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Title: Family of Reginald Key Hewitt
Post by: SarahMH on Monday 24 August 15 23:12 BST (UK)

My gg-uncle Reginald was born in England in 1868 and died in Port Elizabeth in 1945.  After the death of his first wife Alice Frances Heald in 1897 he moved to South Africa with his two children Doris Kathleen and Reginald Charles (and his sister Kathleen later Mrs Tonks).  At some point he married and had another daughter Marion.
According to his official death notice, his daughter Doris was Mrs Geekie (we also have Geikie as a spelling), his son Reginald was a Major in the army and his younger daughter Marion was Mrs Martin.
I believe Doris had a daughter Valerie who married a Vincent De Villiers. 

I've checked FamilySearch but not found any information of Reginald's second marriage or those of his children's.  A cousin from Alice's side has found death information for Reginald and his sister, but nothing more on the children.  Where else can we look?

Title: Re: Family of Reginald Key Hewitt
Post by: jennifer c on Monday 24 August 15 23:40 BST (UK)

His son Reginald Charles WW1 army record on line.

Jennifer

Title: Re: Family of Reginald Key Hewitt
Post by: jennifer c on Monday 24 August 15 23:45 BST (UK)

There are shipping records of Vincent De Villiers going to and from SA on line.

Jennifer

Title: Re: Family of Reginald Key Hewitt
Post by: Nookie on Thursday 27 August 15 06:53 BST (UK)

I have managed to find the following at the archives.  Looks like Doris Kathleen did not have a very good marriage record!

Copies of the KAB records can be ordered directly through the Cape Archives, and the TAB one through eggsa.org  It is unlikely that names of  children will be mentioned in the divorce documents, but it is possible that they could be mentioned in Eustace's estate file.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                 
SOURCE    HAWC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 1/3/58/1/37                                                           
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 67                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          MARRIAGE REGISTER. CAPE TOWN AND WYNBERG. EUSTACE WILEY AND DORIS KATHLEEN GEEKIE (FORMERLY HARRIS, BORN HEWITT).                     
STARTING  19540000                                                             
ENDING    19540000                                                             
REMARKS   MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CSC                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/1303                                                           
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 12                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ILLIQUID CASE. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. JOHN MCDOUGALL GEEKIE  VERSUS DORIS KATHLEEN GEEKIE, BORN HEWITT.                           
STARTING  19370000                                                             
ENDING    19370000

DEPOT     TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 8662/75                                                               
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          WILEY, EUSTACE.                                                       
STARTING  19750000                                                             
ENDING    19750000                                                             
REMARKS   SURVIVING SPOUSE DORIS KATHLEEN WILEY.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CSC                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/1439                                                           
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 171                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ILLIQUID CASE. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. CECIL HULME MARTIN  VERSUS LESLY MARION MARTIN, (BORN HEWITT).                           
STARTING  19430000                                                             
ENDING    19430000 

Title: Re: Family of Reginald Key Hewitt
Post by: SarahMH on Thursday 27 August 15 09:52 BST (UK)

Thanks for all the replies!  You've certainly given me food for thought!

Sarah