Thane Renshaw MITFORD-BARBERTON

1901 - 1982  (81 years)

• Name	Thane Renshaw MITFORD-BARBERTON
  Born	2 Jul 1901	Durban
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Jul 1982	Grahamstown
  Person ID	I28333	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry MITFORD-BARBERTON,   b. 7 Sep 1850, Grahamstown ,   d. 25 May 1920, Transvaal  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Layard BOWKER,   b. 26 Apr 1863, Cape Town ,   d. 8 Mar 1928, Nanyuki, Kenya  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	28 Mar 1894	Bathurst
  Family ID	F3174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marjorie EATON
  Married	1938	Nairobi Kenya
  Children	1. Drucilla Joan MITFORD-BARBERTON   2. Ian MITFORD-BARBERTON,   b. 1941,   d. 4 Nov 1986  (Age 45 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Pauline Mary OGILVIE
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. He was born at Malvern, lived at Port Alfred and Potchefstroom then mov ed with the family to Kyambu in Kenya. Went to St Andrews College carryi ng his gun and bayonet. After 4 years returned to Kenya to farm near Kital e. Saved his Dad from being killed by a falling tree. In 1925 bought a Nor ton motorcycle and rode from Lands End to John O'Groats. In 1929 did a lor ry trip to Pretoria and then by motorcycle to Grahamstown, the Kruger Pa rk and Durban. From there by ship to Mombasa and home. He later liv ed in Grahamstown..