Violet Grace Pringle

Female2 July 1882–15 December 1944

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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John Ward Smith
Violet Grace Pringle
1882–1944
Marriage: 21 February 1905

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

  • Marriage
    21 February 1905
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 4

    Gold discovered at Witwatersrand. Johannesburg established.

    1897

    Age 15

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

    1899

    Age 17

    British troops gather on the Transvaal border and ignore an ultimatum to disperse. The second Anglo-Boer War begins.

    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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