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Name: BARTON, Cecil Brandard
Birth Date: 30 May 1898 Greyville, Durban
Death Date: Port Elizabeth
First Date: 1933
Profession: Manager of South African Life insurance Society
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. In Johannesburg 1 Oct 1921 Letitia de Villiers b. 1898 Stellenbosch, d. 15 May 1930 Nairobi, suicide; 3. In Nairobi 1934 May Mary Margaret Cornwall née Low (div. 1947) b. 31 Mar 1896 Cape Town, d. Bulawayo; 3. In Johannesburg 7 May 1947 Alida Elizabeth Botha b. 3 Aug 1902, d. 1980 (later m. Van de Merwe)
Children: 1. Margaret 'Peggy' (17 Aug 1925 Johannesburg-1967); Jean Brandard (20 Feb 1924 Johannesburg) 2. two dau.
Book Reference: Harmony, Web
War Service: RAF
General Information:
Member of Harmony Lodge - Initiated 6/3/33, age 34, Life Insurance Business Manager, Nairobi
Web - President of Nairobi Rotary Club - 1935-36
Royal Aero Club Aviator's certificate, Crail 11 Oct 1918
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Letitia Barton, Dutch, age 32, died 15/5/30
EAS - 24 May 1930 - Mrs Barton shot herself at Savoy Hotel; husband was agent for S. African Mutual, had 2 children at Convent