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Sylvia Thelma Matthews 1951–2013 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1951

Birth Location: Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 29 Dec 2013

Death Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Father: Sydney Matthews

Mother: Engela Scott\Thompson\Matthews

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In 1951, Sylvia Thelma Matthews entered the world in Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa, born to Sydney Thomas Matthews And Engela Cornelia Atkinson Scott Thompson Matthews. Sylvia Thelma Matthews passed away in 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1951, Sylvia Thelma Matthews entered the world in Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa, born to Sydney Thomas Matthews And Engela Cornelia Atkinson Scott Thompson Matthews.
  • Sylvia Thelma Matthews passed away in 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Sylvia Matthews's Ancestors

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Sylvia Matthews
1951–2013
Birth Place: Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Parents
Sydney Thomas Matthews
1915–1979
South Africa
Engela (Cornelia Atkinson) Scott\Thompson\Matthews
1913–1982
Germiston, Transvaal, (Rep.), Afrique du Sud
Grandparents
William Matthews
1884–1954
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Audrey (Jane) Heathcoat\Matthews
1890–1967
Cape Town, South Africa
Petrus (Jacobus) Scott
1880–1935
Edenburg, Afrique du Sud
Maria (Aletta de) Klerk\Scott
1884–1967
Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Charles Scott
1843–1913
Maria Swanepoel\Scott
1847–1926
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Scott
1802–1878
Christina Volschenk\Scott
1806–1876

Sylvia Matthews's Timeline

2 Records

1951
20 Aug 1951
Birth of Sylvia Thelma Matthews in Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa
2013
29 Dec 2013
Age 62
Death of Sylvia Thelma Matthews in Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1951
    Event Place: Petersburg, Northern Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Dec 2013
    Event Place: Cape Town, South Africa

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