Marion Ross FURMAGE

1902 - 1988  (85 years)

• Name	Marion Ross FURMAGE
  Birth	8 Oct 1902  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	P1902-ZA035
  Death	28 Sep 1988	Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa   [1]
  Person ID	I1569	Furmedge
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	John FURMAGE,   b. 8 Aug 1865, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 9 Feb 1911, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marion Smith BOYD,   b. Abt 1878, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1 Nov 1932, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 May 1899	Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa   [2]
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 28 Sep 1988 - Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  No birth or baptism record has yet been found online for Marion Ross Furmage. She is named as the daughter of John Furmage in his 1911 death notice and also as the step-daughter of Ernest Theodore Folkey in his 1933 death notice and probate records. She also appears on a 1904 passenger list travelling from Liverpool to the Cape, South Africa with her mother Marion and brother George (Ship: Persic, 07 April 1904, The National Archives BT27; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk).

  
  

• Sources

  [S445] South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, Marion Ross Furmage, 1988, Bloemfontein; transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk. [S693] Presbyterian Church (Bree Street, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand Gold Fields, South Africa), Register, John Furmage, Marriage Entry, 1899, Johannesburg Religious Marriage Records, Church of the Province of South Africa; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org.