William James BECKLEY born Burford, Oxfordshire, England Jan 1868 died East London 13.11.1936 Hotel Manager at the Royal Hotel, East London married East London. Henrietha Carla Nelsena PETERSEN (d/o Niels PETERSON born Denmark June/July 1850 died Frere Hospital, East London 02.05.1929 Carpenter married Malthea (Maltha) Andria OHLSON died Feb 1894. In 1877 they lived at the Waterfront, Cape Town. Later they lived at 5 Park Avenue, East London)

b1. William Forrest *20.09.1902 In 1984 he lived in Lot 27 Block C, Hogsback, CP

b2. Doris Carla *East London 27.03.1904 = Church of St Marks, East London 05.12.1910. Witness:- Emmie Petersen.+ KP.1954 (MOOC 2949/54) Lived 29 St Johns Rd, East London before the wedding x East London Magistrates office 25.02.1928 Walter Frederick HASENJAGER * 1908 + before 1936. Fireman on SAR. Lived 20 Kensington Rd, East London before the wedding.

b3. Mavis Ellen *East London 07.11.1905 = Church of St Marks, East London 05.12.1910. Witness:- Edith Harrod x English Church East London 14.02.1930 Harold Arthur STEER. *1902 Furniture Manufacturer in East London. Her sister Stella signed as witness at the wedding with Bertram HAYTER

b4. Ellen May *East London 22.07.1907 = Church of St Marks, East London 05.12.1910. + East London 08.03.1995 Cerebrovascular Disease 438. Clerk x St Saviours Church of the Province, East London 23.12.1944 Arthur MELLOR *1892.+ KP. 1961 Signwriter. She did not re marry again. He was a widower when they got married. They both lived at Swans Private Hotel East London before the marriage

b5. Hilton Grainger *East London 18.09.1909 = Church of St Marks, East London 05.12.1910 + Johannesburg 31.10.1973 Raptured Aortic Aneurysm x East London Vera Rebecca LONG * 07.09.1912 + Boksburg 26.11.1984 Carcinoma Pancreas.

b6. Stella Constance *East London 11.01.1912 = Church of St Marks, East London 12.02.1914 + Port Elizabeth 24.12.1998 x English Church East London 10.08.1931 Henry Oliver Bertram HAYTER * 1909 Divorced ÷1947 xx SWALLOW

b7. Roland Neils *East London 17.11.1913 = Church of St Marks, East London 12.02.1914. + He died young. Not in Father’s death notice

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