The Stranack Family
Agnes (Stranack) Hopkins
22 January 1877, at "The Shallows",
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Natal Witness 23 January 1877
Birth
STRANACK, 22 Jan 1877 "at “The
Shallows”, Pietermaritzburg, the wife of Mr S Stranack, of a daughter"
Stephen
Stranack
Eliza
Jane (Tyzack) Stranack
Francis Hopkins on 5 January 1916
in Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle, Natal, South Africa
Francis Hopkins is recorded as a bachelor, aged 37. He is a mine employee,
resident in Johannesburg. Agnes Stranack is recorded as a spinster, aged 38,
resident in Johannesburg. The marriage was performed by Walter Martin,
vicar, and witnessed by S. Stranack and H. A. Fisher.
Francis was born in 1878, in Dublin, Ireland. He was a mine employee,
working underground. In 1916 he was an amalgamator at the Village Deep gold
mine in Johannesburg. Francis died on 21 December 1943, at the General
Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 65. The cause of death
is listed as intestinal obstruction (cause unknown but natural). He was
buried in West Park cemetery, Johannesburg.
Will:
Transvaal
Probate Files 1944 #823 film 007807218 image 2082
This is the last will and Testament of me Francis
Hopkins, Amalgamator, Village Deep. G. M. Johannesburg.
I hereby cancel annul & make void all wills codicils, or other
testamentary writings heretofore made or executed by me.
I give devise & bequeath the whole of the property which I may doe
possessed of or entitles to, whether the same be movable or immovable,
corporeal or incorporeal, in possession, remainder, reversion or
expectancy, to my dear wife Agnes Hopkins, (born Stranack) for her sole
use & benefit.
And I nominate constitute and appoint my dear wife Agnes Hopkins, to be my
sole Executrix.
Signed & delivered at Johannesburg, this Twenty First day of January,
in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixteen.
F. Hopkins
Signed by the above testator as and for his last will and Testament, in
our presence, we being then present together & affixing our signatures
hereto as witnesses to the said will, in the presence of Francis Hopkins,
the above names Testator.
Andrew Johns 19. Earl Grey St.
George Bannister 77 Jail Road, Bruma, Johannesburg
Addresses:
1916: Village Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1916 Newcastle #256)
1943: Conway Mansions, Noord Street, Johannesburg (Transvaal
Civil Records Deaths 1943 #10465 film 007731549 image 92)
1965
1916: Johannesburg, Transvaal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1916 Newcastle #256)
1947: Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1950 #265 film 007869147 image 2425)
Alice Fanny Stranack
February or March, 1873
William
Stranack
Natalia
(Tyzack) Stranack
3 July 1876 at the residence of her
grandfather Mr R. W. Tyzack, Durban, Natal aged 3 years and 4 months
Alice Fanny Stranack died on July 3 1876, at Durban. She is recorded as aged
3 years and 4 months, the daughter of William Stranack. The cause of death
is listed as scalding with hot water.
Natal Witness 4 July 1876
"Stranack, Alice Fanny",f,3yrs+4mnths,3-July-1876,4-July-1876,"At the
residence of her grandfather Mr R W Tyzack, Durban, the beloved & only
child of Mr William Stranack"
Alice Mary (Stranack) Fisher
4 June 1881 at Loop Street,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Stephen
Stranack
Eliza
Jane (Tyzack) Stranack
Herbert
Alfred Fisher on 18 July 1906, in St Savior's Cathedral.
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Herbert Alfred Fisher is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27. He is an
accountant, resident in Maritzburg. Alice Mary Stranack is recorded as a
spinster, aged 25, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by
Parry J. Woodcock, assistant curate of St Saviour's, and witnessed by S.
Stranack, E. J. Stranack and Edward Rodick.
1969
1906: Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1906 Pietermaritzburg #141)
1932: 35 Alexandra Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1932 #17950 film 007867924 image 92)
1962: 13 King Edward Avenue, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg,
Natal (Transvaal
Probate Files 1962 #9062 film 101717430 image 66)
Colin Macdonald Stranack
15 October 1913
Ethelbert
Tyzack Stranack
Flora Margaret (Macdonald)
Stranack
Pietermaritzburg College,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
In a codicil to the will of Colin's uncle, William Garland Stranack, dated 9
September 1914, Colin, then an infant, was bequeathed two head of cattle:
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1916 #186 film 007866797 images 00760-1
CODICIL TO
WILL DATED 18TH APRIL 1907.
In the event of this will coming onto operation through my death
while on active Service ...
My Cows and cattle can be sold to clear my estate, with the exception of
two head to be picked for my Godson Herbert Stranack Fisher, and two head
to be picked for my nephew Colin Macdonald Stranack, as a neucleus to
their herds.
Ethelbert Tyzack Stranack
7 December 1878, in Pietermaritzburg,
Natal
Stephen
Stranack
Eliza
Jane (Tyzack) Stranack
Boys Model School, Pietermaritzburg,
Natal
Flora Margaret Macdonald on 6
November 1911 at the First Presbyterian Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
South Africa
Ethelbert Tyzack Stranack is recorded as a bachelor, aged 32. He is a
book-keeper, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Flora Margaret Macdonald is
recorded as a spinster, aged 29, resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage
was performed by Geo. Grieve and witnessed by W. Stranack and L. Macdonald.
Flora was born on 8 July 1881, in Pietermaritzburg district, Natal. She died
on 19 October 1964, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 83. The
cause of death is listed as acute haemorrhage pancreatitis, of duration 34
hours.
Book-keeper, commercial clerk
Ethelbert was present at the Siege
of Ladysmith during the Anglo-Boer War, working at the Intombi
Hospital, a neutral field hospital about 5 miles form Ladysmith. His
report "Reminiscences of the Intombi Camp Hospital during the Siege of
Ladysmith, Nov. 1899 to February 1900." is held at the Killie
Campbell Africana Library, Dawes Collection, File B.
17 November 1946, at the Sanatorium,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 67.
The cause of death is listed as haemorrhage from intestinal tract, of
duration about 3 weeks.
Church of England cemetery,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
1911: Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1911 Pietermaritzburg #37)
1946: 266 Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Deaths 1946 Pietermaritzburg film 007751204 image 1060)
Josephine Stranack
26 April 1888
Stephen
Stranack
Eliza
Jane (Tyzack) Stranack
24 November 1903 at 300 Prince Alfred
Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, aged 15
Josephine Stranack died on 24 November 1903 at 300 Prince Alfred Street
P.M.Burg. She is recorded as aged 15, the daughter of Stephen Stranack. The
cause of death is listed as enteric fever.
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Headstone of William Garland Stranack (top
half) and Josephine Stranack (bottom half) in Commercial Road
cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photograph by Basil Royston at eGGSA
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Headstone of Josephine Stranack (top half)
and William Garland Stranack (bottom half) in Commercial Road
cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photograph by Basil Royston at eGGSA
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Commercial Road cemetery,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
An oddity of Josephine's burial is that the headstone of her grave in
Pietermaritzburg has had the head and base transposed with that of her
brother, William. It seems that the head and base of the two are actually
the same, and that rather than being transposed, the head has been spun 180°
on the base. Either way, the result is that under William's name is listed
the birth and death details of Josephine, and under Josephine's name is
listed the death details of William.
The respective headstones read:
In Memoriam
William Garland Stranack
-------------------------
youngest daught of
S and E J Stranack
Born April 26, 1888
Died Novr. 24, 1903
"Blessed are the pure in heart."
and:
In Loving Memory
of
Josephine
------------------------
Lieutenant S. A. I.
Died of Wounds 30th Jan. 1916.
Aged 32 Years
Interred Mersa Matruh,
Egypt.
"Death for noble ends
makes dying sweet."
Stephen Stranack
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Stephen Stranack
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1849, in Margate, Kent, England
William Stranack
Hannah (Webb) Stranack
Eliza
Jane Tyzack on 22 March 1876 at the residence of the bride's father,
Mount Pleasant, Cato Manor, near Durban, Natal
Stephen Stranack is recorded as a bachelor aged 26. He is a clerk to
Legislative Council, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Eliza Jane Tyzack is
recorded as as spinster, aged 21, resident in Cato Manor, near Durban. The
marriage was performed by W. H. Mann, Congregational minister, and witnessed
by A. Muirhead Junior, W. O. Turner, M. A. F. Tyzack, R. W. Tyzack and L. A.
Bell.
Natal Witness 24 March 1876
March 22. At the residence of the bride's father, Mount Pleasant, Berea by
the Rev W H Mann","Stephen, youngest son of the late Mr William Stranack
of Margate, Kent, England to - Elisa Jane, youngest daughter of Mr R W
Tyzack of Durban (no cards)
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LINES TO BE SUNG BY THE CHILDREN
ON THE
OPENING OF THE RAILWAY
TO
PIETERMARITZBURG,
NATAL
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DECEMBER 1, 1880
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Hail this happy festal day!
Now with one accord we pray
Heavenly Father, hear and bless,
Crown our labours with success.
Children, loud your voices raise
In a grateful song of praise.
Finishes now the work of years ;
Give the steam-horse ringing cheers.
Countless blessings shall appear,
Following his advent here.
Coast and Midland joined at length,
Unity shall give us strength.
S.S.
19th October 1880
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God Save the Queen
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Town Clerk
In 1875, Stephen was appointed Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Council of
Natal. In 1881 his salary as Clerk to the Legislative Council was listed as
£337 (Departmental Reports 1881 pB14). He penned
the words to a song to be sung by the children as the first railway steamed
into Pietermaritzburg in 1880. Stephen held the post of Town Clerk of
Pietermaritzburg from 1883 until 1905. In 1897, Stephen was appointed a
Justice of the Peace for Pietermaritzburg. In 1916, Stephen described his
occupation as Commissioner of Oaths.
Stephen was a Freemason, and the
foundation master of the Skelmersdale Lodge in Pietermaritzburg in 1877.
The Freemason 5 September 1885 p428
South Africa.
PIETERMARITZBURG.—Skelmersdale Lodge (No. 1729).—A unique and
pleasing ceremony took place on the 7th ult., at the Masonic Temple,
Natal, on the occasion of the installation banquet to Bro. F. R. Becker,
the newly-installed W.M. of the above lodge. There were present the
W.M., the I.P.M., Bro. Stranack, Bro. W.B. Francis, D.D.G.M., the W.M.'s
of the Prince Alfred, No. 729, and Natalia, No. 1665, lodges, and many
brethren.
After the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured, Bro. Sydney
Ford, P.M., proposed the toast of "The I.P.M., Bro. S. Stranack," and
stated that he was the brother chosen to fill the honourable position of
foundation Master in 1877, when the lodge was first opened, and had
since occupied the chair for two successive years, during which period
he had contributed very greatly to the successful position in which the
lodge was now in.
On the expiration of the first year of Bro. Stranack's office the
lodge had unanimously voted him a jewel, to mark in a slight manner the
sense of obligation it was under to him for his indefatigable work
during that period, and now, after another period of two years' service,
it was unanimously agreed that such valuable assistance should again be
acknowledged in a suitable manner, and as during the term of his
Mastership his wife had presented him with two Lewises, the opportunity
was embraced of acknowledging this pleasing fact by presenting Mrs.
Stranack with a silver cradle in commemoration of the two events.
Bro. Ford then made the presentation in a few well chosen words,
and expressed, on behalf of the lodge, the wish that they would all live
to see the Lewises initiated into Freemasonry by their father, and in
the lodge where he had served with so much honour and distinction.
Bro. Stranack then returned thanks in a very feeling manner, and
expressed, on behalf of his wife and self, the very great pleasure it
gave him to receive so handsome and valuable a present from the lodge,
which would remain in his family as an heirloom; and also trusted that
the time might come when he would ask the then W.M. to vacate the chair
to enable him to initiate his two sons.
The cradle, which is made of solid silver, is very elaborately
carved, and stands on an ebony stand, with a silver plate let in, on
which is inscribed the following: "St. John the Baptist's Day, 1885.
(Skelmersdale arms.) Presented by the members of the Skelmersdale Lodge,
No. 1729, to the mother of two Lewises, each born during their father's
Mastership—Ethelbert Tyzack Stranack, December 7th, 1878; William
Garland Stranack, December 14th, 1883."
13 August 1932, at Grey's Hospital,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 83
The cause of death is listed as (a) enlarged prostate of duration 2 years
(b) renal impairment (c) pyelonephritis.
Concurrent suprapubic
cystostomy.
Church of England cemetery,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
dated 7 August 1917, filed 26 August
1932
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1932 #674 film 007867894 image 1885
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me STEPHEN STRANACK of
Pietermaritzburg, Natal Corporation pensioner.
I HEREBY CANCEL ANNUL AND MAKE VOID all Wills, Codicils or other
Testamentary writings heretofore made or executed by me.
I LEAVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the whole of the property or moneys of
which I may die possessed of or entitled to, whether the same be movable
or immovable corporeal or incorporeal, in possession, remainder reversion
or expectancy to my dear wife ELIZA JANE STRANACK (born Tyzack) for her
sole use and benefit.
AND I NOMINATE CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT my said wife the sole
Executrix of this my will with power of substitution.
SIGNED AND DELIVERED at Pietermaritzburg, aforesaid, this seventh day of
August, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
S. STRANACK
SIGNED by the within named Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament
in our presence, we being then present together and affixing our
signatures hereto as witnesses to the said will in the presence of the
within named testator and at his request.
A. H. Gutridge, Market Accountant,
J. Runcie, Town Hall.
1851: Union
Crescent, Margate St John the Baptist, Kent
1861:
Union Workhouse, Minster, Kent
1881: Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (birth of daughter
Alice)
1897: 300 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal Almanac & Directory 1897 p116)
1932: 35 Alexandra Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Deaths 1932 Pietermaritzburg film 007732050 image 2557)
William Stranack
1818/9
2 May 1819 in St John the Baptist,
Margate, Kent, England
John Seth Stranack
Henrietta (Morris) Stranack
Hannah Webb on 14 January 1845, in
St Johns Church, Thanet, Kent, England
Hannah was born on 21 May 1825, in Margate, Kent, the daughter of Thomas
Webb and Hannah Bassett. After the death of William Stranack, Hannah had a
daughter, Jessie Garnham Stranack in 1855. Jessie is coldly described in the
1861 census as a "bastard daughter". Jennie Bradford identifies Jessie's
father as Henry Robert Garnham of Boston, Lincolnshire. Jessie was later to
join her half-brothers in Natal. Hannah married, secondly, Thomas Denham in
1871 in Thanet
district, Kent, and died in 1889, in Thanet
district, aged 62.
Census:
1841: Margate St John Baptist, Kent: Hannah Webb is aged 15, born in Kent
1851: Union
Crescent, Margate St John the Baptist, Kent
1861:
Union Workhouse, Minster, Kent
1881: 7 Garden Row,
Ramsgate, Kent
Occupation Clerk
13 September 1849, in Margate, Kent,
England, aged 30
William Stranack
1848, in Margate, Kent, England
William Stranack
Hannah (Webb) Stranack
Natalia
Tyzack on 1 November 1871, in the Congregational Church, Durban, Natal
William Stranack is recorded as a bachelor, aged 24. He is a salesman,
resident in Durban. Natalia Tyzack is recorded as a spinster, aged 21,
resident in Durban. The marriage was performed by W. H. Mann, minister, and
witnessed by R. W. Tyzack, J. W. Stranack and Louisa Emily Tyzack.
Grahamstown Journal
17 November 1871:
MARRIAGE
A large number of persons – principally young ladies – attended in the
Congregational Church yesterday morning to witness the marriage of Mr.
W. STRANACK to Miss TYZACK, second daughter of Mr. W. TYZACK, one of our
oldest and most highly respected fellow-colonists and fellow-townsmen.
Elizabeth Jane Spencer
on 26 December 1876 in Berea Wesleyan Chapel, Durban, Natal
William Stranack is recorded as a widower, of full age. He is a chemist,
resident in Durban. Elizabeth Jane Spencer is recorded as a spinster,
resident in Durban. The marriage was performed by Z. Robinson and
witnessed by R. Jameson and Kate Jameson.
Elizabeth was born in 1850/1 and died on 22 October 1917 in Brentford
district, Middlesex, aged 66.
Addresses:
1919: "Khandallah", 2 The Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex (Ponting
Family History vol 4 Appendix H)
- Jessie Spencer Stranack (1879 - 1974)
- Morris William Stranack (1881 - 1940)
- Lillian Webb Stranack (1883 - 1959)
- Whalley Seath Stranack (1886 - 1966)
Salesman (1871); Chemist (1876,
1897). In 1897, the business of Stranack & Williams, chemists, is
recorded at 320 West Street, Durban (Natal Almanac & Directory 1897 p154).
William
emigrated to Natal aboard the Leila,
arriving in Durban on 14 March 1861. He is recorded as aged 14, and surety
was stood by Thomas William Garland of Verulam. Accompanying William on the
Leila was his older brother, John
William. William's father was dead at this time, and his mother and younger
siblings remained in England. It appears from this extract that Thomas
Garland was William's uncle:
Christian
adventures in South Africa
p538 (William Taylor, 1868)
An extract from a letter, written by my host, Mr. Thomas
Garland of Verulam, will illustrate the expansion of the work in that
direction.
"My nephew, John William Stranack, is one of the most complete conversions I ever witnessed, or
anybody else here ever knew;
..."
Thomas William Garland was married to Henrietta Stranack, the sister of this
William's father (also William).
William, Elizabeth and family returned to England sometime before the death
of Elizabeth there in 1917.
16 September 1930 in St
Marylebone district, London, England, aged 82
1851: Union
Crescent, Margate St John the Baptist, Kent
1897: Musgrave Road, Durban (Natal Almanac & Directory 1897 p154)
1919: 2 The Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex (Ponting
Family History vol 4 Appendix H)
1930: 58 Clarence Gate Gardens, Regents Park (Ponting
Family History vol 4 Appendix H)
William Garland Stranack
14 December 1883, in
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Stephen
Stranack
Eliza
Jane (Tyzack) Stranack
Pietermaritzburg College, which
William attended from February 1897 until June 1900.
William was for some years
cashier in the Town Treasurer's Office, Maritzburg, and for the last two
years of his life was manager of the Woodlands Wattle Company in Umvoti
County.
William served and died in World War
I. He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in the 2nd South
African Infantry (Natal and Orange Free State Regiment) on 1 February
1915 (London Gazette 25 January 1916 p1110).
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Chatby Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt,
where William is buried
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Headstone of William Garland Stranack (top
half) and Josephine Stranack (bottom half) in Commercial Road
cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photograph by Basil Royston at eGGSA
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Headstone of Josephine Stranack (top half)
and William Garland Stranack (bottom half) in Commercial Road
cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photograph by Basil Royston at eGGSA
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30 January 1916, in the Military
Hospital, Mersa Matruh, Egypt, of wounds, aged 32. This was presumably
during the Senussi
Campaign.
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War
Memorial Cemetery, grave Q.434.
A memorial to William stands in the Commercial Road cemetery in
Pietermaritzburg, Natal. This memorial states that William is interred in Mersa Matruh, which
is about 300km west of Alexandria.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that "some graves were brought
into the cemetery after the war from other burial grounds in the area" and
it may be that William's remains were originally interred at Mersa Matruh
and later moved to Alexandria.
A second oddity of William's burial is that the headstone of his memorial in
Pietermaritzburg has had the head and base transposed with that of his
sister, Josephine. It seems that the head and base of the two are actually
the same, and that rather than being transposed, the head has been spun 180°
on the base. Either way, the result is that under William's name is listed
the birth and death details of Josephine, and under Josephine's name is
listed the death details of William.
The respective headstones read:
In Memoriam
William Garland Stranack
-------------------------
youngest daught of
S and E J Stranack
Born April 26, 1888
Died Novr. 24, 1903
"Blessed are the pure in heart."
and:
In Loving Memory
of
Josephine
------------------------
Lieutenant S. A. I.
Died of Wounds 30th Jan. 1916.
Aged 32 Years
Interred Mersa Matruh,
Egypt.
"Death for noble ends
makes dying sweet."
Pietermaritzburg College Magazine February 1917
p48
Lieut. W. G.
Stranack was born at Maritzburg on December 14, 1883. He was for some
years cashier in the Town Treasurer's Office, Maritzburg, and for the
last two years of his life was manager of the Woodlands Wattle Company
in Umvoti County. He was a member of the Guild of Servers at St.
Saviour's. For ten years he was in the ranks of the Natal Carbineers,
and for ten months was a Lieutenant in the Natal Light Horse. He served
in the Anglo-Boer War, the Natal Native Rebellion of 1906, the South
African Rebellion of 1914, and German South-West Africa, 1914-15. He
died of wounds in Egypt on January 30, 1916, and is buried at Mersa
Matruh.
dated 18 April 1907, with codicil
dated 9 September 1914, filed 8 March 1916
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1916 #186 film 007866797 images 00760-1
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me
WILLIAM GARLAND STRANACK of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Clerk.
I leave, devise and bequeath the whole of the property which I may
die possessed of or entitled to, whether the same be movable and
immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, in possession, remainder, reversion
or expectancy to my dear Mother, Eliza Jane Stranack, (born Tyzack), for
her sole disposal in her discretion. And I nominate, constitute and
appoint my Father, Stephen Stranack, of Pietermaritzburg, Corporation
Commissioner for Oaths, the sole Executor of this my will.
Signed and delivered at Pietermaritzburg this eighteenth day of
April in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine hundred and Seven.
"W. G. Stranack."
Signed as and for his last Will and Testament by William Garland Stranack,
the afore-named Testatator, in our presence, we being then present
together, and affixing our signatures hereto as Witnesses to the said
Will, in the presence of the said Testator.
Witnesses:
"W. H. F. Harte."
"M. T. Trew".
CODICIL TO
WILL DATED 18TH APRIL 1907.
In the event of this will coming onto operation through my death
while on active Service, I should like my horses disposed of as follows:
Bay Mare "Molly" to be
given to Miss Frances Handley, "Normandy" Harden Heights.
"Roan mare "Gipsy" to be
given with her foal to my sister Agnes, or Fred Cooper.
Bay Gelding "Marquis"
to be given to Miss Betty Layman, Greytown.
Gray Gelding "Duke" to
be given to my friend T. Hodgson, or if no good home can be found for
him he can be shot after a life of faithful service, rather than be
abused by anyone. "W.G.S." 21/8/15
My Cows and cattle can be sold to clear my estate, with the exception of
two head to be picked for my Godson Herbert Stranack Fisher, and two head
to be picked for my nephew Colin Macdonald Stranack, as a neucleus to
their herds.
Certain money is held in trust by me for Indians in the
employ of Woodlands Wattle Co.Ltd., so detailed at back of Labour
Advance Book for which the Indians hold receipts.
"W.G.S." 21/8/15
My shotgun can go to my brother-in-law Herbert Alfred Fisher.
9/9/14 "W. G. Stranack."
Witnesses:
"W. H. Walters". Jnr
"V. Gooding".
The foregoing Will and Codicil registered in this office in terms
of Section 19, Act 24, 1913, on this 8th day of March, 1916.
"R. J. Barry".
MASTER, SUPREME COURT,
Natal.
1914: Harden Heights, county of Umvoti, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files GS film 001295101 image 00758)
William Macdonald Stranack
11 July 1916, in Natal, South Africa
Ethelbert
Tyzack Stranack
Flora Margaret (Macdonald)
Stranack
Pietermaritzburg College,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Agnes Ethel Lovett on 15 June 1940
in Kearsney, Natal, South Africa
William Macdonald Stranack is recorded as a bachelor aged 23, born in Natal,
South Africa. He is a clerk, resident in Stanger. Agnes Ethel Lovett is
recorded as as spinster, aged 22, born in Natal, South Africa. She is a
housewife, resident in Kearsney. The marriage was witnessed by A. Macade and
V. R. Lovett.
Agnes was born on 20 October 1917, in Natal, South Africa.
Clerk
1940: Stanger, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1940 Lower Tugela #2/E/1940)
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