Family Tree - Person Sheet
Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameGilbert Westacott Reynolds 
Birth10 Oct 1895, Bendigo
Death7 Apr 1967, Mbabane
FatherHenry Thomas Reynolds (-1949)
MotherHariet Sarah Reynolds
Spouses
Birth11 Apr 1900, Grahamstown, South Africa
Death13 Sep 1958, Escourt, Natal, South Africa
FatherReginald Sterndale Norman Jackson (1871-)
MotherEmma Grace Atkinson (1875-1918)
Marriage24 Sep 1919, Jeppestown, Johannesberg, Transvaal, South Africa
ChildrenDesmond Westacott (1918-1942)
Birth1905
Marriage14 Apr 1938, Johannesburg, South AFrica
ChildrenDesmond Westacott (1918-1942)
Notes for Gilbert Westacott Reynolds
Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (10 October 1895 Bendigo - 7 April 1967 Mbabane), was a South African optometrist and authority on the genus Aloe. Gilbert Reynolds arrived in Johannesburg with his parents in 1902, where his father started business as an optician. He received his education at St John's College where he was Victor Ludorum. After the outbreak of World War I he enlisted and saw active service in South West Africa and Nyasaland with the rank of captain. Having qualified as optometrist he joined his father's practice in 1921. Reynolds developed a keen interest in the bulbs and succulents of South Africa at about this time. When he started his own country practice about 1930, he was able to travel extensively and gradually narrowed his interests to Aloe.