John "Jack" Newsum Swift
Other names for John were John Newsome Raine and Jack Raine Swift. Events in his life were: • He was baptised on 14 May 1909 in Rotherham, St Stephen, Eastwood, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. • He appeared on the census in 1911 in 59 Lord Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. • He immigrated on 26 Jul 1912 to Gloucester Castle, from London, England to Cape Town, South Africa. • He immigrated on 8 May 1914 to 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, 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. Events in their marriage were: • They were divorced on 7 Sep 1933 in 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 and died on 7 Jul 2007 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa.) |