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Walter Stringfellow Taberer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: February 10, 1938 (65)
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Taberer, Rev and Jeanne (Jane) Taberer
Husband of Blanche Hereford Taberer
Father of Kathleen Nora Walter; Walter Hereford Milton Taberer; Charles Blair Taberer; Marion Blanche Parker and Godfrey Ernest Francis Taberer
Brother of Daisy Mary Brereton; Henry Melville Taberer; Ella Taberer (Fraser); Isabelle Alice Stringfellow Mercer and Harold (Harry) Taberer

Managed by: Jennifer Ann Goldhill
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About Walter Stringfellow Taberer

Baptism : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-95GS?cc=1468076&w... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth, Cradock and Fort Beaufort, St John and St Peter > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1848-1876 > image 69 of 78; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-48801-38?cc=146... : accessed 19 November 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, Peddie, St Mark and St Simon > Marriages 1857-1954 > image 28 of 50; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Bill Taberer
Full names: Walter Stringfellow
Date of birth: 11 Apr 1872
Place of birth: King William's Town
Schools: Dale College St Andrews, Grahamstown
Springbok no: 43
Debut test province: Griqualand West
Date of death: 9 Feb 1938 (Age 65)

Test summary: Tests: 1 Tries: 0
First Test: 22 Aug 1896 Age:24 Outside Centre against Britain at Wanderers (Old Wanderers), Johannesburg
Last Test: 22 Aug 1896 Age:24 Outside Centre against Britain at Wanderers (Old Wanderers), Johannesburg

Test history:
Date Age Position Opponent Result Score Venue Prov
22 Aug 1896 24 Outside Centre Britain Lose: 8-17 Wanderers (Old Wanderers), Johannesburg Griquas

Bill Taberer : Wikipedia
Walter Stringfellow "Bill" Taberer (11 April 1872 – 9 February 1938) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in King William's Town, he attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, where he was a Douglass Scholar before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1896 tour. He played as a centre in the 2nd Test of the series, a 17–8 South Africa loss. Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.

He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.

Note - His death certificate indicates that he passed away on February 9th, 1938 at Ingutsheni Mental Hospital, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.

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Walter Stringfellow Taberer's Timeline

1872
April 11, 1872
King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1899
December 15, 1899
Salisbury, Rhodesia - Zimbabwe
1905
January 1, 1905
Harare, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
1907
July 3, 1907
East London, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1914
1914
1938
February 10, 1938
Age 65
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