Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

John Lovering, labourer in copper works (in 1881), son of William Lovering, was born about 1852 in Braunton, Devon, England. He married Mary Ann Winser, daughter of John Winser, on April 2, 1873 in Parish Church, Braunton, Devon, England. She was born between January 1854 and March 1854 in Barnstaple, Devon, England and died between October 1934 and December 1934 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Emma Jane Lovering, daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on May 6, 1874 in Braunton, Devon, England and died between October 1949 and December 1949 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. She married George Crocker.

William Henry Lovering, son of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born about 1876 in Braunton, Devon, England. He married Elizabeth Ann Evans.

Mary Ann Lovering, daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on September 20, 1880 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. She married John Henry Rosser, son of Thomas Rosser.

Elizabeth Hannah Lovering, daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on September 30, 1883. She married Barton Rousby Hopkins between April 1910 and June 1910 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

Amelia Miriam Lovering, school Teacher (in 1911), daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on November 20, 1885 in Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales and died on June 19, 1947 in Harare, Zimbabwe at the age of 61. She married Thomas Blewett, son of John Thomas Blewett and Elizabeth “Bessie” Bodinnar.

Ethel Maud Lovering, daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on July 4, 1891 in St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. She married Edward John Elliott, son of John Elliott, on September 19, 1914 in Port Tennant, Glamorgan, Wales. He was born on June 21, 1891.

Rhoda Alice Lovering, daughter of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on August 23, 1893 in St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. She married Arthur Edward Johns, son of Edward Johns, on November 23, 1914 in Port Tennant, Glamorgan, Wales. He was born calculated 1886.

Ernest James Lovering, hairdresser (in 1920) and lamp lighter (in 1939), son of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on August 20, 1895 in St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales and died between October 1960 and December 1960 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. He married Margaret Evelina Hart, daughter of Alfred Hart, on December 6, 1920 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. She was born about 1895 and died between July 1927 and September 1927 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

Frank Arthur Lovering, grocer (in 1924), son of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born on June 20, 1897 in St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. He married Florrie Leyshon, daughter of John Leyshon, on June 9, 1924 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. She was born on October 9, 1897 and died between July 1970 and September 1970 in Torbay, Devon, England.

John Thomas “Jack” Blewett, son of Thomas Blewett and Amelia Miriam Lovering, was born calculated 1914 and died in 1983. He married Nell Lee Williams, daughter of James Herbert Williams and Alice Mary Gietzmann.

Richard Pentreath “Dick” Blewett, student (in 1949) and surveyor (to 1980), son of Thomas Blewett and Amelia Miriam Lovering, was born on March 16, 1926 in Randfontein, Gauteng and died on December 29, 1980 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal at the age of 54.

James Bodinar “Jimmy” Blewett, son of Thomas Blewett and Amelia Miriam Lovering, was born on April 21, 1930 in Benoni, Gauteng and died on May 28, 1985 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 55.