Brief Life History of Violet Grace
When Violet Grace Pringle was born on 2 July 1882, in Melrose, Cape Province, South Africa, her father, John Pringle, was 52 and her mother, Jean Cornelia Miller, was 43. She married John Ward Smith on 21 February 1905. She died on 15 December 1944, in South Africa, at the age of 62.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Violet Grace Pringle in entry for John Ward Smith, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
- Violet Grace Pringle in entry for John Ward Smith, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
Spouse and Children
– Male
1882–1944 Female
Parents and Siblings
1829–1890 Male
1839–1897 Female
Siblings (13)
1857–1938 Male
1859–1859 Female
1860–1901 Male
1862–1884 Female
1864–1865 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1897
Age 15
1899
Age 17
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Northumbria): habitational name from a placenear Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, fromMiddle English hop ‘enclosed valley’ + a name of Old Norseorigin composed of the byname Prjónn ‘pin, peg’ + anunidentified second element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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