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Edward Hillary (1867 - 1955)

Edward Hillary
Born in Durban, Natal, South Africamap
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Husband of — married 29 Nov 1893 in Isipingo Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africamap
Died at age 87 in Addington Hospital, Durban, Natal, South Africamap
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Biography

Edward was born in 1867. He was the son of George Hillary and Ellen Groom.

He was baptised on 11 March 1868 in the Wesleyan-Methodist Circuit in Durban, Natal[1].

He married Mary Gove on 29 November 1893 at a private residence in Isipingo, Natal, after Banns[2]. Edward was a bachelor farmer of Bellair. The witnesses were Alek Gove, Winifred Gove and Alex Gove.

They went on to have three children.

Edward and Mary farmed at Isipingo.

His father George passed away on 6 May 1900 at the age of 74 years and 8 months. Eight years later, his mother Ellen died on 6 September 1908 at the age of 82 years and 7 days.

His wife Mary passed away in 1924 at the age of 56.

At the age of 60 he may have married, secondly, widow Violetta Mabel Nicholson (nee Hardy, the widow of Eric Nicholson) on 26 September 1928 at Durban, Natal[3].

If so, his second wife Violetta passed away on 12 June 1948 at the age of 67.

Edward passed away on 26 April 1955 at the age of 87. Cause of death was recorded as Broncho Pneumonia with Suppurative Parotitis, Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema[4].

He was buried at Isipingo Cemetery, Isipingo, Durban, Natal, South Africa[5].

Sources

  1. "South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MK8-Q4J : accessed 1 September 2015), Edward Hillary, 11 Mar 1868; citing Baptism, Durban, Natal, South Africa, Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Grahamstown.
  2. "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDC2-3TP : accessed 1 September 2015), Edward Hillary and Mary Isabel Murray Gove, 29 Nov 1893; citing Isipingo, Natal, South Africa; 00058; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,177.
  3. "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCY-VT7 : 19 February 2021), Edward Hillary and Violetta Mabel Hardy Nicholson, 26 Sep 1928; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 01932; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,795,955.
  4. "South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSY-D6N5 : 15 February 2021), Edward Hillary, 1955.
  5. https://kznpr.co.za/isipingo-cemetary/




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