George Stephen Sheldon
Born:
Died: circa 1890 (Source: National Archives of South Africa)
George Stephen Sheldon, born 1862 in Cheshire, England, the son of Stephen and Jane Sheldon, might be the same man found in South Africa. (Source: 1881 Census, FamilySearch.org, the 1871 Census, Ancestry.com and FreeBMD.org.uk)
A record from 1886 in the Pretoria Archives might refer to George: "Geo weavind. Vraagt aanstelling van Thomas H. Wamman en George S. Sheldon als huwelyksbevestiger." (Source: National Archives of South Africa)
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SOURCE SS
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 1214
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE R2198/86
PART 1
DESCRIPTION GEO WEAVIND. VRAAGT AANSTELLING VAN THOMAS H WAMMAN EN GEORGE S
SHELDON ALS HUWELYKSBEVESTIGER.
STARTING 18860510
ENDING 18860510
George is possibly mentioned in the 1888 Wesleyan Methodist Church minutes (Source: Google Book Search)