Florence B “Florrie” Skeggs1900–
- Name
- Florence B “Florrie” Skeggs
- Given names
- Florence B
- Nickname
- Florrie
- Surname
- Skeggs
- Nickname
- Florrie
| Birth | about 1900 47 41 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 24 Jan 2015 |
| Epidemic | February 1, 1901 (Age 13 months) 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 14 months) Citation details: Household: Thomas SKEGGS (1901), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0018190989 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 |
| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 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 4 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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| Epidemic | 1906 (Age 6 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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| Marriage of a parent | Samuel William Hazlewood — Emma Hewitt — View this family between April 1908 and May 1908 (Age 8 years) Citation details: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/M/1908/2/AZ/000177/135 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 Text: SAMUEL WILLIAM HAZLEWOOD married one of these people Emma Skeggs, Annie Fitzpatrick |
| Historical Event | May 31, 1910 (Age 10 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 11 years) Citation details: Household: Samuel HAZLEWOOD (1911), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/18535/0435/6 : accessed 15 Nov 2018 |
| Epidemic | 1912 (Age 12 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 14 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
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| Epidemic | 1918 (Age 18 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 sibling | James Arthur Skeggs — Esmeralda Locke — View this family April 3, 1929 (Age 29 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 29 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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| Death of a mother | Emma Hewitt May 29, 1932 (Age 32 years) Age: 72 years Publication: Record transcription Citation details: Death: Emma Hazlewood (1932), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1932/2/AZ/000404/011 : accessed 16 Nov 2018 Text: Q2 Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph Citation details: Memoriam: Emma HAZLEWOOD / SKEGGS (1932), May 29, 1937, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000337%2f19370529%2f101 : accessed 16 Nov 2018 |
| War | from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (Age 39 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Note: World War II
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| Historical Event | February 14, 1961 (Age 61 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 61 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_in_South_Africa Note: South Africa becomes a republic
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| Historical Event | February 11, 1990 (Age 90 years) Note: Nelson Mandela [released] (http://www.useful.url)
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| Historical Event | April 27, 1994 (Age 94 years) Note: First General Elections
Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_general_election,_1994 |
- Generation 1
Florence B “Florrie” Skeggs , daughter ofThomas Skeggs andEmma Hewitt , was born about 1900 in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England.