William Lovering

Name
William /Lovering/
Given names
William
Surname
Lovering
Birth
yes
Citation details: Marriage: John LOVERING and Mary Ann WINZER (1873), http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fdev2%2fmar%2f34232%2f1 : accessed 4 June 2016
War
Napoleonic Wars
from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815
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Town founded
The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
1812
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Town founded
Cradock is founded
August 27, 1818
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Historical Event
British settlers
1820
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Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865
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Note: 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
Economic depression
1865
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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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.
Marriage of a son
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Birth of a granddaughter
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ABT 1875

Citation details: Baptism: Emma Jane LOVERING (1874), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FFHS%2FDEV%2FBAP%2F8378 : accessed 16 Sep 2020
Baptism of a granddaughter
Citation details: Baptism: Emma Jane LOVERING (1874), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FFHS%2FDEV%2FBAP%2F8378 : accessed 16 Sep 2020
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War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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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.
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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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 granddaughter
Citation details: Death: Alice Rhoda LOVERING (1892), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1892/1/AZ/000295/099 : accessed 21 Nov 2018
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a granddaughter
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ABT 1892

Citation details: War register: Edward J ELLIOTT's household (1939), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f7306%2f7306b%2f007%2f16 : accessed 8 Dec 2018

1939 England - Census transcript - Edward John Elliott - Household
7 Tymawr Street, Swansea C.B., Glamorganshire, Wales

ScheduleSubNumNameRoleSexDOBMCOccupation
Elliott, Edward JM21 Jun 1891Marcoal trimmer
Lovering, Ethel MF4 Jul 1891Marunpaid domestic help
Lovatt, Dorothy MF25 May 1918Singlemusic teacher
Russer, John HM25 Aug 1875Widowersteamfort worker
Death of a granddaughter
Citation details: Death: Alice Rhoda LOVERING (1892), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1892/1/AZ/000295/099 : accessed 21 Nov 2018
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: War register: Ernest J LOVERING's household (1939), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=TNA/R39/6847/6847C/014/31 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Birth of a grandson
Birth of a grandson
Baptism of a granddaughter
Baptism of a grandson
Baptism of a granddaughter
Baptism of a granddaughter
Baptism of a grandson
Baptism of a grandson
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902
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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
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902
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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.
Death of a grandson
Citation details: Death: Robert Walter LOVERING (1903), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/D/1903/3/AZ/000196/357 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Marriage: Barton Rousby HOPKINS and Elizabeth Hannah LOVERING (1910), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/M/1910/2/AZ/000209/130 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
Marriage of a granddaughter
Citation details: Marriage: Edward John ELLIOTT and Ethel Maud LOVERING (1914), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS/M/858059649/2 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918
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Note: 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
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Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Marriage: Ernest James LOVERING and Margaret Eveline HART (1920), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f858047883%2f1 : accessed 7 Dec 2018
Marriage of a grandson
Citation details: Marriage: Frank Arthur LOVERING and Florrie LEYSHON (1924), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS/M/WAL208254/1 : accessed 8 Dec 2018
Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
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Note: 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
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William Lovering + … …
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son
1852
Birth: about 1852 Braunton, Devon, England
Death:

Descendants of William Lovering

  1. Generation 1
    1. Children of William Lovering:

      1. John Lovering (1852)
  2. Generation 2 back to top
    1. 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.

      Children of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser:

      1. Emma Jane Lovering (18741949)
      2. William Henry Lovering (1876)
      3. John Lovering (1879)
      4. Mary Ann Lovering (1880)
      5. Elizabeth Hannah Lovering (1883)
      6. Amelia Miriam Lovering (18851947)
      7. Alice Rhoda Lovering (18881892)
      8. Robert Walter Lovering (18891903)
      9. Ethel Maud Lovering (1891)
      10. Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893)
      11. Ernest James Lovering (18951960)
      12. Frank Arthur Lovering (18971968)
  3. Generation 3 back to top
    1. 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.

      Children of Emma Jane Lovering and George Crocker:

      1. Laura Crocker (1900)
      2. George Crocker (1903)
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    2. William Henry Lovering, son of John Lovering and Mary Ann Winser, was born about 1876 in Braunton, Devon, England.

      William Henry Lovering and Elizabeth Ann Evans had 2 children.

    3. 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.

      Mary Ann Lovering and John Henry Rosser had 1 child.

    4. 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.

    5. 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, Harare Province, Zimbabwe at the age of 61.

      She married Thomas Tom Blewett, son of John Thomas Blewett and Elizabeth Bessie Bodinnar.

      Children of Amelia Miriam Lovering and Thomas Tom Blewett:

      1. John Thomas Jack Blewett (19141983)
      2. Frank Edwin Blewett (19161995)
      3. Richard Pentreath Dick Blewett (19261980)
      4. James Bodinar Jimmy Blewett (19301985)
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    6. 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.

    7. Rhoda Alice JOHNS néé LOVERING (1972)

      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.

      Rhoda Alice Lovering and Arthur Edward Johns had 3 children.

    8. 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.

    9. 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 and died on January 8, 1968 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England at the age of 70.

      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.

Ancestors of William Lovering

  1. Generation 1
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Willem Jacobus Cloete (1901–1981) Anna Susanna Girlie Theron (1907–1984) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Daniel Hockly (1787–1835) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe Bennie Welgemoed (1906–1959) Margaret Eileen Laura Peggy Matthews (1906–1993) Susanna Catharina Sannie van der Merwe (1927–1951) Brenda Law (1910–1999) Wilhelmina Magdelena Willie Conradie (1877–1973) Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon (1873–1945) Andries Christian David Dries Koch (1918–1982) Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend (1904–1990) Christian Gert Conradie Christie Theron (1900–1946) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1911–1969) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Johannes Frederik Jannie Theron (1910–1990) Margaretha Elizabeth van der Merwe (1903–) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Emma Carolina Louisa Boardman (1875–1960) Dacre Lovett Haddon (1922–1944) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) James Arthur Frederick Skeggs (1896–1963) Rhoda Alice Lovering (1893–) Martinus Gericke Jeppe Koch (1921–1998) Dirk Albertus Johannes Loubser (1882–1971) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (1866–1936) Frederick Wilhelm Frik Koch (1911–1977) Cornelius Willem Petrus Corneels Cloete (1899–1967) Léonie-Anastasie Drolez (1855–) Petronella Johanna Piekie de Villiers (1907–1973) Johanna Hendrina Grobler Babes Welgemoed (1908–1989) Pieter Carel Piet Toois Theron (1899–1967) John Maitland Laurie Watermeyer (1916–2000) Charles Thomas Ekron (1873–1935) Willem Jacobus Cloete (1872–1937) Johanna Andrichetta Thebus Koch (1907–2003) Dirk Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (1931–2010) William Dods Pringle (1809–1876) Hugo Theron (1918–1987) Guillaume Gieljam van Niekerk (1872–1978) Anna Magdalena Egbertha Koch (1905–1972) Edward Noël Ted Giddy (1931–1998) Leon Theron (1916–1966) Johanna Maria Jossie Loubser (1934–2007) Jacoba Ritchie Erlank (1866–1904) Maria Susanna Catharina Bosch (1864–1947) Christian Gert Boy Theron (1874–1962) Elizabeth Moore (1790–1862) Petrus Daniel Piet Koch (1915–1956) Burgher Ferreira Koch (1913–1976) William Edward Bill Key (1905–1991) Roelof Anthonie van der Merwe (1893–) Michiel Hendrik Koch (1867–1941) Anna Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (1891–1966) Henri-Armand du Wicquet de Rodelinghem (1848–) Willem Izak Welgemoed (1911–1992) Jacoba Egberta Ferreira (1881–1940) Aletta Johanna van der Merwe (1889–) Frank Edwin Blewett (1916–1995)