Joan TownsendAge: 64 years1908–1972
- Name
- Joan Townsend
- Given names
- Joan
- Surname
- Townsend
- Married name
- Joan Fairhead
| Birth | May 8, 1908 40 31 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: William Dodds TOWNSEND (1918), MOOC 6/9/1370 #406, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-FQG5-Q?i=98&cat=331262 image 99/707 : accessed 26 Feb 2017 Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Blore Townsend March 10, 1910 (Age 22 months) Age: 71 years 10 months Address: Adderley Street,
Bedford Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: William Dodds TOWNSEND (1918), MOOC 6/9/1370 #406, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-FQG5-Q?i=98&cat=331262 image 99/707 : accessed 26 Feb 2017 Text: Father: William Blore Townsend - Deceased Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: William Blore TOWNSEND (1910), MOOC 6/9/639 #812, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-8XK2?mode=g&i=752&cat=331262 image 753/2183 : accessed 26 Feb 2017 Date of entry in original source: March 12, 1910 Quality of data: primary evidence |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 2 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
|
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 3 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_South_Africa Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban
|
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Dewar March 18, 1915 (Age 6 years) Age: 70 years 4 months Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: John DEWAR (1915), MOOC 6/9/781 #828/1915, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSQ-9QS8-J?i=89&cat=331262 : accessed 25 Dec 2018 |
| Death of a father | William Dodds Townsend October 28, 1918 (Age 10 years) Age: 51 years 2 months Source: eGSSA Documents Citation details: The Daily Representative 27 April 1932 transcribed http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/daily-representative/251-the-daily-representative-1932-2-april-june : accessed 9 July 2016 Text: Wednesday, April 27, 1932 Marriage FAIRHEAD-TOWNSEND.- Married at St. Columba’s Church, Queenstown, by the Rev. R. RUSSELL, M.A., on Saturday, the 23rd April, 1932, Harry Talbot, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. FAIRHEAD, of Bain’s Vlei, Bloemfontein, to Joan, youngest daughter of Mrs. And the late Mr. W.D. TOWNSEND, of the Ridgeways, Queenstown. Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: William Dodds TOWNSEND (1918), MOOC 6/9/1370 #406, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91S-FQG5-Q?i=98&cat=331262 image 99/707 : accessed 26 Feb 2017 Date of entry in original source: November 6, 1918 Text: Age of the deceased 51 years 2 1/2 months Quality of data: primary evidence |
| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 6 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
|
| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 9 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_South_Africa Note: Spanish flu: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world
|
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 21 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/MgHbRM Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century
|
| Birth of a son #1 | Robin Talbot Fairhead April 19, 1939 (Age 30 years) Source: eGSSA Documents Citation details: The Daily Representative 21 April 1939 transcribed http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/daily-representative/278-the-daily-representative-1939-2-april-june : accessed 9 July 2016 Text: Friday, April 21, 1939 Birth FAIRHEAD.- To Mr. And Mrs. FAIRHEAD (nee Joan TOWNSEND), on April 19th, a son. |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 31 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
|
| Death of a mother | Flora Campbell Dewar June 16, 1952 (Age 44 years) Age: 75 years Source: eGSSA Gravestone Library Citation details: Gravestone: Flora Campbell TOWNSEND (1877-1952), https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3947540 : accessed 26 Jan 2021 |
| Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand
|
| Historical Event | May 31, 1961 (Age 53 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
|
| Death | October 9, 1972 (Age 64 years) |
- Generation 1
Joan Townsend , daughter ofWilliam Dodds Townsend andFlora Campbell Dewar , was born on May 8, 1908 and died on October 9, 1972 at the age of 64. She marriedHarry Talbot Fairhead , son ofHarry Fairhead andSarah Frances Jennie Cox .Children of
Joan Townsend andHarry Talbot Fairhead :Robin Talbot Fairhead (1939–1994)- Private
- Generation 2back to topThe details of this generation are private.
- Generation 3back to topThe details of this generation are private.