Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend 1904–1990

Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend, 1904–1990 (aged 86 years)

Townsend family: Lynette, Kate Winifred, Rosine, Haddon and Leonard (May 1909)

Name

Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend

Name: Richard Leonard* Haddon /Townsend/
Given names: Richard Leonard Haddon
Surname: Townsend

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	May 9, 1904 38 30 Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1925), TAB MHG #62053, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9P-3TGT?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BLY%3A1590242683 : 14 February 2019), 007808611 > image 1933 of 2425; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Jan 2021 Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984) Citation details: Richard Leonard Haddon TOWNSEND, T011/P02 Source: Kate Winifred Townsend papers Citation details: Historical note: https://campbell.ukzn.ac.za/?q=node/46949&q=node/46949 : accessed 27 Jan 2021
Epidemic	Tuberculosis 1906 (aged 1 year) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Death of a paternal grandfather	William Blore Townsend March 10, 1910 (aged 5 years) Age: 71 years 10 months Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Address: Adderley Street, Bedford Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 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 Death notice: William Dodds TOWNSEND (1918) Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 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 Death notice: William Blore TOWNSEND (1910)
Historical Event	Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 (aged 6 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Union of South Africa established.
Death of a maternal grandmother	Mary Crowder August 6, 1912 (aged 8 years) Age: 65 years Forest Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Thomas Robinson HADDON (1914), TAB MHG #25084, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-23LC-T?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Jan 2021 Death notice: Thomas Robinson HADDON (1914) Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 Citation details: Death registration: Mary CROWDER (1912), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-J941-M?cc=2998108 : 15 July 2022), > image 1 of 1; Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal : accessed 28 Aug 2022 Death registration: Mary CROWDER (1912)
Burial of a maternal grandmother	Mary Crowder after August 6, 1912 (aged 8 years) Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Address: Grave #2884, Brixton Cemetery Source: South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 Citation details: Burial: Mary HADDON (1912), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-935F-CK8Y?cc=4453927 : 25 August 2022), > image 1 of 1 : accessed 28 Aug 2022
Epidemic	Smallpox 1912 (aged 7 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: 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	Thomas Robinson Haddon September 28, 1914 (aged 10 years) Age: 73 years 9 months 115, Musgrave Road, Berea, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Thomas Robinson HADDON (1914), TAB MHG #25084, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-23LC-T?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Jan 2021 Death notice: Thomas Robinson HADDON (1914)
War	World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 14 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Epidemic	Spanish flu 1918 (aged 13 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 (aged 15 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 20 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a father	Richard Mahoney Townsend March 5, 1925 (aged 20 years) Age: 60 years Tamboerskloof Nursing Home, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1925), TAB MHG #62053, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9P-3TGT?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BLY%3A1590242683 : 14 February 2019), 007808611 > image 1933 of 2425; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Jan 2021 Source: Bulawayo Chronicle Citation details: Death: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1925), edition: Saturday 7 March 1925 Obituary: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1865-1925)
Economic Event	Wall Street Crash October 1929 (aged 25 years) Source citation: Wikipedia 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 (aged 35 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
War	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 41 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a mother	Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon September 15, 1945 (aged 41 years) Age: 71 years 11 months Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source: South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Kate Winifred HADDON (1945), TAB MHG 5243/45, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9G-637M-T?cc=2520237&wc=Q6VB-BNL%3A1590242607 : 14 February 2019), 007807265 > image 543 of 2344; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 26 Jan 2021 Death notice: Kate Winifred HADDON (1945) Source: Bulawayo Chronicle Citation details: Death: Mrs K. W. TOWNSEND (1945), edition: 17 Sep 1945 Obituary: Mrs K. W. Townsend (1945)
Prime minister	Jan Christiaan Smuts from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 44 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Daniel Francois Malan from June 4, 1948 to November 30, 1954 (aged 50 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom from November 30, 1954 to August 24, 1958 (aged 54 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Economic Event	Rand adopted February 14, 1961 (aged 56 years) South Africa Source citation: Wikipedia Note: Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand.
Historical Event	Republic of South Africa May 31, 1961 (aged 57 years) Source citation: Wikipedia Note: South Africa becomes a republic.
Prime minister	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd from September 2, 1958 to September 6, 1966 (aged 62 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Prime minister	Balthazar Johannes Vorster from September 13, 1966 to October 2, 1978 (aged 74 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Death of a sister	Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend October 18, 1982 (aged 78 years) Source: Kate Winifred Townsend papers Citation details: Historical note: https://campbell.ukzn.ac.za/?q=node/46949&q=node/46949 : accessed 27 Jan 2021
Occupation	opthalmic surgeon before 1984 (aged 79 years) Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984) Citation details: Richard Leonard Haddon TOWNSEND, T011/P02
Residence	before 1984 (aged 79 years) 8, Peach Lane, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: SA Voters roll transcription (1984) Citation details: Richard Leonard Haddon TOWNSEND, T011/P02
Prime minister	Pieter Willem Botha from October 9, 1978 to September 14, 1984 (aged 80 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Executive President	Pieter Willem Botha from September 14, 1984 to August 15, 1989 (aged 85 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Executive President (acting)	Jan Christiaan Heunis from January 19, 1989 to March 15, 1989 (aged 84 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Historical Event	Nelson Mandela released from prison February 11, 1990 (aged 85 years) Source citation: Wikipedia
Executive President	Frederik Willem de Klerk from August 15, 1989 to May 10, 1994 (on the date of death) Source citation: Wikipedia
Burial of a father	Richard Mahoney Townsend Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa Address: Plumstead cemetery, Wynberg Source: Find a grave Citation details: Gravestone: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1865-1925), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216054199/richard-mahoney-townsend : accessed 18 Sep 2022 Gravestone: Richard Mahoney TOWNSEND (1865-1925)
Burial of a mother	Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa Address: Plumstead cemetery, Wynberg Source: Find a grave Citation details: Gravestone: Kate Winifred HADDON (1873-1945), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216059208/kate-winifred-townsend : accessed 18 Sep 2022 Gravestone: Kate Winifred HADDON (1873-1945)
Death	July 31, 1990 (aged 86 years) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 Citation details: Death notice: Brenda LAW (2000), Estate file: 229/2000, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-LSCQ-3?cc=4319131 : 15 March 2022), > image 1 of 1 : accessed 20 Mar 2022

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: May 24, 1865 25 23 — Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 9, 1896 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 16, 1902 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Occupation: medical doctor — to March 5, 1925 Death: March 5, 1925 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Burial: Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rosine Maud Jeffery Rosine Maud Townsend Family with spouse Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon William Haddon Townsend Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend Elaine Mary Haddon Townsend Richard Mahoney Townsend 1865–1925 Birth: May 24, 1865 25 23 — Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 5, 1925 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
mother	Links Birth: calculated October 1873 32 26 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Marriage: April 16, 1902 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Death: September 15, 1945 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Burial: Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Mahoney Townsend William Haddon Townsend Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend Elaine Mary Haddon Townsend Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon 1873–1945 Birth: calculated October 1873 32 26 — Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Death: September 15, 1945 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — April 16, 1902 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 months elder brother	Links Birth: February 20, 1903 37 29 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: June 4, 1999 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Glennys Townsend William Haddon Townsend 1903–1999 Birth: February 20, 1903 37 29 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: June 4, 1999
15 months himself	Links Birth: May 9, 1904 38 30 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Occupation: opthalmic surgeon — before 1984 Death: July 31, 1990 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Brenda Law Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend 1904–1990 Birth: May 9, 1904 38 30 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: July 31, 1990 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: July 15, 1906 41 32 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: October 18, 1982 Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Harry Brownlee Cumming Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend 1906–1982 Birth: July 15, 1906 41 32 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: October 18, 1982
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: August 19, 1908 43 34 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: January 28, 2003 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elaine Mary Haddon Townsend 1908–2003 Birth: August 19, 1908 43 34 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: January 28, 2003 — Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Father’s family with Rosine Maud Jeffery
father	Links Birth: May 24, 1865 25 23 — Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 9, 1896 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 16, 1902 — Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Occupation: medical doctor — to March 5, 1925 Death: March 5, 1925 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Burial: Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rosine Maud Jeffery Rosine Maud Townsend Family with spouse Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon William Haddon Townsend Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend Elaine Mary Haddon Townsend Richard Mahoney Townsend 1865–1925 Birth: May 24, 1865 25 23 — Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 5, 1925 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
stepmother	Links Birth: December 17, 1874 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Marriage: April 9, 1896 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Death: January 24, 1897 — Steytlerville, Eastern Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Mahoney Townsend Rosine Maud Townsend Rosine Maud Jeffery 1874–1897 Birth: December 17, 1874 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Death: January 24, 1897 — Steytlerville, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — April 9, 1896 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
10 months half-sister	Links Birth: January 22, 1897 31 22 Baptism: May 2, 1897 31 22 — Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse Rosine Maud Townsend 1897– Birth: January 22, 1897 31 22

Family with Brenda Law
himself	Links Birth: May 9, 1904 38 30 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Occupation: opthalmic surgeon — before 1984 Death: July 31, 1990 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Brenda Law Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend 1904–1990 Birth: May 9, 1904 38 30 — Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Death: July 31, 1990 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: September 26, 1910 39 30 — Islington, London, England Census: April 2, 1911 — England Death: December 29, 1999 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend Brenda Law 1910–1999 Birth: September 26, 1910 39 30 — Islington, London, England Death: December 29, 1999 — Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Descendants of Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend

Generation 1
1. Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend, opthalmic surgeon (before 1984), son of Richard Mahoney Townsend and Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon, was born on May 9, 1904 in Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe and died on July 31, 1990 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 86.
  He married Brenda Law, daughter of Charles Alfred Law and Daisy Sarah Foulsham.
  Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend and Brenda Law had 3 children.
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Ancestors of Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend

Generation 1
1. Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend, opthalmic surgeon (before 1984), son of Richard Mahoney Townsend and Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon, was born on May 9, 1904 in Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe and died on July 31, 1990 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 86.
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1. Richard Mahoney Townsend, medical doctor (to March 5, 1925), son of William Blore Townsend and Mary Ann Birt, was born on May 24, 1865 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 5, 1925 in Tamboerskloof Nursing Home, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 59.
2. Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon, daughter of Thomas Robinson Haddon and Mary Crowder, was born calculated October 1873 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and died on September 15, 1945 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Generation 3 back to top
1. William Blore Townsend, son of Edward Joseph Townsend and Harriet Hockly, was born on May 29, 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on March 10, 1910 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 70.
2. Mary Ann Birt, daughter of Richard Birt and Eliza H Budden, was born calculated March 22, 1842 in Dist. Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 1, 1869 in Lyndock, Dist. Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Thomas Robinson Haddon, accountant (in 1868), was born calculated December 1840 in London, England and died on September 28, 1914 in 115, Musgrave Road, Berea, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
4. Mary Crowder was born calculated 1847 and died on August 6, 1912 in Forest Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Family with parents
father Parents William Blore Townsend Mary Ann Birt	Richard Mahoney Townsend 1865–1925
mother Parents Thomas Robinson Haddon Mary Crowder	Kate Winifred Winnie Haddon 1873–1945
elder brother Family Private Glennys Townsend	William Haddon Townsend 1903–1999
himself	Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend 1904–1990
younger sister Family Harry Brownlee Cumming Private Private	Winifred Lynette Haddon Townsend 1906–1982
younger sister	Elaine Mary Haddon Townsend 1908–2003

Father’s family with Rosine Maud Jeffery
father Parents William Blore Townsend Mary Ann Birt	Richard Mahoney Townsend 1865–1925
stepmother Parents Albert Jeffery Dora …	Rosine Maud Jeffery 1874–1897
half-sister Family Private Family Private	Rosine Maud Townsend 1897–

Family with Brenda Law
himself	Richard Leonard Haddon Townsend 1904–1990
wife Parents Charles Alfred Law Daisy Sarah Foulsham	Brenda Law 1910–1999
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