Geoffrey Percy Paton Pollitt (1918 - 2007)

Born 2 Jun 1918 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Husband of Kornélia Szent-Györgyi — married 12 Jun 1947 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

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Biography

Geoffrey Pollitt was born in England, married in South Africa, and later moved to the U.S. The Social Security Death Index has his last residence as Middlesex, Massachusetts, but his obituary in the Concord (Massachusetts) Journal (carefully) doesn't say where "at home" was.

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• England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008: Geoffrey P P Pollitt

Name: Geoffrey P P Pollitt

Event Type: Birth Registration

Event Place: Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

County: Sussex

Registration Year: 1918

Registration District: Eastbourne

Mother's Maiden Name: Potter

Volume: 2B

Affiliate Line Number: 44

• South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992

Name Geoffrey Percy Paton Pollitt

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 12 Jun 1947

Event Place Wynberg, Wynberg, Cape, South Africa

Age 29

Birth Year (Estimated) 1918

Spouse's Name Kornelia Szent-Gyorqyi Libik

Spouse's Age 28

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1919

Entry Number 230

Original Marriage Register

No. 230/1947

Race: Husband European, Wife European

Marriage Solemnized at Wynberg, District Wynberg, Province Cape

Date of Marriage: 12th June 1947

Full Names of Persons Married: Geoffrey Percy Paton Pollitt, Kornelia Libik born Szent-Gyorgyi

Age: 29, 28

Country of Birth, Province, Place: England, Hungary

Personal Status: Bachelor, divorceé

Occupation: Farmer, Home duties

Residence at time of Marriage: Makalanga, Mazal, Southern Rhodesia; Makalanga, Mazal, Southern Rhodesia

Consent by Whom given: own, own

With or without Antenuptial Contract: without antenuptial contract

Remarks: decree of divorce attached to D.OM.R.

This Marriage was solemnized by me on this the 12th day of June 1947 in the presence of the undersigned witnesses:

1. T.J.F. Henchie

2. I.J. Redelingluys??

J.J. Slahburt??

This marriage was contracted by us:

Geoffrey P Pollitt

Kornelia Libik

• United States Social Security Death Index: Geoffrey P Pollitt

Name: Geoffrey P Pollitt

Given Name: Geoffrey

Middle Name: P

Surname: Pollitt

State: Arizona

Last Place of Residence: Middlesex, Massachusetts

Previous Residence Postal Code: 01742

Age: 89

Birth Date: 02 Jun 1918

Death Date: 29 Nov 2007

• GenealogyBank Obituaries: Mr Geoffrey P Pollitt, 89

Concord Journal, The (MA) - Thursday, December 6, 2007

CONCORD - Geoffrey P. Pollitt, 89, died at home of heart failure on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. :He was the beloved husband of Faither Howland of Concord, and the late Kornelia Szent-Gyorgyi.

He was born in Eastbourne, England, on June 2, 1918, the son of the late Gerald P. Pollitt and Dora (Potter) Pollitt. He was a graduate of Radley College and Cambridge University.

Mr. Pollitt served as a lieutenant colonel in the British Army during World War II, flying in the Air Observation Corps. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Thereafter he farmed in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe for many years, moving to the United States with his wife and children in 1961 to start a new life near his wife's family, the Szent-Gyorgyis, formerly of Hungary.

After retiring as director of the Biology Laboratories of Harvard University, Mr. Pollitt enjoyed a wide range of hobbies for many years, including gliding; repairing violins; building harpsichords; beekeeping; growing Concord grapes, raspberries, and roses; and vacationing in England.

Mr. Pollitt was a generous, patient, gentle and loving man, adored by his family and friends.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, ... and his wife ... of Deerfield, ... of Hobe Sound Fla. and ... and her partner ... of Halifax Vt.; two grandchildren; his mother-in-law ... of Bedford; two nieces in Zimbabwe and two nephews in Australia.