Beatrice "Bea" Gossip

1914 - 2000  (85 years)

• Name	Beatrice "Bea" Gossip
  Nickname	Bea
  Birth	22 Sep 1914
  Gender	Female
  Death	28th March 2000	Bryanston,Transvaal,South Africa.,   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I8275	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	William Gossip,   b. Abt 1874, Aberdeen,Scotland., d. 14 Sep 1928, At sea,in Armadale Castle, (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Helen "Nellie",   b. Outer Hebrides,Scotland.,
  Marriage	Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland.,
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F302714296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry "Harry" Arnold Thompson,   b. 19 Feb 1908, Bizana,Pondoland,South Africa., d. 5 Aug 1970, Johanesburg,Transvaal,South Africa (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1940	Johannesburg,Transvaal,South Africa.,
  	The Marriage Register records that the wedding took place in the Methodist Central Hall in Johannesburg and that they married by special licence aattached to D.O. R. harry gave his occupation as "Estate Agent" although he was a lawyer, and Beatrice as typist. Harry was 32 yrs old, Beatrice 25 yrs old. _HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F302712715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2023

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  After Harry died Bea established a nursery on their small holding near Bryanston, [north of Johannesburg]Transvaal, which specialized in indigenous plants. (Witkoppen Wild Flower Nursery, Bryanston.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S544] Thompson, Alistair, Conversation of 8th July 2009 (Reliability: 3). [S1166] Thompson, Alistair, Conversation of 8th July 2009 (Reliability: 3).