Person:Hugh Penfold (9)
Hugh William Penfold
b.Sep 1876 St. Pancras, Middlesex, England
d.1931 Cape Town, South Africa
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Nov 1875
  1. Hugh William Penfold1876 - 1931
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1900
  1. Doris PenfoldAbt 1904 -
  2. Daphne PenfoldAbt 1906 -
  3. Hugh Marchant Penfold1908 - 2002
  4. Winifred PenfoldAbt 1909 -
  5. Julia PenfoldAbt 1910 - 1994
  6. George Edwin Penfold1912 - 1998
  7. Laura Penfold1914 - 1914
  8. Kitchener Penfold1916 - 1916
  9. Vida Hope PenfoldAbt 1918 - 2006
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh William Penfold
Gender Male
Birth? Sep 1876 St. Pancras, Middlesex, England
Marriage Abt 1900 Kuruman, Cape, South AfricaDr Moffat's Church at Seodin
to Gertrude May Willmore
Death? 1931 Cape Town, South Africa
Burial? Cape Town, South AfricaPlumstead Cemetry

Birth registers July-Sept quarter, 1876.
Mother Sarah Frances Richards (b around 1855). On 1881 census, Hugh Pinfold (sp) age 4, b. London, Middlesex, England living with grandparents. These were William Attwell Richards (51) and Mary Ann Richards (51) who were both born at the Cape of Good Hope. WA Richards was an export merchant. The older Richards children were Sarah (27, Hugh's mother!) and Joseph (22) both b. Cape of Good Hope. Younger children were Mary (9) and Hetty (7) both b. London, Middlesex, Eng. Household had 4 servants and was at 110 Philbeach garden, London, Middlesex. Hugh joined the Kent Militia at age 21 and came to SA to flight in the Langeberg rebellion. Stationed at Taung near Kuruman where he met Gertrude May. They married around 1900. Hugh worked on the railways. Died ofa heart attack aged 56 when Vida was 14. Loved music, esp Richard Crookes.

Hugh appears on the 1891 England census, where Fanny lied and said she was a widow. Hugh joined the Kent militia in the 1890s and also ended up in South Africa fighting the Boer war, where he met and married Gertrude May Willmore. Marchant joined the Royal Navy.

References
  1.   ABBR Imported GEDCOM file.
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