Gertrude Mary Bamber^[1]

1870 - 1939  (68 years)

• Name	Gertrude Mary Bamber
  Birth	10 Aug 1870	Zwartkop Valley,Pietermaritzburg,Natal,South Africa   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	31 Aug 1870	St Saviours,Pietermaritzburg,South Africa   [4]
  	Event Description: Y
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Apr 1939	Kokstad,East Griqualand,Cape,South Africa.,   [1, 5]
  Person ID	I53	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	William Bamber,   b. 2 Aug 1844, Wilmot Square,Bethnal Green,Middlesex,England., d. 27 Jun 1927, Greys Hospital,Pietermaritzburg, (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Bessie Burchmore,   b. 7 Mar 1846, Markyate,,,Hertfordshire,England d. 1 Jul 1927, Pietermaritzburg,Natal,South Africa (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1867	St Peter's Cathedral,Pietermaritzburg,   [4, 6, 7]
  	Married by the Rev James Green Dean of Pietermaritzburg
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harry Fleetwood Pellew Halsted,   b. 14 Jun 1861, Blackheath,,,Kent,England d. 26 Nov 1920, Sweetwaters,Natal,South Africa (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1890	All Saints Church,Ladysmith,by Archdeacon Barker,   [8]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Amy Halsted   2. Mary Halsted   3. Frankland Halsted,   b. 13 Jun 1891   d. 9 Dec 1971, Greenwich,Greater London,Kent,London,England., (Age 80 years)   4. Gertrude Halsted,   b. 5 May 1893, Harrismith,Orange Free State,South Africa., d. Bef 1939, Winterton,Natal,South Africa (Age 45 years)   5. Norah Halsted,   b. 20 Mar 1895, Harrismith,Orange Free State,South Africa.,   6. Fleetwood Halsted,   b. 30 Nov 1896, Harrismith,Orange Free State,South Africa., d. 20 Sep 1917, France,,,,, (Age 20 years)   7. Minna Halsted,   b. 3 Dec 1899   d. 11 Jan 1968, Cathcart,Eastern Cape,South Africa (Age 68 years)   8. Cyril Halsted,   b. 1901   d. 18 Jun 1962, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., (Age 61 years)   9. Anthony Halsted,   b. 1903   d. 28 Jul 1915, Pietermaritzburg,kwaZulu-Natal,South Africa (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE She died at the home of her daughter Mary and son-in-law Lance Taylor in Brownlee St, Kokstad, although "ordinarily resident in Vryheid". She died of Breast Cancer

  
  

• Sources

  [S252] Death Notice Gertrude Mary Halsted, (Natal Archives MSCE 28892 - 1939). [S1343] South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s, (ancestry.com), Pietermaritzburg Birth Register 1868 - 1878; Entry: 425; Repository: Pietermaritzburg Archives (Reliability: 3). [S13] Bessie Calvert Allen, The Swift Ships by Bessie Allen, ((Unpublished, 1991)). [S1357] Bamber Family Bible, (Bamber Family Bible in possession of John Bamber, great grandson of William Bamber). [S1373] Civil Registrations (deaths), Cape Province, 1895-1972, (familysearch), 1939 Death Certificate Gertrude Mary Halsted born Bamber (Reliability: 3). [S11] Marriage Record William and Bessie Bamber. [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, William Bamber and Bessie Burchmore, 06 Jul 1867 (Reliability: 3). [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, 1890 Marriage Harry Fleetwood Pellew Halsted and Getrude Mary Bamber (Reliability: 3).