Edith Rosa Wiggill

Brief Life History of Edith Rosa

When Edith Rosa Wiggill was born on 27 May 1870, in Cape Province, South Africa, her father, Thomas Moses Wiggill, was 39 and her mother, Patience Miles, was 38. She married Carel Frederick Westerberg on 12 June 1900, in Whittlesea, Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 6 June 1950, in Lehman's Drift, Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lehman's Drift, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Family Time Line

Carel Frederick Westerberg
1874–1951
Edith Rosa Wiggill
1870–1950
Marriage: 12 June 1900
Allen Douglas Westerberg
1903–1943
Vincent Sayers Westerberg
1905–1976
Frederick Eugene Westerberg
1911–1971

Sources (6)

  • Editt Rosa Wiggill, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
  • Edith Rosa Wiggill Westerberg, "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972"
  • Edith Rosa Wiggill Westerberg in entry for Carel Frederick Westerberg, "South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958"

World Events (8)

1872

Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.

1878

Britain claims Walvis Bay.

1897

Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.

Name Meaning

English: locative name from Wiggold in Ampney Crucis (Gloucs), recorded as Wiggewald’, 1109, Wigolde, 1609, Wygall, 1669, and Wighill, 1777 in Place-Names of Gloucs .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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