Martha Magdelene Church 1864–1930

Martha Magdelene ChurchAge: 66 years1864–1930

Name: Martha Magdelene Church

Given names: Martha Magdelene

Surname: Church

Also known as: Martha Magdalena

Publication: http://www.1820settlers.com

Citation details: Martha Magdalena CHURCH: http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I50232&tree=master : accessed 31 October 2015

Note: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagsregister Vol 3 C-G, p445 incorrectly gives her names as Maria Magdalena Church

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Birth	July 30, 1864 Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Gravestones in the Giddy cemetery Gravestone: Edward (1929) and Martha (1930) Giddy Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH (1930), MOOC 6/9/3794 #28087, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSQS-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-91Y%3A1598062335 : 28 September 2018), 007735904 > image 620 of 1314; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 19 Apr 2020 Death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH (1930) Shared note: Martha Magdalena CHURCH's death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH's death notice: Her death notice gives 25 Sep 1930 as day of death while the gravestone reads 17 Sep 1930. Her age at death on the death notice is one year older than when calculated using her birth year as 30 Jul 1864 as found on the gravestone. Her son is incorrectly identified as Charles Cecil on the death notice, but that is corrected to Cecil Charles in the distribution account that followed.
War	from April 1861 to May 1865 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
Economic Event	1865 (Age 5 months) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 2 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 9 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 16 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
Economic Event	1886 (Age 21 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 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.
Birth of a son #1	Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy October 12, 1893 (Age 29 years) Eaglescraig, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: 1820 Settler Genealogies Publication: http://www.1820settlers.com Citation details: http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I56835&tree=master : accessed 24 Oct 2015 Note: SA Geslagsregisters Vol 3 C-G, p445 has incorrect entry SA Geslagsregisters Vol 3 C-G, p445 has incorrect entry c2 Orlando Richard Church *12.10.1892 x Sarah ENNIS
Birth of a son #2	Cecil Charles Giddy May 11, 1895 (Age 30 years) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Edward William Prynne GIDDY (1929), MOOC 6/9/3626 #24530/1929, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSY3-5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9BT%3A1598062330 : 28 September 2018), 007735897 > image 1088 of 1527; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Nov 2018
Epidemic	February 1, 1901 (Age 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901_in_South_Africa Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town
War	from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 35 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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.
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
Economic Event	1881 (Age 16 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
Epidemic	February 1904 (Age 39 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_in_South_Africa Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg
Epidemic	1906 (Age 41 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_in_South_Africa Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa
Historical Event	May 31, 1910 (Age 45 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa Note: Union of South Africa established
Epidemic	1912 (Age 47 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
War	from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I Note: World War I
Epidemic	1918 (Age 53 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
Death of a husband	Edward William Prynn Giddy October 22, 1929 (Age 65 years) Age: 67 years 3 months Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Address: Eaglescrag, Barkly East Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 Publication: database with images Citation details: Death registration Edward William Prynne GIDDY: FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22056-66763-86?cc=1779109 : accessed 29 September 2015), 1929 > Barkly East > image 97 of 111; National Archives, Pretoria. Date of entry in original source: October 28, 1929 Text: enteric fever Quality of data: primary evidence Death Registration: Edward William Prynn Giddy (1929) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Edward William Prynne GIDDY (1929), MOOC 6/9/3626 #24530/1929, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSY3-5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9BT%3A1598062330 : 28 September 2018), 007735897 > image 1088 of 1527; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Nov 2018 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b15. Source: Gravestones in the Giddy cemetery Text: Died 21st October 1929 Gravestone: Edward (1929) and Martha (1930) Giddy Note: Gravestone has 21 Oct 1929
Economic Event	October 1929 (Age 65 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
Death	September 17, 1930 (Age 66 years) Age: 67 years 2 months Eaglescraig, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b15. Text: Okt. 1930 Source: Gravestones in the Giddy cemetery Text: 17 SEP 1930 Gravestone: Edward (1929) and Martha (1930) Giddy Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH (1930), MOOC 6/9/3794 #28087, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSQS-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-91Y%3A1598062335 : 28 September 2018), 007735904 > image 620 of 1314; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 19 Apr 2020 Text: 25 SEP 1930 Death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH (1930) Shared note: Martha Magdalena CHURCH's death notice: Martha Magdalena CHURCH's death notice: Her death notice gives 25 Sep 1930 as day of death while the gravestone reads 17 Sep 1930. Her age at death on the death notice is one year older than when calculated using her birth year as 30 Jul 1864 as found on the gravestone. Her son is incorrectly identified as Charles Cecil on the death notice, but that is corrected to Cecil Charles in the distribution account that followed.
Burial	Giddy cemetery, Kelvin Grove, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Gravestones in the Giddy cemetery Gravestone: Edward (1929) and Martha (1930) Giddy

Generation 1
1. Martha Magdelene Church was born on July 30, 1864 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape and died on September 17, 1930 in Eaglescraig, Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 66. She married Edward William Prynn Giddy, son of Richard Giddy and Sarah Jane Sephton.
  Children of Martha Magdelene Church and Edward William Prynn Giddy:
  1. Private
  2. Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy (1893–1965)
  3. Cecil Charles Giddy (1895–)
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1. Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy, son of Edward William Prynn Giddy and Martha Magdelene Church, was born on October 12, 1893 in Eaglescraig, Barkly East, Eastern Cape and died on May 6, 1965 in Kelvin Grove, Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 71. He married Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms.
  Children of Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy and Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms:
  1. Edward Noël “Ted” Giddy (1931–1998)
  2. Private
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1. Edward Noël “Ted” Giddy, teacher (before 1984), son of Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy and Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms, was born on December 26, 1931 and died on May 15, 1998 at the age of 66. He married Cynthia Theron (sister-in-law), daughter of Christian Gert Conradie “Christie” Theron and Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch.
  Edward Noël “Ted” Giddy and Cynthia Theron had 4 children.
2. The details of this family are private.
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Family with Edward William Prynn Giddy
husband Parents Richard Giddy Sarah Jane Sephton	Edward William Prynn Giddy 1862–1929
herself Parents (unknown)	Martha Magdelene Church 1864–1930
daughter Family (none)	Private
son Family Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms Edward Noël “Ted” Giddy Private Private	Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy 1893–1965
son Family (none)	Cecil Charles Giddy 1895–
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private

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