Henrietta Christina Dryden

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Henrietta Christina Dryden (Brink)

Also Known As: "Hettie", "Hetty", "Lizzie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: South Africa
Death: April 24, 1943 (66-75)
Sidmouth Avenue, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa (Carcinoma of Liver)
Place of Burial: Cape Town, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Frederick Berrangé Brink, b7c5d2e3 and Henrietta Christina Brink
Wife of Henry Norris Dryden, I
Ex-partner of Frederick Sidney Chambers
Mother of Frederick Sidney Dryden; Jessie Priscilla Norris Beckman; Winifred Magdalena Dryden; Henrietta Alice Greyling; Clara Martha Sophia Dryden and 3 others
Sister of Clara Johanna Mattheys; Frederica Marie Magdalena Perich; William Daniel Frederick Brink; Martha Susanna Entress; Wilhelmina Francina Brink and 4 others

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About Henrietta Christina Dryden

Henrietta Dryden nee Brink's middle name was also Christine, like her mother, according to the baptism certificate of Henrietta Alice Greyling nee Dryden.

NOTE: Henrietta Christina Dryden nee Brink had the nickname Lizzie according to the 1932 Death Notice of her brother, William Daniel Frederick Brink. The 1940 death record of Henrietta Christina Dryden nee Brink's daughter, Henrietta Alice Greyling nee Dryden, gives Henrietta Christina's name as Elizabeth.

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Ancestry24.co.za lists an H.C. Brink as being a witness at the marriage of William Arthur Conolly and Mary Sawyer (1894, St John The Evangalist, Cape Town)

Ancestry24.co.za lists a Henrietta Brink as being a witness at the baptism of Henrietta Charlotte De Villiers (1896, St. Marks Anglican Church).

The parents of Henrietta Charlotte de Villiers were apparently at the baptism of Mildred Mabel Brink (1897, St. Marks Anglican Church), daughter of Adriaan and Hendrina

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Henrietta Christina Dryden's Timeline

1872
1872
South Africa
1892
May 1, 1892
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1897
December 15, 1897
Poet's Corner, Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

Sophie Hayes, nee Dryden, was the attending midwife; she lived at 46 Wright Street.

Source of Information: Henrietta Alice Dryden's Birth Certificate

1899
August 13, 1899
Cape Town, South Africa
1900
May 13, 1900
St. Mary's Church, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa
1903
March 21, 1903
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source of Date and Place: Alfred John Norris Dryden's baptism certificate, Ancestry24.co.za

May 3, 1903
St. Saviour's, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source of Date and Place: Alfred John Norris Dryden's baptism certificate, Ancestry24.co.za

Surname: Dryden
First Names: Alfred John Norris
Baptism Date: 03 May 1903
Declared Date of Birth: 21 March 1903
Fathers First Names: Henry Norris
Fathers Surname: Dryden
Mothers First Names: HC
Abode: Rosmead Avenue Kenilworth
Quality Trade Or Profession: Butcher
Sponsor 1 First Names: JD
Sponsor 1 Surname: Brink
Sponsor 2 First Names: HM
Sponsor 2 Surname: Dryden
Page Number: 755
Entry Number: 2833

By Whom The Ceremony Was Performed: B Guyer
Church Name: St Saviours Claremont
Source: Anglican Church Archives Wits University

1904
July 1, 1904
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source of Date: Clara Martha Sophia Dryden's baptism certificate (Source: Ancestry24.co.za)

Source: Date of Birth can be estimated based on the age and date of death given on her War Memorial:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2540244

August 7, 1904
St. Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source of Date and Place: Ancestry24.co.za

Surname: Dryden
First Names: Clara Martha Sophia
Baptism Date: 07 August 1904
Declared Date of Birth: 01 July 1904
Fathers First Names: Henry Norris
Fathers Surname: Dryden
Mothers First Names: Henrietta Christina
Abode: Claremont
Quality Trade Or Profession: Butcher
Sponsor 1 First Names: Henrietta C.
Sponsor 1 Surname: Dryden
Sponsor 2 First Names: Martha
Sponsor 2 Surname: Brink
Sponsor 3 First Names: John Daniel
Sponsor 3 Surname: Brink
Page Number: 827
Entry Number: 391

By Whom The Ceremony Was Performed: B Guyer
Church Name: St Saviours Claremont
Source: Anglican Church Archives Wits University

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The second Sponsor of Clara Dryden's baptism, Martha Brink, may be either Henrietta Dryden nee Brink's sister, or John Daniel Brink's possible wife, Martha Susan Maria Brink nee Sinden.