1912 - 1997 (84 years)
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Name |
Molly Peel Nelson |
Title |
Dame |
Suffix |
DBE |
Birth |
13 Jul 1912 |
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Gender |
Female |
Baptism |
3 Mar 1913 |
Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa |
Arrival |
27 Aug 1934 |
Southampton, Hampshire |
Death |
20 Jan 1997 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
Death |
20 Mar 1997 |
Departure |
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Notes |
- 2nd daughter of John Peel Nelson of Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Baptised 3 March 1913 at Benoni. Educated at Girls' High School, Barnato Park, Johannesburg.
D.B.E. (1969). President of Rhodesia Red Cross for 19 years until 1978; President of Girl Guides Association for 20 years until 1979; President National Council of Women; President African Women's Clubs.
Interests: Farm livestock, breeding Labradors, sewing, water colour painting (Exhibition 1976), and fish farming.
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Person ID |
I1864 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
13 Jan 2018 |
Father |
John Peel Nelson, b. Dec 1872, Westminster, London d. 1948, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 75 years) |
Mother |
Ruth Annie Parlett, b. Jul 1873, Chelmsford, Essex |
Marriage |
2 Nov 1898 |
Shanghai, China |
Family ID |
F1503 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Hon. Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, KCMG GCVO OBE, b. 22 Nov 1902, 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London d. 5 Nov 1990, Harare, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe (Age 87 years) |
Marriage |
17 Jan 1934 |
Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe |
Children |
| 1. Jeremy Herbert Gibbs, b. 26 May 1935, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 30 Jan 2022, Portugal (Age 86 years) |
| 2. Nigel Henry Vicary Gibbs, b. 24 Apr 1937, Bonisa, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 28 Nov 2016, Fairford, Gloucestershire (Age 79 years) |
| 3. Timothy Durant Gibbs, b. 27 Dec 1938, Bonisa, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 21 May 2019, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 80 years) |
| 4. Kenneth Richard Gibbs |
| 5. Simon Humphrey Gibbs |
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Family ID |
F846 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
20 Oct 2018 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 13 Jul 1912 - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| Baptism - 3 Mar 1913 - Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa |
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| Marriage - 17 Jan 1934 - Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe |
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| Arrival - 27 Aug 1934 - Southampton, Hampshire |
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| Death - 20 Jan 1997 - Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
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| Departure - - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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