Evangeline Helen (Vangie) Macpherson

Evangeline Helen (Vangie) Macpherson[1, 2]

Female 1903 - 1962  (58 years)


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  • Name Evangeline Helen (Vangie) Macpherson 
    Birth 17 Sep 1903  Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Christening 16 Feb 1904  All Saints Church,ladysmith,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 1962  Nairobi,Kenya., Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Person ID I64  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2021 | Edit 

    Father Frederick Macpherson,   b. Nov 1864, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1924, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Bessie Helen Bamber,   b. 6 Nov 1872, Zwartkop Valley,Pietermaritzburg,Natal,South Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1956 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1891  Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    • Natal Witness Marriages from 1891

      Groom,Bride,Date,Advert Date,Details

      MacPherson,Bamber,12-Jan-1891,14-Jan-1891,"At All Saints Church, Ladysmith,
      by the Ven Archdeacon Barker","Frederick, eldest son of Mr A, MacPherson
      to - Bessie Helen, third daughter of William & Bessie
      Bamber"
    • _HTITL: Husband
    • _WTITL: Wife
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kenneth Leslie Northcote Bulley,   b. Abt 1901, Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1988, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1925  Estcourt,Natal,South Africa., Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • _HTITL: Husband
    • _WTITL: Wife
    Children 
     1. Rodney Kenneth Bulley,   b. Abt 1927   d. 15 Dec 2014, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Michael Bulley,   b. Abt 1928   d. Abt 1944, Nairobi,Kenya., Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     3. Nigel Bannister Bulley,   b. Abt 1930 (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit 

  • Photos
    Vangie Bully (nee Macpherson)
    Vangie Bully (nee Macpherson)
    _TYPE: PHOTO

  • Notes 
    • Vangie and her husband Ken Bully lived in Kenya. During the Mau Mau rebellions, they planned to return to South Africa. Just before they were due to return overland, she died and was buried in Kenya. Ken returned to South Africa and lived with Arthur and Minnie Macpherson (brother-in-law) in Durban in Windermere Road.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Jean Macpherson, Letter from Jean Macpherson, (April 2006) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S233] Death Notice Frederick Macpherson, (Natal Archives 135 1924).

    3. [S961] South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, ("South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org)), 1904 Evangeline Helen Macpherson South Africa > Natal > Natal, Ladysmith, All Saints > Baptisms 1858-1962 > image 96 of 405 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S13] Bessie Calvert Allen, The Swift Ships by Bessie Allen, ((Unpublished, 1991)).

    5. [S4] Louisa Clemitson, Loos book, (unpublished, written between 1946 and 1969), June 1962, Loo reported that Vangie "died of a stroke while on their way from Kenya to settle in Natal" (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S6] Natal Witness, (Transcripts from Natal Witness, 1891).

    7. [S962] Marriage Register, All Saints Church, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa, Marriage Frederick Macpherson and Helen Bessie Bamber. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6866-VK?i=432&cc=2063749 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S7] Death Notice Bessie Helen Bamber, (Natal Archives MSCE 434 1956).

    9. [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDC2-NF1 : 10 March 2018), Frederick Macpherson and Bessie Helen Bamber, 12 Jan 1891; citing Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa; 00055; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,25 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S8] Marriage Register, All Saints Church, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa, Marriage Frederick Macpherson and Helen Bessie Bamber. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6866-VK?i=432&cc=2063749 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCB-PLN : 10 March 2018), Kenneth Leslie Bulley and Evangeline Helen Macpherson, 08 Aug 1925; citing Estcourt, Natal, South Africa; 00063; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretor (Reliability: 3).