William Kemmis-Betty
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William Rowland Kemmis-Betty (abt. 1865 - abt. 1929)

William Rowland Kemmis-Betty
Born about in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 15 Aug 1894 in Johannesburg, South Africamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , [private daughter (1890s - 1980s)] and [private daughter (1900s - 1970s)]
Died about at about age 64 in England, United Kingdommap [uncertain]
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Biography

William was born in 1865. He was the son of Rowland Veitch Kemmis-Betty and Lydia Mary Green. [1][2]

In 1871 he was living with his mother, sister and two servants at the Knightstown Villas, 28 Walter St, Glamorgan [3]

He moved to the Transvaal, South Africa in about 1879 at the age of 16. He was involved in the mining industry and co-invented a new process to extract gold from potassium cyanide solutions [4]

His sister visited him in Johannesburg around 1891.

He married, a Alice Maria Theodora Melvill on the 15th of August 1894. [5]

They had three children in South Africa:

  1. Willy (1895 - 1970)
  2. Dorothy (1896 - 1984)
  3. Leslie (1904 - 1977)

He and his family returned to England sometime after this.

His sister Alice and her family visited them in England around 1912. [6]

Sources

  • Personal mémoire of His younger sister Alice Kemmis Betty, dated 1891 and held by Phil Jourdeuil.
  1. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871
  2. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X9M-DJ4 : 1 October 2014), William Rowland Flemming Betty, 1865; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  3. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871
  4. ↑ https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US630982-0.png
  5. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7T-9MBJ?cc=1468076&wc=MCMX-P2H%3A44975801%2C52325201%2C52378301%2C52439201 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Transvaal > Johannesburg and Pretoria, St Mary > Marriages 1887-1895 > image 302 of 315; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
  6. ↑ Personal reflections on the life of Patrice Jourdeuil page 8 and 9. In the possession of Phil Jourdeuil




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