Dr. William Ebenezer Cronwright
(1897-1953)

Dr. William Ebenezer Cronwright ⁵ ^,13

Born: 2 Dec 1897, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Doris Edith Jones on 1 Oct 1929 in Greytown, Natal, South Africa
Died: 11 Feb 1953, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa aged 55
Buried: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. Doris Edith Jones

William Anthony Hayton Cronwright+
Shirley May Gwyneth Cronwright+
Jeanette Helen Kinton Cronwright+
David Alan Cronwright
Richard Thomas Cronwright
Hugh James Cronwright+
Bronwyn Cronwright+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12405176/person/535269287

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-ZWTX-1?cc=2721608&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A8LH7-Q6MM

And

His birth date is confusing as MyHeritage and Ancestry have transposed dates. MH says 12/2/1897 and Ancestry says 2/12/1897.

And

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QFHL-Z2J
The Wellcome Trust: London England; Medical and Dental Students Register; Reference Number; b24389535-i1375354x
2/12/1897

bullet Death Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12405176/person/535269287

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/6300302/person/-1315190403

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 452/1953PART 1
DESCRIPTION CRONWRIGHT, WILLIAM EBENEZER. BORN IN GRAHAMSTOWN, CAPE PROVINCE. S/SP CRONWRIGHT, DORIS EDITH. BORN JONES.
STARTING 19530000
ENDING 19590000

And

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-ZWTX-1?cc=2721608&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A8LH7-Q6MM

bullet Burial Notes:

https://photos.geni.com/p13/b6/c6/32/47/5344484b66a9ca7d/2eec42e7-6e22-4ede-b0df-48f17913abcd_original.jpg

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Military Service. Documents form the Depart of Defence which show:

Union of South Africa.
Volunteer Units of the Union Defence Force No 163187.
Date of birth 12/02/1897 Age 44 years 3 months Farmer.
Previous Service. C.P.R. 1914-1918.
Five children, aged 11, 8, 6, 5 Wife D.E. Cronwright.
Address P.O. Plains, South Coast, Natal.
Sworn on 6 May 1941 Durban Height(without boots) 5' 5" Eyes Grey.
Details of Service issued at discharge.
Military Police Corps, Unit No 5 Provost Company, MPC.
Campaigns Egypt Sept 1944 to November 1945.
Promotions. L/Cpl, Cpl, Sgt, S/Sgt.
Date of Discharge 26-12-1945.
Total period of Military Service 4 yrs 235 days.
Now shows his eyes as Blue Height 5'7" Hair Grey.
Medals since recieved Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, Africa Service Medal.

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12405176/person/535269287/media/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12405176/person/535269287

• Occupation. Gardener.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-ZWTX-1?cc=2721608&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A8LH7-Q6MM

• General Comment. His birth date is confusing as MyHeritage and Ancestry have transposed dates. MH says 12/2/1897 and Ancestry says 2/12/1897.

William married Doris Edith Jones, daughter of Richard Edwin Jones and Jessie May Hunt-Jones, on 1 Oct 1929 in Greytown, Natal, South Africa. (Doris Edith Jones was born on 9 Dec 1901 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England and died on 10 Feb 1991 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/12405176/person/535269287?pgNum=1

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/6300302/person/-1315190403

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The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

Dr. William Ebenezer Cronwright 5,13

Dr. William Ebenezer Cronwright ⁵ ^,13