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I am almost sure that I have the the death of your Mary Mc Ewan.  She died at Dundee, Natal, on 4/9/1900, but her death is listed as pneumonia. In her estate file she leaves everything to her grandchildren - Henrietta and Florence - as her daughter had already passed away.  Mary Ann Ray (Rae) Willis Barklie died in 1895, and was the mother of both the girls (I have their baptisms).  Henrietta was fathered by a William Reid in 1891, and Florence was the daughter of Alexander Barklie and born in 1893.

I have looked for newspaper reports regarding the Boer War incident you mentioned but have not found anything on it yet.  However, her profession was listed as a nurse, so that fits.

Mary Ann Ray (Rae) Willis married Alexander Barklie in South Africa on 1/7/1892.  She died on 15/7/1895.   She appears to have had another daughter with a William Reid- Henrietta Alexandra Hatheson Reid born 8/5/1891. 

Witness to this baptism was a Mary Hilder (a widow).  When Henrietta died in 1945 her parents were named as William and Mary Ann Ray Willis Reid.

Alexander and Mary Ann had a daughter Florence Edith who went on to marry Lionel Warwick Richard Clarence.

I have a number of documents on the above which I would be pleased to share.

I have just come across your post regarding Rev. William Robert Richardson.  I have a number of documents from South Africa if you are still looking!

Keep safe.

There is a facebook page for the Eastern Province Child and Youth Care Centre - established in the late 1800's. Perhaps contact them. Maybe they would have some information or could tell you who to get hold of.

Are you perhaps referring to the village of Rhodes in the Eastern Cape, as there is no town Rhodeshia. Do you perhaps know any more details on Harry such as the name of his wife, children he had, and possibly where he passed away?