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Elizabeth Cooksley Bess Donaldson (Menné)

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Birthplace: Dikamas, Polokwane, Central, Limpopo, South Africa
Death: 2000 (95-96)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Francis (Frank) Charles Menné and Elizabeth (Tish) Mary Wiiliamson Menné Cooksley
Wife of Frederick Herbert Alan Donaldson
Mother of Private; Private and Private
Sister of William James (Bill) Menné; Gertrude (Gertie) Cooksley Menné Tanser; Mary Letitia "Tish" Cooksley Torrance; Doreen Cooksley Clark Menné and Theodore Cooksley Menné

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About Elizabeth Cooksley Bess Donaldson

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T43-DND?cc=1468076&wc... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Transvaal > Pretoria, Pietersburg, Christ Church > image 73 of 144; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
Elizabeth Cooksley Menné Birth 26 Aug 1904
Baptism: 16 September 1904 Christ Church Pietersburg
Parents Francis Charles Menné law agent and Elizabeth Mary Williamson Menné
Witnesses Peter Menne, Mary Cooksley, gerlina Pittendrigh

http://1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlerbrowsemarrs.php?name=MENNE
DONALDSON Frederick Herbert Alan MENNE Elizabeth Cooksley 29 Mar 1930 TVL, Pretoria, Pietersburg, Christ Church Anglican Marriages 1896-1970 Image 78
"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-13035-174144-98?cc=146... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Transvaal > Pretoria, Pietersburg, Christ Church > Marriages 1896-1970 > image 78 of 178; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Elizabeth (Bess) Cooksley Donaldson (born Menne), 1904 - 2000
Elizabeth (Bess) Cooksley Donaldson (born Menne) was born in 1904, to Francis Charles (Frank) Menne and Elizabeth Mary Williamson Menne (born Cooksley).
Francis was born on April 17 1867, in Menneheim.
Elizabeth was born in 1872.
Elizabeth had 5 siblings: William (Bill) James Cooksley Menne, Gertrude (Gerty) Cooksley Tanser (born Menne) and 3 other siblings.
Elizabeth married Fredrick Herbert Allan Donaldson.
Fredrick was born in 1902.
They had 3 children: Meryl Rae Meyer (born Donaldson) and 2 other children.
Elizabeth passed away in 2000, at age 96.

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Elizabeth Cooksley Bess Donaldson's Timeline

1904
August 26, 1904
Dikamas, Polokwane, Central, Limpopo, South Africa
September 16, 1904
Christ Church Pietersburg, Polokwane, Central, Limpopo, South Africa
2000
2000
Age 95