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John Norval Jnr
(1795-1875)
Mary Jane Murray
(1810-1898)
William Watkin Alexander
(1805-1891)
Susanna Jacoba du Preez
(1815-1893)
James Norval
(1840-1904)
Susan Helena Alexander
(1849-1932)

Mary Susan Norval
(1871-1951)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Stephen Alexander
2. George Crampton

Mary Susan Norval 4 5

  • Born: 10 Mar 1871, Norvalspont, Cape Province, South Africa 4 5
  • Christened: 31 Mar 1871, Colesburg, Cape Province, South Africa
  • Marriage (1): Stephen Alexander on 4 Jul 1899 in Norvalspont, Cape Province, South Africa 1 2
  • Marriage (2): George Crampton on 12 Oct 1904 in Christ Church, Colesburg, Cape Province, South Africa 3 4
  • Died: 5 May 1951, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa aged 80
  • Buried: West End Cemetery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

bullet  Noted events in her life were:



• Residence: Cape Colony, South Africa, 1871-1875.



• Residence: Cape Province, South Africa, 1875-1910.



• Residence: Union of South Africa, 1910-1928.



• Residence: Union of South Africa, 1928-1951.



• Travel: Arrival In England, 28 Aug 1938, London, England. Arrived on the S.S. City of London, Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co. Ltd Beira & SA Ports via Madeira Line.
Port of Embarkation: Cape Town
Port of Landing: London
Proposed Address: SA House, Trafalgar Square, London
Occupation: Wife
Age: 64
Country of Residence: South Africa



• Burial: West End Cemetery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. 6 Grave location: Old Section, Gates 1&2, Den 01, Block S, Row D, Grave 13.
Epitaph: REST IN PEACE


Mary married Stephen Alexander, son of John Gysbert Alexander and Elsie Sophia Coetzee, on 4 Jul 1899 in Norvalspont, Cape Province, South Africa.1 4 (Stephen Alexander was born on 14 Feb 1867 4, christened on 17 Mar 1867 in Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa, died on 10 Aug 1901 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa 5 and was buried on 11 Aug 1901 in West End Cemetery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Issue: Had issue but the child died at birth. 7


Mary next married George Crampton, son of The Very Rev. John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton and Frances Crofton Staveley, on 12 Oct 1904 in Christ Church, Colesburg, Cape Province, South Africa.3 4 (George Crampton was born on 30 Mar 1875 in The Rectory, Aughrim, Co. Galway, Ireland 8 9, christened on 13 Apr 1875 in Holy Trinity Church, Aughrim, Co. Galway, Ireland,10 died on 27 Dec 1946 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa 5 and was buried in West End Cemetery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

CRAMPTON-ALEXANDER-On Oct. 12, at Christ Church, Colesberg, George Crampton, youngest son of the late Very Rev. John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton, Provost
of Kilmacduagh, of Aughrim, Co. Galway, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late James Norval, of Norval's Pont, and widow of Stephen Alexander, of Kimberley.

Sources


1 Jonnette Inkley (née Bingle) (RIN. 3193), Sydney, Australia [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Ryan John Kriste, e-mail, 07 June 2010, "Family Tree"; privately held by Kriste, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

2 Personal knowledge of Agnes Sophia Denoon Rissik (née Duncan) (RIN. 437). Author of 'Letters to my Grandchildren' (published 1969); Original family tree drawn in 1943 and signed "To dear Aunt Mary with lots of love from Agnes (Aug 1943)". Aunt Mary is Mary Susan Crampton (née Norval) (RIN. 429). A later version of this family tree was included in Agnes Rissik's book "Letters to my Grandchildren" (published 1969).

3 "Marriages," South Africa Magazine transcribed by Ellen Stanton, 31 Dec 1904; (south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com : accessed 5 Jan 2012).

4 Personal knowledge of Agnes Sophia Denoon Rissik (née Duncan) (RIN. 437). Author of 'Letters to my Grandchildren' (published 1969).

5 Dr. D.F. Du Toit Malherbe (Emeritus-Professor, University of Pretoria), Stamregister van die Suid-Afrikaanse Volk - Family Register of the South African Nation, third (enlarged) ed. (Stellenbosch, Cape Province: Tegniek Bpk., Sep 1966), Pg. 11.

6 "Cemetery Records" (typescript, p. Pg. 147; West End Cemetery, Kimberley, South Africa. (Old Section, Gates 1 & 2), Cemetery Register 1933-1976. Repository: Africana Research Library , Kimberley (Africana@solplaatje.org.za).

7 Personal knowledge of Shirley Anne Jessop (née Lodder) (RIN. 669). Telephone interview with Ryan Kriste on 15 Mar 2011.

8 Henry Thomas Crofton et al, The Crofton Memoirs, 1911 (Trinity College Dublin Library Collection
An account of JOHN CROFTON of Ballymerry, Co. Roscommon, Queen Elizabeth's (I) Escheator-General of Ireland and of His Ancestors and Descendants and other Bearing the Name.), Page 308.

9 Holy Trinity Aughrim (Aughrim, Co. Galway, Ireland), "Birth Records"; Aughrim Rectory, Ballinasloe.

10 Holy Trinity Aughrim (Aughrim, Co. Galway, Ireland), "Baptism Records"; Aughrim Rectory, Ballinasloe.



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