Walter
"Jock"
Gove
Born in Durban, Port Natal, South Africa
Son of Alexander Innes Gove
and Isabella (Petrie) Gove
Brother of
James Gove, Mary Isobel Murray (Gove) Hillary, Robert Gove, David Gove, Edwin Gove, Alexander Gove Jr., Alfred Gove, Winifred (Gove) Hillary, Harry Gove, Jessie (Gove) Butcher, Hugh Gove and William Mark Gove
Husband of
Margaret Louisa (Jones) Gove
— married
22 Mar 1894 in The house of Mrs Jones at Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa
[children unknown]
Died
at age 85
in 19 Rockcliff Road, Rossburgh, Durban, Natal, South Africa
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Biography
Walter was born in 1869. He was the son of Alexander Gove and Isabella Petrie.
He was a Farrier and Blacksmith in Brickhill Road, Durban.
At the age of 24 he married 23 year old Margaret Louisa Jones on 22 March 1894 in the house of Mrs Jones at Amanzimtoti, Natal, after Banns [1]. The witnesses were J. W. Allen and Alex Gove.
They had two children:
- Isabella Margaret Gove (b. 22 January 1896, m. Lionel Bauckham 3 Mar 1915)
- Walter Gove (b. 17 March 1900)
Walter served in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) as S/Sergant Farriar. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with Clasp in 1906.
He was involved in the Bambatha Rebellion of 1906[2].
His wife Margaret passed away on 15 August 1918.
45 year old Walter married, secondly, 25 year old spinster Muriel Jane Ford on 25 March 1920 in Durban, Natal, by Licence[3]. They were both of Brickhill Road.
They had one daughter; Iris.
Walter passed away in 1954 at the age of 85[4]. Cause of death was recorded as Carcinoma of Colon and Uremia.
He was probably cremated at Stellawood Cemetery and Crematorium.
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDC2-9D7 : accessed 2 September 2015), Walter Gove and Margaret Louisa Jones, 22 Mar 1894; citing Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa; 00094; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,178.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambatha_Rebellion
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCG-Y49 : accessed 2 September 2015), Walter Gove and Muriel Jane Ford, 25 Mar 1920; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 00060; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,795,118.
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8T81-CR6Z : 20 August 2020), Walter Gove, 8 Jun 1954; Death, Rossburgh, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa, The National Archives of South Africa (NARS), Pretoria; FHL microfilm .
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