James Henry CRANCH ( - )

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James Henry CRANCH, Cranch JH bookmark

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James Henry CRANCH, Cranch JH bookmark rear

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James Henry CRANCH1 2 was an Army, Sporting Goods Retailer.3 2 He married Martha Magdalena VISAGIE in 1885 in Natal, South Africa.2

 

 

James Cranch married in South Africa in 1885 whilst in the military, and was in the British Army 41st Regiment at Cairo at his daughter's birth in 1887.

The attached bookmark may indicate that he owned a sporting goods store in Johannesburg.

Witness at Daughter Winifred's wedding.

Named James Hill Cranch according to "Descendants of Daniel Berthold Hall" family tree source.1,2,4,5

 

 

Martha Magdalena VISAGIE5 and James Henry CRANCH had the following children:

 

 

 

Winifred Temperance CRANCH (1887-aft1932). Winifred was born on 11 Oct 1887 in Cairo, Egypt.1 4 5 She married Daniel Berthold HALL on 11 Nov 1908 in St. Mary the Less, Jeppestown, Pretoria, South Africa.1 6 She died aft 1932 in South Africa.7

Sources

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Marriage of Daniel B Hall and Winifred Cranch, ( IdentityNumber.org).

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James Henry Cranch Marriage Transcription, (GRO).

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Photo of bookmark made for JH Cranch.

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Birth record Winifred Cranch 1887 Cairo, (GRO).

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Grant Franklyn-Smith, Descendants of Daniel Berthold Hall.

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website maintained by Paul Tanner-Tremaine, Transcribed marriage entries for CRANCH, (British 1820 Settlers to South Africa).

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Grant Franklyn-Smith, Joseph Crook and descendants 11 Aug 2011.