William Stephen Close 1871–1955

William Stephen Close, 1871–1955 (aged 84 years)

Name

William Stephen Close

Name: William Stephen /Close/

Source: Contributor: Stan Close

Sex Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	19 January 1871 Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Birth of a daughter	Jessie Abigail Close 6 June 1895 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Birth of a daughter	Gladys Gertrude Frances Close 1 August 1897 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: Gladys Gertrude Frances Close Gender: Female Baptism Age: 1 Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 1 Aug 1897 Baptism Date: 16 Mar 1899 Baptism Place: South Africa Father: William S. Close Mother: Eugine A. Church: Addington Christ Church Officiant: Rector of Addington A. Ikin Witness 1: Francis Cunningham Witness 2: Katie ton Witness 3: George Tabbott Ubsdill Collection: Addington Christ Church Baptisms
Baptism of a daughter	Gladys Gertrude Frances Close 16 March 1899 Christ Church, Addington, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: Gladys Gertrude Frances Close Gender: Female Baptism Age: 1 Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 1 Aug 1897 Baptism Date: 16 Mar 1899 Baptism Place: South Africa Father: William S. Close Mother: Eugine A. Church: Addington Christ Church Officiant: Rector of Addington A. Ikin Witness 1: Francis Cunningham Witness 2: Katie ton Witness 3: George Tabbott Ubsdill Collection: Addington Christ Church Baptisms
Death of a father	James Walter Close 31 January 1901 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Source: International Genealogical Index (IGI) Note: Aged 62, which would make his year of birth circa 1839.
Birth of a daughter	Kathleen Elizabeth Close about 1902 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Birth of a daughter	Aileen Edith Close 23 June 1904 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Death of a brother	Charles Phillip Close 13 November 1906 Barberton, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Death of a mother	Jessie Jones 13 November 1906 Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Birth of a son	William Stephen Close about 1912 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Birth of a daughter	Lilian Inez Close about 1914 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Death of a son	William Stephen Close about 1916 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: Chest complaint.
Birth of a daughter	Doris Esme Close about 1916 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: Estimate
Marriage of a daughter	Phillip Arthur Stops — Kathleen Elizabeth Close — View this family after 1920 South Africa Note: Estimate
Death of a daughter	Lilian Inez Close about 1922 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: Entieritis.
Death of a daughter	Doris Esme Close about 1924 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Note: Estimate
Death of a brother	Alan Robert Close 13 April 1926 Hwange Colliery, Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, Rhodesia Note: Pulmonary Tuberculos.
Marriage of a daughter	James Archibald Doyle Higgs — Gladys Gertrude Frances Close — View this family 14 October 1936 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Death of a brother	Reginald James Close 15 August 1947 Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa Note: Transvaal Province, South Africa, Estates Death Notice Index, 1855-1976 Transvaal Province, South Africa, Estates Death Notice Index, 1855-1976 Name: Reginald James Close Death Year: 1947 Death Country: South Africa Title: Transvaal Estates Death Index (Master of the Supreme Court, Pretoria) Source: National Archives, Pretoria Reference Number: 111/48
Death of a brother	Cecil Gough Close 9 May 1953 Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Death of a daughter	Kathleen Elizabeth Close 18 February 1955 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Death of a wife	Eugine Abigail McLachlan 12 July 1955 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Death	20 July 1955 (aged 84 years) Durban, Natal Province, South Africa

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: about July 1840 — Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Emigration: after 1851 — South Africa Marriage: 20 June 1867 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 31 January 1901 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jessie Jones Jessie Gertrude Close William Stephen Close Reginald James Close Winifred Alice Maude Close Alan Robert Close Lilian Edith Close Beatrice Kathleen Close Charles Phillip Close Annie Ellen Close Claude Herbert Close Ethel Augusta Close Henry Walter Close Cecil Gough Close James Walter Close 1840–1901 Birth: about July 1840 — Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Death: 31 January 1901 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
mother	Links Birth: about 1849 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Marriage: 20 June 1867 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 13 November 1906 — Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Walter Close Jessie Gertrude Close William Stephen Close Reginald James Close Winifred Alice Maude Close Alan Robert Close Lilian Edith Close Beatrice Kathleen Close Charles Phillip Close Annie Ellen Close Claude Herbert Close Ethel Augusta Close Henry Walter Close Cecil Gough Close Jessie Jones 1849–1906 Birth: about 1849 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 13 November 1906 — Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Marriage	Marriage — 20 June 1867 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
1 year elder sister	Links Birth: 27 June 1868 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Baptism: 26 July 1868 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Disappeared: after 1869 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jessie Gertrude Close 1868– Birth: 27 June 1868 — Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
3 years himself	Links Birth: 19 January 1871 — Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 20 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eugine Abigail McLachlan Jessie Abigail Close Gladys Gertrude Frances Close Kathleen Elizabeth Close Aileen Edith Close William Stephen Close Lilian Inez Close Doris Esme Close William Stephen Close 1871–1955 Birth: 19 January 1871 — Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 20 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
12 years younger brother	Links Birth: about 1882 — Grootfontein, Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Death: 15 August 1947 — Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Wilson Richardson Cynthia Close Reginald James Close 1882–1947 Birth: about 1882 — Grootfontein, Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Death: 15 August 1947 — Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 28 April 1884 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Douglas Emslie Winifred Alice Maude Close 1884– Birth: 28 April 1884 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
21 months younger brother	Links Birth: 28 January 1886 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Death: 13 April 1926 — Hwange Colliery, Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, Rhodesia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lilian Sylvia Rosenberg Alan Robert Close 1886–1926 Birth: 28 January 1886 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Death: 13 April 1926 — Hwange Colliery, Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, Rhodesia
22 months younger sister	Links Birth: 9 November 1887 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur Stanley Emslie Lilian Edith Close 1887– Birth: 9 November 1887 — Middelburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
22 months younger sister	Links Birth: 3 September 1889 — Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa Baptism: 20 June 1894 — Church of St Mary, Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa Immigration: 8 May 1933 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Hugh Elwes Wilson Neil Elwes Wilson Beatrice Kathleen Close 1889– Birth: 3 September 1889 — Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa
16 months younger brother	Links Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Death: 13 November 1906 — Barberton, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jeanette Unknown Esme Myrtle Close Leonard George Close Charles Phillip Close 1890–1906 Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Death: 13 November 1906 — Barberton, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
1 year younger sister	Links Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Annie Ellen Close 1890– Birth: about 1890 — South Africa
1 year younger brother	Links Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Claude Herbert Close 1890– Birth: about 1890 — South Africa
1 year younger sister	Links Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Victor Kent Ethel Augusta Close 1890– Birth: about 1890 — South Africa
1 year younger brother	Links Birth: about 1890 — South Africa Disappeared: after 1891 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henry Walter Close 1890– Birth: about 1890 — South Africa
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 2 January 1893 — Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Baptism: 20 June 1894 — Church of St Mary, Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa Death: 9 May 1953 — Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mona Simpson Pritchett Bernard Paul Close Dibby Close Cecil Gough Close 1893–1953 Birth: 2 January 1893 — Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 9 May 1953 — Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Family with Eugine Abigail McLachlan
himself	Links Birth: 19 January 1871 — Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 20 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eugine Abigail McLachlan Jessie Abigail Close Gladys Gertrude Frances Close Kathleen Elizabeth Close Aileen Edith Close William Stephen Close Lilian Inez Close Doris Esme Close William Stephen Close 1871–1955 Birth: 19 January 1871 — Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 20 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: 13 March 1871 — Sundays River, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 12 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Stephen Close Jessie Abigail Close Gladys Gertrude Frances Close Kathleen Elizabeth Close Aileen Edith Close William Stephen Close Lilian Inez Close Doris Esme Close Eugine Abigail McLachlan 1871–1955 Birth: 13 March 1871 — Sundays River, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Death: 12 July 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
daughter	Links Birth: 6 June 1895 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: 25 August 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anson William Shaw Copeland John Anson Shaw Copeland Jessie Abigail Close 1895–1955 Birth: 6 June 1895 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: 25 August 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
2 years daughter	Links Birth: 1 August 1897 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Baptism: 16 March 1899 — Christ Church, Addington, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Immigration: 27 April 1936 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Marriage: 14 October 1936 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Disappeared: after 1937 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Archibald Doyle Higgs Gladys Gertrude Frances Close 1897– Birth: 1 August 1897 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
6 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1902 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Marriage: after 1920 — South Africa Death: 18 February 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Phillip Arthur Stops Kathleen Elizabeth Close 1902–1955 Birth: about 1902 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: 18 February 1955 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 23 June 1904 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frank Theodore Stops Aileen Edith Close 1904– Birth: 23 June 1904 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
daughter	Anne Love Rosalind Close –
son	Walter Vernon Close –
son	Links Birth: about 1912 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1916 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Stephen Close 1912–1916 Birth: about 1912 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1916 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1914 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1922 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Lilian Inez Close 1914–1922 Birth: about 1914 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1922 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
son	Guy Sommerville Close –
daughter	Links Birth: about 1916 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1924 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Doris Esme Close 1916–1924 Birth: about 1916 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa Death: about 1924 — Durban, Natal Province, South Africa

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Name	Source: Contributor: Stan Close

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Last change

12 August 2018

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Family with parents
father Parents Stephen Close Mary Ann Hall	James Walter Close 1840–1901
mother	Jessie Jones 1849–1906
elder sister	Jessie Gertrude Close 1868–
himself	William Stephen Close 1871–1955
younger brother Family Mary Wilson Richardson Cynthia Close Kenneth Close	Reginald James Close 1882–1947
younger sister Family James Douglas Emslie James Douglas Christie Emslie Norman Douglas Emslie	Winifred Alice Maude Close 1884–
younger brother Family Lilian Sylvia Rosenberg Alan Edwin Close Douglas John Close	Alan Robert Close 1886–1926
younger sister Family Arthur Stanley Emslie Cynthia Emslie Kenneth Emslie Rex Emslie	Lilian Edith Close 1887–
younger sister Family James Hugh Elwes Wilson Neil Elwes Wilson Kathleen Elwes Wilson Jessie Elwes Wilson James Hugh Elwes Wilson Marjorie Elwes Wilson Michael Henry Elwes Wilson	Beatrice Kathleen Close 1889–
younger brother Family Jeanette Unknown Esme Myrtle Close Leonard George Close Henry Bernard Close	Charles Phillip Close 1890–1906
younger sister	Annie Ellen Close 1890–
younger brother	Claude Herbert Close 1890–
younger sister Family Victor Kent Jane Elizabeth Kent Douglas Frank Kent	Ethel Augusta Close 1890–
younger brother	Henry Walter Close 1890–
younger brother Family Mona Simpson Pritchett Bernard Paul Close Dibby Close Eric Reginald Close Ivan Herbert Close Mary Phyllis Close Louise Valerie Close	Cecil Gough Close 1893–1953

Family with Eugine Abigail McLachlan
himself	William Stephen Close 1871–1955
wife	Eugine Abigail McLachlan 1871–1955
daughter Family Anson William Shaw Copeland David Shaw Copeland John Anson Shaw Copeland Mary Jess Shaw Copeland Patricia Nell Shaw Copeland	Jessie Abigail Close 1895–1955
daughter Family James Archibald Doyle Higgs	Gladys Gertrude Frances Close 1897–
daughter Family Phillip Arthur Stops	Kathleen Elizabeth Close 1902–1955
daughter Family Frank Theodore Stops Barry Reginald Stops Joyce Memory Stops	Aileen Edith Close 1904–
daughter Family Oliver Frederick Baddeley	Anne Love Rosalind Close
son Family Olive Blakey Lorraine Close Pamela Aileen Close Roy Close	Walter Vernon Close
son	William Stephen Close 1912–1916
daughter	Lilian Inez Close 1914–1922
son Family Kathleen Mabel Knights Brett Sommerville Close Roger Earnest William Close	Guy Sommerville Close
daughter	Doris Esme Close 1916–1924

Descendants

William Stephen Close(1871–1955)
- Eugine Abigail McLachlan