George Lester SLY

1874 - 1950  (75 years)

• Name	George Lester SLY
  Born	10 Aug 1874	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AF57634D50EB7F468DB5A53492649091E803
  Died	10 Jan 1950	Cape Town, South Africa
  Buried	Maitland Cem #1, Capetown, South Africa
  Person ID	I106	SteveParker
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Wesley SLY,   b. 9 Jul 1848, Walled Lake, Oakland, Michigan, United States ,   d. 10 Dec 1921, Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Bessie BEDELL,   b. 1848, Bristol, England
  Married	Abt 1871
  _UID	B66ED69D2B2F534583A8815B2D0719CCA977
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan,   b. Abt 1858
  Married	3 Aug 1904	Johannsburg, South Africa
  _UID	4B21C9A2D5430A44BABC0405EB6344F13FEF
  Children	1. William Wesley SLY
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F3088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  S!NOTE: married 2 Aug 1904, Johannesburg, South Africa. !SOURCE: grandson in South Africa. and from pension records of the Phillipine War. Ancestry, One Worldtree George Lester Sly Born: 10 Aug 1874 Detroit, Wayne, MI, USA Died: 10 Jan 1950 Capetown, South Africa American Foreign Service Report of the death of an American Cape town, South Africa, January 31, 1950 name: George Lester Sly Occupation: retired date of death: 10 January 1950, 6:25 pm Place of death: Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa cause of death: Post Renal Uraemia, Right sided hemiplegia according to death Certificate, attached buried at Maitland Cemetery No. 1, Cape Province Retired Carpenter/ South African Railways Copy of this report sent to: William Wesley Sly, son address Bungalow J-41, South African Airways, Wingfield, Cape Remarks: No cost is borne by the Consulate General as the disposition of theremains, effects, telegrams, etc. was handled by William W. Sly, son. Mr. Sly came to South Africa in 1900 to fight in the Boer War. It is assumed that no passports were issued at that time. Death Certificate