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KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE 1921–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 JAN 1921

Birth Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Death Date: 20 NOV 2002

Death Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Father: John Ritchie

Mother: Martha POTGIETER

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In 1921, KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE entered the world in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, born to John Livingstone Ritchie And Martha Magdalena Etresia Potgieter. KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE passed away in 2002 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1921, KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE entered the world in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, born to John Livingstone Ritchie And Martha Magdalena Etresia Potgieter.
  • KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE passed away in 2002 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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KENNETH RITCHIE's Ancestors

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KENNETH RITCHIE
1921–2002
Birth Place: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Parents
John Livingstone Ritchie
1880–1944
King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Martha (Magdalena Etresia) POTGIETER
1885–1957
Alice, Victoria East, Cape Province, South Africa
Grandparents
Adam (J) Ritchie
1835–1907
Parish of Barony, County Lanark
MARY (ANN) MACKAY
1852–1939
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
FREDERICK (JOHANNES) POTGIETER
1864–1900
Magdalena (Catharina) Bezuidenhout
1856–
Alice, Cape Colony, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Ritchie
1795–1861
Ann LIVINGSTON
1796–1862
Robert McCay
1819–1888
McCay
1834–1901
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Ritchie
1770–
Mary Perry
–1862
William Livingston
1770–
Charlotte Ferguson
–1862

KENNETH RITCHIE's Timeline

2 Records

1921
14 JAN 1921
Birth of KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2002
20 NOV 2002
Age 81
Death of KENNETH JOHN RITCHIE in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 JAN 1921
    Event Place: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 NOV 2002
    Event Place: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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