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- ↑ The Living Church Annual. Morehouse-Gorham Company. 1938. pp. 398–.
- ↑ "Transcriptions of South African Marriage Entries: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa". 1820settlers.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004". familysearch.org. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
