Laura StubbsAge: 84 years1883–1967
- Name
- Laura Stubbs
- Given names
- Laura
- Surname
- Stubbs
- Married name
- Laura Locke
| Birth | January 21, 1883 18 19 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f21479%2f0437%2f3 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: 1883 Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: War register: Robert A LOCKE and household (1939), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=TNA/R39/4033/4033G/027/24 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Citation details: Birth: Laura STUBBS (1883), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FB%2F1883%2F1%2FAZ%2F000567%2F200 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Text: Birth year: 1883 Birth quarter: 1 Mother's maiden name: Laurinson District: Macclesfield County: Cheshire Volume 8A, Page 140 |
| Baptism | July 29, 1883 (Age 6 months) Citation details: Baptism: Laura STUBBS (1883), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F766256420%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 2 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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| Marriage | Robert Arthur Locke — View this family December 25, 1899 (Age 16 years) Husband: 23 Wife: 17 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f770311166%2f2 : accessed 23 Aug 2016 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 18 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
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| Census | March 31, 1901 (Age 18 years) Citation details: Census: Robert Arthur LOCKE and household (1901), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0022267627 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 16 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Epidemic | February 1904 (Age 21 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Esmeralda Locke April 17, 1906 (Age 23 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fb%2f740082459%2f1 : accessed 5 June 2016 Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f4033%2f4033i%2f007%2f07 : accessed 4 Jan 2016 |
| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 22 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
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| Baptism of a daughter | Esmeralda Locke February 11, 1907 (Age 24 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fb%2f740082459%2f1 : accessed 5 June 2016 |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 27 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
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| Census | April 2, 1911 (Age 28 years) Citation details: Census: Robert Arthur LOCKE's household (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/21479/0437/3 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 28 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
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| War | from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 31 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 34 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
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| Marriage of a child | James Arthur Skeggs — Esmeralda Locke — View this family April 3, 1929 (Age 46 years) Citation details: "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQP4-1ZC : accessed 24 January 2015), James Arthur Skeggs and Esmeralda Locke, 03 Apr 1929, Marriage; citing item 4, St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,262,786. Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1929%2f2%2faz%2f001041%2f136 : accessed 4 June 2016 Citation details: Birth registration Keith R.L. SKEGGS: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1931%2f3%2faz%2f001099%2f075 : accessed 31 October 2015 |
| Economic Event | October 1929 (Age 46 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
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | Keith Robert Locke Skeggs May 20, 1931 (Age 48 years) Citation details: "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVQQ-1FCZ : accessed 26 December 2014), Keith R L Skeggs, 1931; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Note: Keith had given the impression that he was born on 20 May 1926
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| Census | September 29, 1939 (Age 56 years) Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: War register: Robert A LOCKE and household (1939), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=TNA/R39/4033/4033G/027/24 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Death of a husband | Robert Arthur Locke August 10, 1948 (Age 65 years) Citation details: Probate: Robert Arthur LOCKE (1949), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FGOVPROBATE%2FC%2F1949-1949%2F00114916 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 78 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
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| Historical Event | May 31, 1961 (Age 78 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
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| Death | between April 1967 and June 1967 Age: 84 years Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: Laura LOCKE (1967), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FD%2F1967%2F2%2FAZ%2F000573%2F106 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Text: Volume 10C, Page 278 |
- Generation 1
Laura Stubbs , daughter ofJoseph Stubbs andEmma Lawrinson , was born on January 21, 1883 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died between April 1967 and June 1967 in Garstang, Lancashire, England. She marriedRobert Arthur Locke , son ofRobert Locke andCharlotte Maria Pearce , on December 25, 1899 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Chesire, England. He was born on August 12, 1876 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died on August 10, 1948 in Penzance, Cornwall, England at the age of 71.Children of
Laura Stubbs andRobert Arthur Locke :Esmeralda Locke (1906–1985)
- Generation 2back to top
Esmeralda Locke , daughter ofRobert Arthur Locke andLaura Stubbs , was born on April 17, 1906 and died between January 1985 and March 1985 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. She marriedJames Arthur Skeggs , son ofThomas Skeggs andEmma Hewitt , on April 3, 1929 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Chesire, England. He was born on June 23, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent, England.Children of
Esmeralda Locke andJames Arthur Skeggs :Keith Robert Locke Skeggs (1931–2010)
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Keith Robert Locke Skeggs , son ofJames Arthur Skeggs andEsmeralda Locke , was born on May 20, 1931 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died on December 8, 2010 in Gordons Bay, Western Cape at the age of 79.Keith Robert Locke Skeggs had 1 child.