See also
| Husband: | William Alvara Humphrey (1876-1945) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Simms ( - ) | |
| Marriage | aft 1920 | |
| Name: | William Alvara Humphrey | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Alvara Humphrey (1847-1922) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Ann Cutts (1843-1932) | |
| Birth | 8 Nov 1876 | York, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 5 Dec 1876 (age 0) | York, Yorkshire |
| Birth fact | 1876 (age 0) | 1876 Dec Qtr, York, 9d/56 |
| Census | 1881 (age 4-5) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 14-15) | Living with parents |
| Emigration | 1894 (age 17-18) | from Emigrated to South Africa |
| Occupation | Geologist | |
| Occupation | 1903 (age 26-27) | Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London |
| Education | Woodhouse Grove School, Leeds, & Univ. of Munich | |
| Death | 1 Feb 1945 (age 68) | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Name: | Elizabeth Simms | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
Born 8th Nov., 1876, at York, Engd. ; oldest son of Alvara Humphrey, of York. Educ. Woodhouse Grove School, nr. Leeds, and SA Coll., Cape Town ; Bronze Medal and Melville prize for Geology at SA Coll. 1902; m. Oct., 1906, Esther, d. of late J. Fleetwood Churchill.
From Who's Who of South Africa, 1911
Author of the following studies (among others):
The geology of the country south of Piet Retief: An explanation of sheet no. 68 (Piet Retief), The Govt. Printer (South Africa, 1931)
The geology of the country surrounding Vryheid: An explanation of sheet no. 102 (Vryheid), The Govt. Printer (South Africa, 1932)