Frank Stannard FURMAGE b. 27 Mar 1884 Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 16 Mar 1953 King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Our Family History

1884 - 1953 (68 years)

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Name	Frank Stannard FURMAGE
Birth	27 Mar 1884	Southampton, Hampshire, England [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	P1884-005
Death	16 Mar 1953	King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa [3, 4]
Person ID	I1341	Furmedge
Last Modified	19 Jun 2026

Father	William Dean FURMAGE, b. 18 Jan 1844, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England d. 4 Nov 1884, Colon, Panama (Age 40 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Fanny LONG, b. 1851, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England d. 18 Aug 1916, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	12 May 1880	Southampton, Hampshire, England [5, 6]
Family ID	F592	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Iris Minnie HAMPSON, b. Abt 1886, Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Bef 1953 (Age < 66 years)
Marriage	14 Jul 1915	East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa [7]
Family ID	F597	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	19 Jun 2026

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	Birth - 27 Mar 1884 - Southampton, Hampshire, England
	Marriage - 14 Jul 1915 - East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	Death - 16 Mar 1953 - King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Notes

Frank Stannard Furmage served with the East London Town Guard during the Anglo-Boer War, enlisting 05 November 1901. He had not previously served in the army and his occupation is recorded as Junior Clerk. His mother, Mrs F. Furmage, is listed as his next of kin. (WO 126, War Office: Local Armed Forces, Enrolment Forms, South African War; transcript accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: The National Archive, London, England).

[S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Frank Stannard Furmage: Registered: Apr-Jun 1884, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 2C, Page: 16.
[S817] Hampshire Advertiser, Southampton, Hampshire (online archive), Birth Notice, son of William Dean Furmage, published 29 March 1884, Page: 4.
[S563] Cape Estates Death Index. Records of the Master's Office / Orphan Chamber, Cape Town, Frank Stannard Furmage, Volume 6/9/20815, Reference: 1711/53; transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk.
[S443] South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Death, Frank Stannard Furmage, 1953, Death Information Form; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), William Dean Furmage: Registered: Apr-Jun 1880, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 2C, Page: 16A.
[S559] Southampton Observer and Hampshire News, Southampton, Hampshire (online archive), Furmage - Long, Marriage Notice, St Lawrence’s Church, Southampton, published 22 May 1880, Page: 5.
[S406] Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, Frank Stannard Furmage, 1915, St Saviours, East London, Marriage Entry: 226, Page: 112; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).