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Births Mar 1853

Gifford Alfred Atcham 6a 591

There is a birth for an Alfred Samuel Gifford registered in Liverpool, but a death follows almost immediately. Family beliefs he was born in Lancashire, England.

LDS entry which seems to match FreeBMD entry -

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Alfred Gifford

• name: Alfred Gifford
• gender: Male
• baptism/christening date: 01 May 1853
• baptism/christening place: Condover, Shropshire, England
• father's name: Lawrence Sinclair Gifford
• mother's name: Mary Gifford
• indexing project (batch) number: I03807-1
• system origin: England-EASy
• source film number: 1657547
• reference number: item 18-27 p 193

Looking at the 1861 census suggests that Lawrence of this family was a sailor.

Ancestry24.

• Marriage on 22 Feb 1881.
• Groom - Arthur Samuel Gifford

• Aged 24 - Slagter (Butcher) of Edenburg

• Bride Mary Josephine Emma Glanz

• aged 21 years of Edenburg.

• Witnesses A G Glanz; N P Glanz; J J Scott.
• Church Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bloemfontein Roman Catholic (as per marriage certificate),

    although family is adamant it occurred in Adam Glanz home in Edenburg on 22 Feb 1881.

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One of his descendants, Derek Gifford, Great grandson, fell prey to the land invasions of Zimbabwe -

http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/23118-robert-mugabe-digs-in-with-farm-terror-campaign/