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Hon. Theophilus Cecil Fynn, O.B.E., M.L.A.

Male 1887 - 1964  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  Hon. Theophilus Cecil Fynn, O.B.E., M.L.A. was born on 16 Apr 1887 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny Dick); died on 16 Jul 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    Magistrate and Civil Commisioner of Bulawayo, retired as Secretary for Justice and Defence in Southern Rhodesia, Member of the Legislative Assembly in Southern Rhodesia.

    Theophilus married Ivy Crause Rubidge Morkel on 24 Jun 1913 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Ivy (daughter of Petrus Johannes Morkel and Sarah Margaret Rubidge) was born in 1890 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1976 in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Jean Cecil Fynn was born on 15 Apr 1914.
    2. Margaret Cecil Fynn
    3. Mildred Cecil Fynn
    4. Vivienne Cecil Fynn was born on 25 Jan 1920 in Harare, Zimbabwe; died on 26 May 1992 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
    5. Farewell Francis Cecil Fynn was born on 28 Apr 1921 in Harare, Zimbabwe; died on 15 Apr 1987 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  West White Fynn was born on 9 Dec 1845 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William McDowell Fynn and Margaret Johanna West); died on 16 Jul 1924 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    Notes:

    Summary from Twin Trails posted by Craig Stuart Brown on facebook:
    Twin Trails by Marjory Davies
    West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny Dick
    This was a Kei Road family that moved to Rhodesia
    Their children:
    Percival Donald Leslie Fynn Kt CMG MP
    Sir Percy went to Dale College was acting Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia
    His son Lt Col Frances West “Ted” Fynn MC USA Bronze Star London Scottish Infantry, Second Commando

    Hilton Clifford Knight Fynn
    He went to Dale College
    Served in the Bechuanaland Field Force, Langeberg
    Moved to Rhodesia
    Served German East Africa with Pay Corps December 1916

    Melvyn Dick Fynn
    Joined Cape Mounted Police served in the Bechuanaland Field Force, Langeberg
    Moved to Rhodesia
    His son P/O Norman Dick Fynn DFC 10 Squadron, RAFVR

    Mildred Atherstone Fynn RRC and Bar
    On Active service 1914-1919 as a Nursing Sister 1915 German South West Africa then France 1916
    Awarded the Royal Red Cross invested by King George V Buckingham Palace on the 22nd February 1919
    After the war she was killed in a Motor Accident

    Vivian West Fynn
    Vivian served with Brabant’s Horse during the Boer War was at the Siege of Wepener, was later in the District Mounted Police, Cathcart
    Moved to Rhodesia

    Florence Elfreda Fynn
    Governess near Kei Road never married

    Grace Margaret Fynn
    Moved to Rhodesia married F.W. Taylor a Surveyor

    Robert Charles Fynn KIA
    Cape Mounted Police, then on Active Service 1916 2Lt in 4th Bedford Regiment
    Killed in Action March 1918 in France

    Theophilus Cecil Fynn OBE
    Moved to Rhodesia and served in the Rhodesia Government in the Law Department
    Received the OBE in the post of Secretary for Justice

    Hedley Sutcliffe Fynn KIA
    East London Grammar School 1907-08
    Served German South West Africa then joined the 3rd Regiment SA Infantry, went to Egypt 1915 then France 1916 at Delville Wood then Killed in Action Flanders 20th September 1917

    Bernard Cotterel Fynn DS
    East London Grammar School
    Joined the Rhodesia Regiment went on Active Service German East Africa Died on Service December 1918 buried Limbe, Nyasaland

    Avice Winifred Fynn
    Moved to Rhodesia and lived there worked on the mines

    Dudley Beresford Fynn KIA
    Served German South West Africa with Rhodesia Regiment, then with the 3rd Regiment SA Infantry, was wounded in Egypt and Killed in Action on his 21st Birthday 16th July 1916 in the battle of Delville Wood

    Salisbury Cathedral (Harare) has a memorial window to the memory of the four Brothers - Robert, Hedley, Bernard and Dudley Fynn who gave their lives in the Great War

    West married Elizabeth Fanny Dick on 2 Nov 1871. Elizabeth (daughter of John Dick and Harriet Sarah Hoole) was born on 23 Sep 1850 in Waterfall farm, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Aug 1909 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Fanny Dick was born on 23 Sep 1850 in Waterfall farm, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of John Dick and Harriet Sarah Hoole); died on 20 Aug 1909 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Children:
    1. Sir Percival Donald Leslie Fynn, Kt., CMG was born on 16 Aug 1872 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Apr 1940 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    2. Hilton Clifford Knight Fynn was born on 11 Jun 1874 in Graham Villa, Transkei, South Africa; died in 1956 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    3. Melvyn Dick Fynn was born on 9 Mar 1876 in 'Graham Villa', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jan 1950 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    4. Mildred Atherstone Fynn was born on 30 Aug 1877 in Transkei, South Africa; died on 30 Mar 1960 in Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia.
    5. Vivian West Fynn was born on 18 Sep 1879 in 'Rockby', Kei Road, Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Mar 1957 in Mazoe District, Southern Rhodesia.
    6. Florence Elfreda Fynn was born on 11 Aug 1881 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jul 1958 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    7. Grace Margaret Fynn was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jun 1953 in Harare, Zimbabwe; was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Rhodesia.
    8. Robert Charles Fynn was born on 25 Sep 1885; died in 1916 in Great Battle of March, France.
    9. 1. Hon. Theophilus Cecil Fynn, O.B.E., M.L.A. was born on 16 Apr 1887 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    10. Hedley Sutcliffe Fynn was born on 24 Jan 1891 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Sep 1917 in Flanders, Belgium.
    11. Bernard Cotterel Fynn was born on 16 Sep 1892 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Dec 1918 in Limbe, Nyasaland.
    12. Avice Winifred Fynn was born on 3 Dec 1893 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Apr 1981 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    13. Dudley Beresford Hoole Fynn was born on 11 Aug 1895 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1916 in Delville Wood, Somme, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William McDowell Fynn was born on 21 Jul 1806 in Grosvenor Square, London, England (son of Henry Francis Fynn and Elizabeth Copestick); died on 6 Jun 1853 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: William McDowell D Fynn 1808

    William married Margaret Johanna West on 2 Mar 1833 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Margaret (daughter of Thomas West and Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff) was born on 13 Apr 1810; died on 13 May 1907 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Johanna West was born on 13 Apr 1810 (daughter of Thomas West and Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff); died on 13 May 1907 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. William Rafferty Donald Fynn was born on 9 Jan 1834 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jun 1914 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Eliza S. Fynn was born on 11 Nov 1836; died on 15 Dec 1841 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Christiana Margaret Fynn was born on 12 Aug 1840 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Henry Theophilus West Fynn was born on 18 Nov 1842 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1895 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 2. West White Fynn was born on 9 Dec 1845 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1924 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    6. Matilda Jane Fynn was born on 12 May 1847; died on 6 Jan 1937 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 6.  John Dick was born in 1811 in Torphichen, Scotland; died on 8 May 1896 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; a Tailor in Grahamstown, then farming at Gonubie Vale

    Notes:

    Came to South Africa just after the 1820 Settlers, Between 1840 and 1850 was a Tailor and Draper in Bathurst St, Grahamstown. Moved to High Street between 1846 and 1853. Was a registered voter in 1853. Granteefarm in 1856, Kei Road.. Died at his home Ganubivale aged 85, leaving property valued at £10,956.12.6d

    John + Harriet Sarah Hoole. Harriet (daughter of James Hoole, 1820 Settler and Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler) was born on 26 Aug 1823; was christened on 22 Oct 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Mar 1875 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Harriet Sarah Hoole was born on 26 Aug 1823; was christened on 22 Oct 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Hoole, 1820 Settler and Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler); died on 3 Mar 1875 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Children:
    1. Robert James Dick was born on 4 Jan 1845 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Feb 1845 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Jan 1913 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Charlotte Jane Dick was born on 23 Sep 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Nov 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 May 1852 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Harriet Porter Hoole Dick was born on 11 Oct 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Dec 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1898 in 'Thornkloof', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    4. 3. Elizabeth Fanny Dick was born on 23 Sep 1850 in Waterfall farm, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Aug 1909 in Redlands farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. John Alfred Quinton Dick was born on 26 Mar 1854 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 Apr 1854 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Charlotte Jane Hoole Dick was born on 5 Jun 1856; was christened on 13 Jul 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jun 1925 in 'Welgelegen', St James, Kalk Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
    7. Charles Herbert Dick was born on 5 Jun 1861 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Aug 1861 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1943 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Florence Edith Dick was born in 1863; died in 1918 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Francis Fynn was born about 1775 in Donegal, Ireland; died in 1828 in Isipingo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Henry Fynn 1808

    Henry married Elizabeth Copestick on 22 Jun 1800 in London Church (St George's - Hanover Square), London, England. Elizabeth was born est 1783 in Wales, UK; died about 1828 in Cape Colony, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Copestick was born est 1783 in Wales, UK; died about 1828 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Elizabeth Copestick 1808

    Children:
    1. Henry Francis Fynn was born on 29 Mar 1803 in Grosvenor Square, London, England; died on 20 Sep 1861 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. Elizabeth Fynn was born on 15 Sep 1805 in Worcestershire, England; died on 25 Feb 1886 in Penleni, near Queenstown, Eastern, South Africa.
    3. 4. William McDowell Fynn was born on 21 Jul 1806 in Grosvenor Square, London, England; died on 6 Jun 1853 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Frank Fynn was born about 1808 in Cape, South Africa; died about 1838 in Caka, Alfred County, Port Shepstone, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    5. Alfred Fynn was born on 6 Dec 1825; died on 2 Nov 1896 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Matilda Jane Fynn was born on 27 Feb 1823 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 25 Dec 1823 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Jun 1894 in Donnebrook, Kei River, Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa.
    7. Miscellaneous Fynn

  3. 10.  Thomas West was born in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 12 Mar 1797.

    Thomas + Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff. Dorothea (daughter of Hermanus Van Der Schyff and Johanna Margaretha Boomhouer) was born on 4 Sep 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Dorothea Adriana Van Der Schyff was born on 4 Sep 1777 (daughter of Hermanus Van Der Schyff and Johanna Margaretha Boomhouer).
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Johanna West was born on 13 Apr 1810; died on 13 May 1907 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 14.  James Hoole, 1820 Settler was born in 1789 in Chester, Cheshire, England (son of John Hoole); died on 14 Dec 1845 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 355
    • Name: James Hoole 1820
    • Occupation: a Dyer and Straw plat dealer
    • Occupation: a Tanner and Harness Maker
    • Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
    • MOVE: Moved: 18 Jul 1827, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    James Hoole was a member of Bailie's party of 1820 Settlers aboard the Chapman.

    Bailie's party was located at Cuylerville near the mouth of the Great Fish River.
    The de Hoole family claims descent from Happesford or Elton, brother of Edward I (1272-1301), in the person of Robert de Hoole his nephew. Phillip de Hoole obtained certain land from Hugh de Hoole in the reign of Edward IV (1347?53), and a certain Randolf de Hoole is also mentioned during this reign. Hoole Hall was burnt by the Parliamentary troops during the siege of Chester, but Hoole Lodge was the ancient seat of the family. Part of this property is now the suburb of Hoole, Chester.

    Charles Hoole (born Sheffield 1609) and his brother James (born Sheffield 1611) were kinsmen of Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, who helped Charles Hoole at Oxford. This Charles became Rector of Great Ponton in Lincolnshire. He was probably the ancestor of Rev. Joseph Hoole of the same county, who was later Vicar of Haxey in Lincolnshire. He was Rector of St. Ann's Manchester from 1736 until his death on the 17 Nov. 1745, which occurred just at the time when Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his army were passing through the town.
    This Rev. Joseph Hoole had a son John Hoole who served in the East India Company, and his son James Hoole (1789?1843) married Jane Cotterell at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington and subsequently immigrated to South Africa with the 1820 settlers.

    The two sons of the Settler, James and Abel, were prominent figures in the Sixth Frontier War (1835) serving in Col. (afterwards Sir Harry) Smith's Corps of Guides. Abel Hoole with his expert knowledge of the Xhosa language, was often used as an interpreter when negotiating terms with the Xhosa chiefs. These brothers also served in the Seventh Frontier War, 1846. In times of peace they were successful in a mercantile business in Grahamstown, with a branch at Whittlesea run by the younger brother Abel.
    In 1866 the elder brother James Cotterell Hoole was one of those elected to represent the Eastern Districts in the Legislative Council. He held his seat until 1869, when the Council and the House of Assembly were dissolved. The following year however, he was re-elected and sat till the Responsible Government Bill was passed in 1872.

    the descendants of this man are the subject of a book by Hoole & Hoole (1993)
    which was printed privately for family members

    Settler:
    Bailie's party on the Chapman

    James married Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler on 25 Nov 1810 in London Church (St Mary Abbotts - Kensington), London, England. Jane (daughter of Cotterell) was born in 1788 in England; died on 14 Mar 1853 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Wesleyan/Methodist), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Jane Cotterell, 1820 SettlerJane Cotterell, 1820 Settler was born in 1788 in England (daughter of Cotterell); died on 14 Mar 1853 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Wesleyan/Methodist), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 168
    • Name: Jane Cotterell 1820
    • Residence: 1819, Selby Place, New Road, London, England
    • Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

    Notes:

    Settler:
    Bailie's party on the Chapman

    Buried:
    Description: grave I39

    Children:
    1. Abel Worth Hoole, 1820 Settler was born on 26 Aug 1811 in Margate, Kent, England; died on 29 Apr 1856 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Hon. James Cotterell Hoole, 1820 Settler - M.L.C was born on 18 May 1816 in Soho, London, England; died on 29 Apr 1878 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Jane Hoole, 1820 Settler was born in 1819; died on 20 Feb 1820.
    4. Jane Elizabeth Fitz Hoole was born on 10 Jan 1821 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Oct 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died between 1859 and 1914.
    5. 7. Harriet Sarah Hoole was born on 26 Aug 1823; was christened on 22 Oct 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Mar 1875 in 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Henry Edward Hoole was born on 3 Oct 1825 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Dec 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Sep 1903 in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Old Morley, Wills, Umtata district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole was born in 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Apr 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Sep 1908 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


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