Leslie Vincent (1897 - 1970)

Ancestors

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Biography

Leslie was born on 17 May 1897. He was the son of Franz Alexander Vincent and Clara Frances (Jesson) Vincent.

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

Note: {geni:about_me} The "German Settler" Durrheim Family in South Africa by Erleen T West (nee Durrheim) researched 2009/2011

Sources

• geni profile [1]

• Geni Person ID: 6000000006796187382.
• Family Search profile G8FV-B5B [2]

1928 marriage

[3][4]

Name Leslie Vincent

Sex Male

Age 29

Birth Year (Estimated) 1899

Spouse's Name Florence Dobie

Spouse's Sex Female

Spouse's Age 18

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1910

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 6 Feb 1928

Event Place Queenstown, Queenstown, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika

Event Place (Original) Queenstown, Queenstown, Cape, South Africa

Certificate Number 4

"South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHR-6G2C : 20 September 2022), Leslie Vincent, 1928.

NOTE: He was a guard on South African Railways from Aliwal North, she from Queenstown where they married with parental consent.

1932 birth of Zelda

[5][6]

Name Zelda Aidine Vincent

Father's Name Leslie Vincent

Father's Sex Male

Mother's Name Florence Vincent

Mother's Sex Female

Event Type Baptism

Event Date 31 Jan 1932

Event Place Aliwal North, Cape Province, South Africa

Event Place (Original) Aliwal North, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Note Baptisms 1871-1911

"South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MKF-R2D : 23 February 2021), Zelda Aidine Vincent, 1932.

NOTE: They were resident in Queenstown and father was a Guard. The baptism was at Christ Church, Aliwal North.

1948 marriage of daughter Eileen to Ronald Wesson

[7] "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-R4SL : 21 September 2022), Eileen Vincent in entry for Ronald Wesson, 1948.

NOTE: Ron was a loco fireman based in Salisbury, Rhodesia

NOTE: Eileen was a Saleslady resident at 51 Queen St., Cambridge, East London

NOTE: (father) L. Vincent was a witness.

NOTE Eileen Wesson died in 1999 in Johannesburg, South Africa [8]

1970 Death

[9][10]

Transcription by DLM of Rhodesia death notice

Name: Leslie Vincent

Parents: Frederick <sic> Vincent & Clara Vincent (both dead)

Age: 72

Occupation: Pensioner

Marital: m. to Florence Irene Vincent at Aliwal North, R.S.A. 6 Feb 1927

Day of decease: 19 Jul 1970

Where died: Eshowe, Zululand <Natal, South Africa>

Usual Residence: Rhodesia, Salisbury

Children: (all majors)

Eileen Wesson

Zelda Whittal

Norma Fogg

<signed> E. Wesson, daughter

"Zimbabwe Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-4CMV : 20 July 2023), Leslie Vincent, .

Acknowledgments

• Profile Vincent-2689 was created through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Sep 16, 2015 by Dennis Maeder.