Mary Ellen Walton
- Born: 5 Nov 1880, Mickley Square, Mickley, Eng 6
- Marriage: Thomas Ludgate Woodhead on 5 Jul 1899 in Johannesburg Transvaal South Africa
- Died: 16 Apr 1972, Pretoria, South Africa at age 91
General Notes:
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Research Notes:
Birth Surety:3
Noted events in her life were:
• Baptism, 23 Nov 1880, Mickley, Hexham, Northumberland Eng. 7
Mary married Thomas Ludgate Woodhead, son of William Abraham Woodhead and Mary Elizabeth Ludgate, on 5 Jul 1899 in Johannesburg Transvaal South Africa. (Thomas Ludgate Woodhead was born on 27 Oct 1873 in Horsforth, York, Eng 5, christened on 14 Aug 1878 in Leeds, St Matthew, Yorkshire, England and died on 15 May 1964 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.)
Marriage Notes:
RAND DAILY MAIL Johannesburg, Monday July 6, 1959
The biggest surprise of the diamond wedding day of yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ludgate Woodhead, of 410 Farrenden Street, Pretoria, was a telegram or con-gratulations from the Queen.
They are seen above reading the telegram which was one of several Including one from the Governor-General. Dr. Jansen.
Mr. Woodhead came to South Africa In 1894 and five years later married Mary Walton, also from England.
Mr. Woodhead yesterday gave this recipe for 60 years of married life.- "Take it easy" One of their sons, Dennis was killed racing at the Lord Howe Circuit in 1940. Their other children are Mr. F. R. Wood-head. of Durban. Mr. Hylton Woodhead, of Johannesburg. Mrs. Florence Boulter, of Salisbury, and Mrs. Thelma Savage, of Pretoria.
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