Elizabeth 'Bessie' Helen Alice May Girdwood^[1]

1906 - Abt 1981  (74 years)

• Name	Elizabeth 'Bessie' Helen Alice May Girdwood
  Birth	16 May 1906	,,South Africa.,
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt May 1981	South Africa
  Person ID	I18572	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Dr William "Bill" "Willie" Girdwood,   b. 1876, ,,South Africa., d. 23 Jan 1954, Johannesburg,Transvaal,South Africa., (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane "Maggie" Thompson,   b. 24 Apr 1881, Alloa,Clackmannanshire,Scotland., d. 10 Oct 1970, ,,South Africa., (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1905	East London,Cape,South Africa.,
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F302712934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Eric Jarvis,   b. 1906, South Africa
  Marriage	27 Feb 1932	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,Fairview,Johannesburg.,
  	Married in St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Fairview, Johannesburg _HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F302714373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE Birth noted in the 1906 diary of George Batchin Thompson. (17 May 1906) Name taken from diary of Geroge Batchin Thompson 1914_12_17 1909: Mary Lundie in her diary. Edinburgh: "Tea with the Girdwoods. Bessie a dear wee thing." 1926 diary of GBT. "Bessie goes to school"

  
  

• Sources

  [S600] Girdwood, William. Death Notice, 1191/54 (Reliability: 3).