The Fowle Family

Dulce Emilie Fowle

Birth: December 1900 or January 1901 in Natal

Father: Leonard Theodore Fowle

Mother: Jessie Elizabeth (Foss) Fowle

Occupation: Schoolteacher

Death: 12 April 1942, at 7 Ellis Brown Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as malignant peritonitis.

Memorial to Dulcie Emilie Fowle
Memorial to Dulcie Emilie Fowle at Stellawood crematorium chapel, Durban, Natal
photo by Maureen Schnittker at eGGSA
Cremated: Stellawood crematorium, Durban, Natal, South Africa

Will: dated 18 February 1942
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1942 #24491 film 007869083 image 1809
WILL of DULCE EMILIE FOWLE FEBRUARY 18, 1942
This cancels the one other will I've made.
I hereby leave everything I possess to my mother and two sisters.
  Signed: "Dulce E. Fowle", 18/2/1942
Witnesses:
"M. Loftus" (Nursing Sister).
"E.E. Daniell" (Nurse)

Addresses:
1900: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1900 Pietermaritzburg #817)
1942: 7 Ellis Brown Road, Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1942 #24491 film 007869083 image 1803)

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Leonard Theodore Fowle

Birth: October/November 1875, in Verulam, Natal

Father: James Fowle

Mother: Mary (Surridge) Fowle

Married: Jessie Elizabeth Foss on 8 March 1900 in the house of the bride's mother, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Leonard Theodore Fowle is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a schoolmaster, resident in Maritzburg. Jessie Elizabeth Foss is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by A. E. Howse, and witnessed by Arthur E. Foss and Emily Foss.

Children: Occupation: Schoolmaster
Leonard was the founding headmaster at the Paulpietersburg school in 1903 and headmaster at Utrecht in 1906 (Twentieth Century Impressions of Natal p273).
Natal Agriculture Journal 1903 p141
PAULPIETERSBURG, 20th February.—
A Government school, under Mr. Fowle, has been opened with a roll of 20; this number should speedily increase to 30 or 40.

Death: 2 December 1937 at 7 Ellis Brown Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as a coronary thrombosis, of instantaneous duration

Memorial to Leonard Theodore Fowle
Memorial to Leonard Theodore Fowle at Stellawood crematorium chapel, Durban, Natal
photo by Maureen Schnittker at eGGSA
Cremated: Stellawood crematorium, Durban, Natal, South Africa

Will: dated 6 July 1912, with codicil dated 23 October 1933, filed 13 December 1937
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1937 #26543 film 007869155 images 456-7
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me LEONARD THEODORE FOWLE of Vrijheid in the Province of Natal, School Master.
  I hereby revoke and annul all Wills, Codicils and other Testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me.
  I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear wife JESSIE ELIZABETH FOWLE (born Foss) for her own use and benefit absolutely, the whole of my Estate and Effects, movable and immovable, of whatsoever nature and kind, and wheresoever situate, nothing excepted.
  I nominate and appoint my said wife and my brother-in-law GEORGE PRINCE FOSS jointly, to be the Executrix and Executor respectively of this my Will, and Administratrix and Administrator respectively of my Estate and Effects, and Guardians of my minor children.
  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Vrijheid aforesaid this sixth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
      LEONARD T. FOWLE.
Signed by the said Leonard Theodore Fowle the Testator of this Will in the presence of us then present both together and affixing our signatures hereto as witnesses to the said Will in the presence of the said Testator.
  W. FRANK CHRISTIE
  E. A. MILLS.

THIS IS A CODICIL to the Last Will and Testament of me LEONARD THEODORE FOWLE presently residing at Blackridge, near Pietermaritzburg, which bears date the sixth day of July 1912.
  I do now further direct that the Master of the Supreme Court shall dispense with the filing of security by the said Executor and Administrator for the due and faithful administration of my Estate.
  In all other respects I confirm my said Will.
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand at Maritzburg this twenty-third day of October 1933 in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.
      LEONARD T. FOWLE.
As Witnesses:-
  A.E.W. WILLS
  J.D. van der Vyver
 

Addresses:
1900: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1900 Pietermaritzburg #817)
1903: Paulpietersburg, Natal   (Natal Agriculture Journal 1903 p141)
1906: Utrecht, Natal   (Twentieth Century Impressions of Natal p273)
1912: Vryheid, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1937 #26543 film 007869155 image 456)
1933: Blackridge, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1937 #26543 film 007869155 image 457)
1937: 7 Ellis Brown Road, Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1937 #26543 film 007869155 image 455)

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