Eric Uys McKenzie (abt. 1887 - 1950)

Born about 1887 in Richmond, Colony of Natal

Husband of Coral (Swales) McKenzie — married 30 Jun 1915 in Durban, Natal

Died 18 Jun 1950 at about age 63 in Vereeniging, Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa

Biography

Eric was born in about 1887. He was the son of Robert Alexander McKenzie and Margaret Elizabeth Davidson.

At the age of 27 he married 22 year old Coral Eliza Swales on 30 June 1915 at the Wesleyan Church in Stamford Hill, Durban, Natal, by Licence^[1].

They had at least four children.

He passed away in 1950 at the age of 62^[2]. Cause of death was Asthma.

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCB-WGZ : 19 February 2021), Eric Uys Mckenzie and Coral Eliza Swales, 30 Jun 1915; citing Stamford Hill, Durban, Natal, South Africa; 00596; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,796,225.
2. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8W5-LV3Z : 16 October 2019), Eric Uys McKenzie, 18 Jun 1950; citing Death, Vereeniging, Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal.

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Stephanus Scheepers

• His Father's Death Notice

• "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-HN78 : 7 April 2020), Eric Uys McKenzie, 1950; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm .