Alan
Weston
(Weston)
Groom
Born in Kokstad, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Groom
and Margaret Maud (Rawlins) Groom
Sister of
Henry Elmore Groom, Vanessa Maud Groom, Iris Lorene (Groom) Trollip and Mavis Hannah Elizabeth (Groom) Betty
Wife of
Sheila Patricia (Tarboton) Groom
— married
31 May 1947 in Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa
Died
at age 57
in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2015
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Biography
Allan "Weston" was born in 1914. He was the son of Henry Groom and Margaret Rawlins.
After the 2nd World War he moved from Kokstad to Port Shepstone to work as a mechanic for Bate Motor Industries. Weston also brought with him Richard Cele, his mechanic's assistant (Richard had been his young companion/cum-nanny when he was a small child on his parents farm in East Griqualand. He had grown up with Weston and followed him when he went into the motor trade.)
At the age of 33 he married 31 year old widow Sheila Tarboton on 31 May 1947 at Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa. He was a Bachelor, Motor Mechanic.[1]
They appear to have had no children.
Weston worked at Bate Motor Industries until about 1954, when he bought his own business, Rathboneville Motors. His wife Pat did the books and spare parts and Weston worked so hard he ended up suffering a heart attack. They had to sell the business and Pat obtained work at the local Sugar Mill.
In about 1967 he returned to Bate Motor Industries to handle the workshop clerical work - job cards and invoicing.
Sadly Weston passed away in about June 1971 after having a massive heart attack.
Burial
Port Shepstone Main Cemetery, 53 Reynolds Street, Hibiscus Coast Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa[2]
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZS-NHP : accessed 8 September 2015), Allan Weston Groom and Sheila Patricia Tarboton Grant, 31 May 1947; citing Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa; 01298; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,593.
- ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/23523625
- Additional information supplied by V Gillman-Bate
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Weston by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Weston:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Weston by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Weston:
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~0.78%
Linda (Groom) Prole
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