South Africa

George Ian Washington  and Barbara Balharry had a daughter, Barbara Washington (born 1939). Barbara married Stanley (Stan) Benjamin (born 1939)  and had a family of three: Georgina Benjamin born 4 March 1962. Married Walter Andraos Louise Benjamin born 17 April 1963. Married name Stolz. Divorced and changed own and son, Shaun’s name back to Benjamin.…

Robert Thomas Balharry married Edith Odgers. They had 3 children: Graham Balharry Jennifer Balharry Marion Balharry

Barbara Balharry married George Ian Washington (1912-1943). They had a daughter, Barbara Washington, born 12 August 1939. Sadly, Sergeant George Washington (178300V) died in WW2.  He was in the South African Instructional Corp and is remembered at the Johannesberg (West Park) Cremation Memorial.  Later, Barbara Balharry married Harold Hudson.  They did not have a family.…

My father knew that he had an aunt Barbara who had emigrated to South Africa, but nothing more.  All contact had been lost. My father’s then only surviving sibling, Joseph (Joe), believed that Barbara McCreath’s married name was Balharry; remembered by virtue of the fact that his headteacher was named Balharry. Seeking information about Barbara…

William Leaver McCreath married Minnie Irvine Burr. William Leaver McCreath, an Engineer, emigrated to South Africa, age 28, from Southampton bound for  Cape Town on 8 February 1913 aboard the Union Castle Mail Steamship ‘Guelph’.  William’s widowed mother and four sisters also emigrated to South Africa.  His brother, Robert Charles Mccreath emigrated to Australia.  Another…