Clan Munro CrestThe Munros of Pinetown

Their Families, Ancestors and connected families

 
Edwin Swift
(1849-1918)
Emily Belcher
(Cir 1863-1948)
George Smith Newsum
(Cir 1837-1905)
Mary Jane Walker
(Cir 1849-1903)
Arthur Benjamin Swift
(1884-1950)
Gertrude Sybil Newsum
(1887-1962)

John "Jack" Newsum Swift
(1909-1980)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Emily Maxwell Cameron

2. Constance Dorrell Lee

John "Jack" Newsum Swift

  • Born: 22 Apr 1909, Clifton, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
  • Christened: 14 May 1909, Rotherham, St Stephen, Eastwood, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
  • Marriage (1): Margaret Emily Maxwell Cameron on 17 Apr 1930 in Court House, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
  • Marriage (2): Constance Dorrell Lee on 30 Nov 1935 in Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
  • Died: 17 Aug 1980, Pietermaritz St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa aged 71

   Other names for John were Jack Raine Swift and John Newsome Raine.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1911, 59 Lord Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding), England.

• Immigration, 26 Jul 1912, Gloucester Castle, from London, England to Cape Town, South Africa.

• Immigration, 8 May 1914, Galway Castle, from London England to East London, South Africa.


John married Margaret Emily Maxwell Cameron, daughter of Hugh Cameron and Ethel May Brookshaw, on 17 Apr 1930 in Court House, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. (Margaret Emily Maxwell Cameron was born on 22 Jun 1911, christened on 30 Aug 1911 in Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel, Thaba Nchu, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, died on 31 May 1996 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa and was buried on 14 Jun 1996 in Panorama Cemetery, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.). The cause of her death was Cancer of the breast.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorce, 7 Sep 1933, Orange Free State, South Africa.


John next married Constance Dorrell Lee, daughter of Albert Edward Lee and Edith Maude Keeley, on 30 Nov 1935 in Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. (Constance Dorrell Lee was born on 28 Oct 1913, christened on 1 Mar 1914 in Aberdeen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died on 7 Jul 2007 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.)



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