Maude Cressida (Twin) Massey-Hicks

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Departure: 2 Feb 1913, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 8 Feb 1913, Southampton, England

Family/Spouse: George Edgar Makings. George (son of George Makings and Anne Mettam) was born in 1873 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1931 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in 1931 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elva Gladys Makings
2. George Edgar Makings
3. Genevieve Elora Makings
4. Hercules Ingoldsby Makings was born on 12 Oct 1919 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 12 Jun 2002 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Maude married John George Thompson on 2 Mar 1898 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. John (son of Joseph Thompson and Elizabeth Eleanor Massey-Hicks) was born in Jul 1869 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1908 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Sep 1908 in Braamfontein Cemetery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Iolanthe Cressida St George Thompson was born in Oct 1898 in Essex, United Kingdom; died on 25 May 1932 in Weskoppies Hospital, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1878, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1887 and 1888, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1911 and 1912, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
• Occupation: 1920; Accountant
• Residence: Jan 1936, 95 Ninth Str., Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Notes:

Residence:
on Eastern Cape Voters Roll Rec ID 16483

Residence:
He left King William's Town for the Reef in 1887 where gold had been discovered. His wife and family followed in 1888 in a convoy of ox wagons. The trek took six weeks to arrive on the reef.

Residence:
During this time he also visited Beira

Residence:
Residence

Died:
Master Pretoria MHG, Ref 95111 1936 He died whilst resident in Parkhurst.

Buried:
Family Plot (Plot 735) - God's Acre

John married Ellen (Eleanor) Elizabeth Few on 2 Apr 1877 in Holy Trinity Church, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ellen (daughter of Abraham Few and Mary Ann Clark, 1820 Settler) was born on 23 Jan 1859 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 Mar 1859 in Wesleyan Church, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1928 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried on 24 Apr 1928 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Christening

Birth:
According to Anita Nel's research she has birth date as 24 Feb 1859.

Buried:
Burial God's Acre family plot No 735 Braamfontein.

Notes:

Married:
Ellen was the younger sister of John Moses' brother George Robert's wife. They had 11 children, 8 surviving to adulthood.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jul 1804, St George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Notes:

James Hicks and Maria Mann of Norwich, Norfolk England, were married on 7-08-1801 at Stow, Bardolph, Norfolk England. During the first half of 1804 William Hicks was born - He was christened at St George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk.on the 22-07-1804. A brother John and then a sister Kate followed before their father James passed away. On the 5-04-1812 Maria married John Blythe at St Peter Permountergate, Norwich. According to the census of 1841 seven children were born of this union, including twins, a son and a daughter.

On the 22nd April 1819, the 5th frontier war had broken out when Grahamstown the chief military centre on the eastern Cape frontier was attacked by 10,000 invading Xhosa. Bravely and successfully defended by a garrison of less than 400 men under Col.Willshire, they persued the enemy back over the Keiskamma river (the territory between the Fish and Keiskamma rivers had been declared neutral). Hostilities on the eastern frontier of the colony continued. The 1820 Settlers were constantly being raided by marauding bands who had made their way through the neutral territory for the purpose of plundering and burning homesteads, stealing cattle and destroying the crops. Many of the settlers lost their lives in these raids.

Troop reinforcements were called for, and the 6th Regiment of foot was ordered to the Cape landing at the Cape of Good Hope in November 1821. The two companies at once re-embarked and proceeded by sea to Fort Frederick, Algoa Bay.(Port Elizabeth)
From there they marched up the military road to Grahamstown.

William Hicks had joined the regiment, and was to spend the following three years guarding the military posts with detachments at Grahamstown, Fort Willshire, and at Fort Beaufort.

In March of 1825 the regiment embarked for India, returning to England in 1842.
Whether William sailed for India and then returned to England at an earlier date is unknown, but he was in England in 1834. I have a book he owned entitled “The New Cabinet of Arts”. In the flyleaf is written :---- “ W. HICKS carpenter . Black Friars Row London 1834”Also inscribed is :----“W. HICKS, his book . Do not steal this book for fear of shame, for here you see the owners name.” On another page is written
W. HICKS Staffordshire.

There are no records of William’s movements between 1834 and 1844! The story handed down through the years is that he became a ship’s carpenter on one of Charles Massey’s ships, and that is how he met Margaret. It is also said that they eloped; the result being, she was disinherited for running off with the ship’s carpenter. It is told that when Charles eventually died he had repented and had left her an inheritance. William wouldn’t allow her to accept it because he felt that her father had cut her off while he lived, now that he was dead, Margaret didn’t need his money.

That they eloped I have no doubt, because it has taken almost thirty years to find the record of their marriage, without which I couldn’t have concluded the history.

William Hicks married Margaret Massey on the 12-08-1844 at St Nicholas, Liverpool Lancashire England.

William re-joined the 6th Regiment, now known as the 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment of foot. (1st Batallion ), and set sail for the Cape, arriving in November of 1846 with his pregnant wife. On the 4th January their son was born at the Castle in Cape Town, and named William Charles Massey Hicks. On the 29th April 1849 a daughter was born and named Elizabeth Eleanor Massey Hicks.

from Barry Livsey on Facebook, 12 Jan 2015
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William married Margaret Massey on 12 Aug 1844 in St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Margaret was born about Jul 1816 in Cork, Co Cork, Ireland; was christened on 27 Sep 1816 in Maryport, Cumberland, England; died on 12 Jan 1879 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 13 Jan 1880 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Canonby Cross, Cumberland, England

Notes:

Married:
Ref International Genealogical Index Version 4.20

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England
• Residence: 1851, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England
• Residence: 7 Mar 1851, Cambridgeshire, England
• Occupation: Jan 1866, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Butcher
• Residence: Jan 1866, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Thursday 15 November 1866

DIED in King William's Town on the 7th November 1866, Abraham FEW, aged 37
years, leaving a widow and family of little children to lament his loss.



From: the Kafrarian Watchman

Residence:
Castle Street - County Goal

Residence:
Criminal Registers - Cambridge County - 6 months in prison

Residence:
Ninth Street

Abraham married Mary Ann Clark, 1820 Settler in Oct 1849 in Cambridgeshire, England. Mary (daughter of George Clark, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Keeler, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 Jul 1815 in Doddington, Kent, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1815 in Doddington, Kent, England; died in 1912 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2662
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1815, Doddington, Kent, England
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

James married Maria Mann on 7 Aug 1801 in Bardolph, Norfolk, England. Maria was born on 27 Jun 1780 in Norfolk, England; died in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Long Stanton All Saints, Cambridgeshire, England
• Residence: 1851, Long Stanton All Saints, Cambridgeshire, England
• Residence: 1861, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England

Abraham + Ann Ellwood. Ann was born in 1785 in Long Stanton All Saints, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Mar 1866 in Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2659
• Residence: England
• Occupation: 1820, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Husbandman
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

1820 Settlor - Ship Aurora - Departed 15 Feb 1820 & Arrived 15 May 1820, Final Port Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth - Sephton Party - Occupation = Husbandman
Note from: The Settler Handbook by MD Nash

Two emigrants died on board the Aurora before she sailed: Elizabeth Croft, the wife of Charles Croft, and Joseph Goode, whose berth and that of his son (who stayed in England) were taken by George Clarke, formerly of Willson's party, and by Thomas Isted. The Rev William Shaw's Journal records that Elizabeth Jones, the 21-year-old wife of John Jones, died at sea, and 'several children were born and some died'.



Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

George married Elizabeth Keeler, 1820 Settler on 29 Dec 1810 in Sheldwich, Kent, England. Elizabeth was born in 1789 in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2664
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 1861, Winchfield, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora