27 Feb 1875

Henry English and Margaret Lawson married at St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Ovingham, Northumberland

29 Dec 1875

WILLIAM English born in Wylam, Northumberland

29 Sep 1878

WILLIAM'S sister Sarah Ann English born in Wylam, Northumberland

1882

English family moved to South Shields, County Durham

1884

English family lived at Chevington, Northumberland

1886

English family lived at Stobswood, Northumberland

1887-1892

English family lived at Pegswood, Northumberland

1889

WILLIAM started work as a trapper at Ashington Colliery, Northumberland

1892

WILLIAM'S mother died at Pegswood and buried at Bothal, Northumberland

1893

WILLIAM lived in Gateshead and worked at Ravensworth Colliery. He was a member of the Empire Rowing Club

1894

WILLIAM received men's pay working on stonework

1894-Jan 1897

WILLIAM worked at Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Durham

1896

WILLIAM'S father Henry travelled to Transvaal, South Africa to work in the gold mines

22 Feb 1897

WILLIAM was sent for by his father and travelled to South Africa

17 Mar 1897

WILLIAM arrived at Park Station, Johannesburg

1 Apr 1897

WILLIAM and his father started work at George and Hay Gold Mine

18 May 1897

WILLIAM received his blasting certificate

Beginning of 1898

WILLIAM had an attack of enteric and was in hospital in Johannesburg for two weeks

1898

WILLIAM bought a cycle from Shimwells and began competing in cycle races

1 Oct 1899

WILLIAM left Witwatersrand and travelled to East London as Anglo-Boer seemed imminent

19 Oct 1899

WILLIAM joined Kaffrarian Rifles

5 Nov 1900

WILLIAM left Kaffrarian Rifles

21 Nov 1900

WILLIAM rejoined Kaffrarian Rifles

20 May 1901

WILLIAM left Kaffrarian Rifles

10 Jun 1901

WILLIAM joined Burghersdorp District Mounted Troop

May 1902

WILLIAM at Maitland Camp, Cape Town

31 May 1902

Anglo-Boer War ended

Aug 1902

WILLIAM is in England

Sep 1902

WILLIAM in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria returning to South Africa

Oct 1902

WILLIAM restarted working in Witwatersrand gold mines

26 Apr 1904

WILLIAM and Mary Sarah Bevington married at Mowbray Presbyterian Church in Cape Town

19 Feb 1905

WILLIAM and Mary's son Henry Bevington English was born at Luipaardsvlei

31 Mar 1905

WILLIAM, Mary and Henry moved from Luipaardsvlei to Krugersdorp

23 Aug 1905

Mary and Henry left Krugersdorp to return to England

5 Apr 1906

WILLIAM finished at Promise Mine and left for England

28 Apr 1906

WILLIAM arrived at Southampton and was met by Mary, Henry and Mrs Emma Bevington (Mary's mother) and travelled to Leytonstone, Essex

Jul 1906

WILLIAM, Mary and Henry rented 23 Cranleigh Drive, Leigh on Sea, Essex

Jul-Aug 1906

WILLIAM spent a lot of time on local cycling trips and also completed a return cycle trip from Leigh on Sea to Newcastle to visit relatives

25 Aug 1906

WILLIAM returned to South Africa

2 Nov 1906

WILLIAM started working again in the gold mines

Aug 1907 to Jan 1908

WILLIAM took five and half months off work to cycle in races and two weeks prospecting for gold

23 Dec 1908

WILLIAM'S father Henry died

1 Jun 1909

Mary and Henry travelled from England to South Africa

28 Jun 1910

WILLIAM bought a house - 59 Dekker Street, West Krugersdorp

11 Sep 1910

WILLIAM and Mary's second child born - William Ridley English - at 59 Dekker Street

15 Mar 1911

Mary, Henry and William Ridley left Krugersdorp to travel to England

28 Feb 1912

Mary left England, with William Ridley, and travelled to South Africa. Henry stayed in England and lived with Mary's mother Emma and sister Elizabeth Bevington. He attended Highfield College as a day student

9 Nov 1912

WILLIAM signed an agreement to buy two houses on Stand 609, West Krugersdorp

14 Mar 1913

WILLIAM and Mary's third child Constance Mary English was born at Dekker Street

Jun 1913

WLLIAM had first asthma attack

27 Aug 1914

WILLIAM diagnosed with phthisis

5 Nov 1914

WILLIAM advised to stop working in the gold mines due to poor health

5 Jan 1915

WILLIAM started work as a shaft clerk

5 Jan 1915

WILLIAM and Mary's fourth child John Albert English was born at Dekker Street

13 Oct 1915

WILLIAM started a month's holiday on full pay and attended the Phthisis Sanatorium at Modderfontein

29 Nov 1915

WILLIAM died at the Phthisis Sanatorium at Modderfontein

Nov 1915

WILLIAM buried at Burghershoop Cemetery, Krugersdorp