margaret Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 19. Esmé Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 20. Sisson Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1951.

  3. 9.  Ann Glyn Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born on 18 Oct 1877 in Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Dec 1955 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

    Family/Spouse: Charles Walter Cary. Charles was born in 1871 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Apr 1931 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Arthur Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Violet Isaballa Ann Cary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1904 in Kingston, Surrey, England; died on 25 Apr 1945 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.
    3. 23. Walter Henry Stuart Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 24. Lucius Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 25. William Richard Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 26. Margaret Glyn Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 27. Reginald Charles Palgrave Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 28. Francis Percival Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 10.  William Guest Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Faith Fearon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Joyce Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 30. Elizabeth Coates Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 11.  Ethel May Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born on 10 May 1890 in Cape Colony, South Africa; died in 1966 in South Africa.

    Ethel married Henry Nash Watters on 25 Sep 1911 in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. Henry (son of Thomas MacFarlane Watters and Eliza Laing Nash) was born on 7 May 1879 in Northern Ireland; died on 15 May 1954 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Patrick Nash Watters  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1916 in Southern Rhodesia; died in Sep 1945 in Italy.
    2. 32. Elizabeth Watters  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 33. William Terence Watters  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1919 in Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia; died in 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

  6. 12.  Sydney Heneage Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Aug 1881 in George, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1947.

    Family/Spouse: Olive Hannibal Trollip. Olive (daughter of Albert John Alfred Trollip and Ada Mary Hannibal) was born on 5 Apr 1889; died on 5 Aug 1963 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Keith Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 35. Derek Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 36. Paul Palgrave  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 13.  Rachel Edith Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1) was born in 1913; died in Jan 1978.

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Cary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Clinton Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Eric Cary  Descendancy chart to this point died in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia).
    3. 39. Hazel Ann Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 14.  Dorothy Ann Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Mar 1915; died on 28 Oct 1974.

    Family/Spouse: William Frederick Leopold Bromehead. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. William Francis Greaves Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Godfrey Ian Michell Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 42. Jeanette Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 15.  William Thornhill Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Phyllis Watermeyer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Deanne June Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 44. Phyllis Ann Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 45. Patricia Lesley Gilfillan  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Honor Brooke-Norris Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katherine3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: John Booth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Faith Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 47. Juliet Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 48. Diana Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 49. Linda May Booth  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 17.  Stopford Brooke-Norris Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katherine3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Pamela Reynolds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Megan Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 51. Glyn Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 52. Sisson Barrington Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 53. Caroline Brooke-Norris  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 18.  Margaret Brooke-Norris Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katherine3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Cynthia Lewis  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 55. Timothy Lewis  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 19.  Esmé Brooke-Norris Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katherine3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Price. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 56. Michael Brooke Price  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 57. Gillian Price  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 58. Miles Price  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 20.  Sisson Brooke-Norris Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katherine3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1) died about 1951.

  6. 21.  Arthur Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

  7. 22.  Violet Isaballa Ann Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born on 11 Sep 1904 in Kingston, Surrey, England; died on 25 Apr 1945 in Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe.

    Family/Spouse: Colin Thomas Arthur Girdlestone. Colin (son of Arthur Harry Girdlestone and Margaret Adelaide Jay) was born on 12 Sep 1901 in Southwark, London, England; died on 20 Jul 1978 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 59. Margaret Glyn Girdlestone  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 60. Patricia Ann Girdlestone  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Mar 1932; died in 2010.
    3. 61. Joan Girdlestone  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 62. Shirley Girdlestone  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 23.  Walter Henry Stuart Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: May Downie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 63. Robert Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 24.  Lucius Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Edward Offley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 64. Stuart Offley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 65. Barbara Offley  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 66. Kay Offley  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 25.  William Richard Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Vera Noble. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 67. Guy Richard Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 68. Susan Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 26.  Margaret Glyn Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Ronald Michelle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 69. Ian Michelle  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 70. Anthony Michelle  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 71. Jennifer Michelle  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 72. Gillian Michelle  Descendancy chart to this point

  12. 27.  Reginald Charles Palgrave Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Marcia Everett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 73. Brenda Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 74. Hazel Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  13. 28.  Francis Percival Cary Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ann3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Anne Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 75. Frank Cary  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 76. Elizabeth Cary  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 29.  Joyce Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Maurice Norman Bates Stephens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 77. Norman William Stephens  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 78. Elizabeth Imogene Stephens  Descendancy chart to this point

  15. 30.  Elizabeth Coates Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Ray Arnold. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 79. Robin Arnold  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 80. Jillian Arnold  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 81. Susan Arnold  Descendancy chart to this point

  16. 31.  Patrick Nash Watters Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ethel3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born in 1916 in Southern Rhodesia; died in Sep 1945 in Italy.

  17. 32.  Elizabeth Watters Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ethel3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Charles Kholer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 33.  William Terence Watters Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ethel3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1) was born on 1 Sep 1919 in Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia; died in 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    William married Irene Merle Johnson on 4 May 1944 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and was divorced in 1957 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Irene (daughter of Edward Johnson and Dora Burns) was born on 18 Dec 1918 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; died on 13 Jul 1990 in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 82. Craig Harry Nash Watters  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 83. Valerie Cynthia Watters  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 84. Sally-Eirene Nash Watters  Descendancy chart to this point

  19. 34.  Keith Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (12.Sydney3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

  20. 35.  Derek Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (12.Sydney3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

  21. 36.  Paul Palgrave Descendancy chart to this point (12.Sydney3, 2.Anna2, 1.William1)

  22. 37.  Clinton Cary Descendancy chart to this point (13.Rachel3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  23. 38.  Eric Cary Descendancy chart to this point (13.Rachel3, 3.William2, 1.William1) died in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia).

  24. 39.  Hazel Ann Cary Descendancy chart to this point (13.Rachel3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Roger Booth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 85. Suzanne Lesley Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 86. Evelyn Dawn Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 87. Aileen Sandra Booth  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 88. Daniel Jozeph Booth  Descendancy chart to this point

  25. 40.  William Francis Greaves Bromehead Descendancy chart to this point (14.Dorothy3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Wanda Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 89. Unknown Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 90. Unknown Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 91. Unknown Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point

  26. 41.  Godfrey Ian Michell Bromehead Descendancy chart to this point (14.Dorothy3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Valerie Ann Newsham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 92. Unknown Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 93. Unknown Bromehead  Descendancy chart to this point

  27. 42.  Jeanette Bromehead Descendancy chart to this point (14.Dorothy3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Michael John Bolton Pearce. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 94. Unknown Pearce  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 95. Unknown Pearce  Descendancy chart to this point

  28. 43.  Deanne June Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Phillip Lawrence Brereton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 96. Neil Phillip Brereton  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 97. Gayle Leigh Brereton  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 98. Ian Lawrence Brereton  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 99. Mel Nicolene Brereton  Descendancy chart to this point

  29. 44.  Phyllis Ann Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Solomon Hermanus Louw. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 100. Lawrence Kevin Louw  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 101. Terrence David Louw  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 102. Jenny Louise Louw  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 103. Melinda Ann Louw  Descendancy chart to this point

  30. 45.  Patricia Lesley Gilfillan Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: David James Bryson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 104. Barbara Ann Bryson  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 105. David Dean Bryson  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 106. Ryan Phillip Bryson  Descendancy chart to this point


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