trying to find info on Rodney Edwin VOWLES

[Jason Jase]

I am looking to find any information on

Rodney Edwin VOWLES
B:1905 Durban, South Africa
D:4 Feb 1974 umtali, Rhodesia, Eastern Cape, South Africa
 
and his wife

Elsie Mary ?

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I would like to know if they had any children.
What he did for a living
I have almost nothing about him

His parents where

Lewis Edward Vowles
1872–1947
BIRTH 22 JAN 1872 • Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
DEATH 15 JUN 1947 • umtali, south rhodesia, Africa

and

Harriett Ann  nee Widdowson (SHEPPERSON last name from 1st marriage)
1869–1947
BIRTH 8 JAN 1869 • Bulwell Forest, Nottinghamshire, England
DEATH 15 DEC 1947 • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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He had two brothers
Cyril Sidney Vowles and
Arthur Eric Vowles

[maddys52]

According to the UK probate, he died with a will. It may contain the names of wife and any children.
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results

[ShaunJ]

A mention of his employment here: https://groups.google.com/g/umtali-folk/c/Eh1jt2anoM0

[ShaunJ]

Do a google search for Vowles Umtali. Lots of hits

[Jason Jase]

Do a google search for Vowles Umtali. Lots of hits

I only get one clip that mentions him in 2 sentences when I do a google search for him. I think it is because Google searches focuses around the area one lives and I am about a 19-hour flight away from South Africa. 

[TreeSpirit]

Rodney was a clerk in 1945:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFH-49HC-P?i=451


Update:
Around 1968 Rodney was a manager at the Founders Building Society:
https://groups.google.com/g/umtali-folk/c/Eh1jt2anoM0

[TreeSpirit]

Harriett Ann  nee Widdowson (SHEPPERSON last name from 1st marriage)
1869–1947
BIRTH 8 JAN 1869 • Bulwell Forest, Nottinghamshire, England
DEATH 15 DEC 1947 • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Harriet dies on 12 Nov 1944
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7R-N541

[hanes teulu]

The 1911 Census has a -
Rodney Vowles, Grandson, age 6, at school, born South Africa

Head of household is Edwin Widdowson, age 64, place of birth Hucknall Torkard. Wife is Rebecca Halton Widdowson, age 64.

Address - Forest House, Bulwell, Notts.

[hanes teulu]

Edwin and Rebecca Widdowson (maiden name Jephson) had 7 children, including a Harriet Ann, born 1869.

Familysearch has the South African, registered Durban, birth of an Eric Vowles. born 27 Mar 1907, father Lewis Edward Vowles, mother Harriet Ann Widdowson - probable parents of Rodney Edwin, 1905?