Sophia "Sophy" Maud Lamond

Date of birth given in the death notice in her mother's probate documents.

South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Film • 004236413 Item 716

The information on her marriage record show they were both adults, he was a widower and a landholder and they were married with special licence. Her uncle Robert Craig was a witness. In fact he was about 73 when he married so there was a significant age difference.

In her second marriage her aunt Sophia Craig is a witness. She is a widow and her husband William Hoskings Sowden is described as a bachelor and a contractor.

1894 (no. 65)-1895 (no. 380) Image 392 Citation South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria

1894 (no. 65)-1895 (no. 380) Image 392