Joan Townsend, 1908–1972 (aged 64 years)
- Name
- Joan /Townsend/
- Given names
- Joan
- Surname
- Townsend
- Name
- Joan /Fairhead/
- Type
- married name
| Birth | May 8, 1908
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31 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 |
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Blore Townsend March 10, 1910 (aged 1 year) Age: 71 years 10 months Address: Adderley Street, Bedford 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 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 | Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 2 years)Source:
Note: Union of South Africa established. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox 1912 (aged 3 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cas… 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 (aged 6 years) Age: 70 years 4 months 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
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| Death of a father | William Dodds Townsend October 28, 1918 (aged 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. 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 | World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 10 years)Source:
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| Epidemic | Spanish flu 1918 (aged 9 years)Source:
Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit… An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
| Prime minister | Louis Botha from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 11 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 16 years)Source:
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| Economic Event | Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 21 years)Source:
Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression i… The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century. |
| Prime minister | James Barry Munnik Hertzog from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 31 years)Source:
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| War | World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 37 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 40 years)Source:
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| Death of a mother | Flora Campbell Dewar June 16, 1952 (aged 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
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| Prime minister | Daniel Francois Malan from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 46 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 50 years)Source:
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| Economic Event | Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 52 years)Source:
Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. |
| Historical Event | Republic of South Africa May 31, 1961 (aged 53 years)Source:
Note: South Africa becomes a republic. |
| Prime minister | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 58 years)Source:
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| Prime minister | Balthazar Johannes Vorster from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (on the date of death)Source:
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| Death | October 9, 1972 (aged 64 years) |