Leslie Rundel Halse

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Civil: Utah
• Departure: Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
• Name: Lesley Halse
• Name: Leslie Rundle Halse
• _ORIG: South Africa
• Birth: 16 Dec 1900, Zeerust, North West Province, South Africa
• Residence: Between 1935 and 1993, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
• Arrival: 18 Jul 1953, New York, New York, USA; Age: 53
• Residence: 1960, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
• Arrival: 19 Aug 1960, Southampton, Hampshire, England; Age: 59
• Residence: 1972, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1975, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
• Death: 27 Sep 1986, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Age: 35

Death:
Age: 85

Buried:
Age: 85

Family/Spouse: Madge Maude Du Plessis. Madge was born on 26 Feb 1910 in Barrydale, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1988 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA; was buried on 27 Apr 1988 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beryl Elizabeth Halse was born on 30 Dec 1932; died on 3 Feb 2013 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2. Amy Geneve Halse was born on 14 Jan 1935 in Eersterivier, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jul 1951.
3. Madge LaVon Halse
4. Lesley Dawn Halse

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Leslie married Amy Florence Poultney on 7 May 1895 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Amy (daughter of Charles Henry Poultney and Adelaide Fowler Aldum) was born on 26 Aug 1872 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 2 Apr 1873 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Nov 1946 in Woltemade, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Witness: 24 Oct 1901, Zeerust, North West Province, South Africa; Was a witness to the marriage of Samual Joseph Turnbull and AliceSophia Smith

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Birth: 11 Sep 1842, South Africa
• Death: 14 Sep 1870

James married Ellen Rachel Aldum in Jul 1866 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ellen (daughter of Samuel Aldum and Eleanor Eales) was born on 20 Dec 1844 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jan 1906 in 'Cypherfontein', Marico, North West, South Africa; was buried on 24 Jan 1906 in 'Cypherfontein', Marico, North West, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married:
James Henry and Ellen Rachel were married in 1866. Banns were read on June 24th, July 1st and July 8th 1866 by William Rossiter. At the time James Henry was residing in Aliwal North and Ellen in Smithfield, Free State.

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Charles married Adelaide Fowler AldumSmithfield, Free State, South Africa. Adelaide (daughter of Samuel Aldum and Eleanor Eales) was born on 29 Sep 1846 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; was christened on 25 Oct 1846 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Jul 1928 in Maree Street (Erf 105), Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Maree Street (Erf 105), Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa

Notes:

Description: Rev John Edwards

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 288
• Emigration: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Education: 1828, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Bathurst School
• SCHL: School Attendance: 19 Mar 1828, Bathurst School, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: 1851, Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; Registrar of the Magistrates Court (per Grahamstown Journal 8 Mar1851)
• Death: 6 Jun 1880, Mayfield, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Not mentioned in MD Nash

Emigration:
1820 Settler; Morgan's party on ship 'Ocean'

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Died:
Reburied Aliwal North 26 Aug 1937/8

Henry married Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler on 25 Apr 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ann (daughter of James Augustus Poultney, 1820 Settler and Ann Smith, 1820 Settler) was born on 19 Jun 1819 in London, England; was christened on 12 Nov 1819 in St Andrew , Holborn, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Oct 1895 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 16 Oct 1895 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 646
• Name: Ann Lydia Poultney 1820
• Birth: 19 Jun 1819, Surrey, England
• Emigration: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Immigration: 1820, South Africa

Notes:

Emigration:
1820 Settler; Morgan's party on ship 'Ocean'

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Immigration:
In Morgan's Party on S. Ocean

Notes:

Married:
St Georges Cathedral

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Name given as ADLUM in MD Nash and ALDUM in AE Makin

Samuel married Eleanor Eales in 1843 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eleanor (daughter of William Eales, 1820 Settler and Rachel Sarah Maria Moore, 1820 Settler) was born on 14 Aug 1824 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Feb 1893 in 'Cypherfontein', Marico, North West, South Africa; was buried in Marico, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

name given as Mary on daughter Adelaide's DN

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 647
• Name: James Augustus Poultney 1820
• Occupation: a Tailor
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Morgan's Party on Ocean Following from "Some Frontier Families", by Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, page 235. "Quoted from a letter from Mrs Esme Glazebrook of Westville, KwaZulu Natal, to Ivan. Our venerable and dearly beloved great-great grandfather, James Augustus Poultney, came out on the same vessel as Thomas Henry Halse. Their two children married. Henry Halse, the eldest, married Ann Poultney, J.A.P's eldest daughter. These two were my great grandparents. Two further children, Sarah Jane Poultney and Fred Halse also married and they were Cecil Halse's great-grandparents. The Poultneys went up to Grahamstown, and farmed in the vicinity of Queenstown. They were all splendid men, and both names (Halse and Poultney) have come down the years quite unblemished in any way. They were sheep farmers, and periodically took the wool down to East London. They were sons of James Augustus. One of the Marks men (I don't know whether it was the famous Sammy Marks or not), offered to finance a trip back to England to enable old J.A.P. to visit his homeland once again, and when the wool was ready to be taken to the coast the old man prepared to go down with the wagons and board a vessel for England. They slept in the wagons on reaching the coast, and the sons, in the middle of the night, offloaded the wool, inspanned the horses and started off for home, as they could not bear to part with the old man, and so he never visited hi beloved England after all. Settler J.A.P., after the death of his wife, lived with his daughter Sarah Jane (Poultney) Halse. In his old age he lost the sight of one eye - cataract - and some time later the sight of the other, thus becoming totally blind. He remained in this state for some years, but in a letter from Sarah Jane in 1853 she mentioned that his sight had been partially restored. It was a time of great rejoicing as he was able to recognise his children again after years of darkness, and all the family came to see and be seen. "

Notes extracted from Gordon Keith Poultney's Web Page
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JAMES AUGUSTUS POULTNEY and his wife ANN (nee Smith), aged 28 and 21 respectively, with their baby daughter, ANN, of four months, sailed on the ship "Ocean" from London in December 1819 or early January 1820. The River Thames had been frozen over for some weeks, so that the ships had been ice-bound. All the ships experienced very bad weather - some were nearly shipwrecked soon after leaving harbour. Several ships, including the Ocean, had to put in to Portsmouth for shelter. During the storm the Ocean broke from her moorings and collided with the "Northampton", but without any serious consequences. After the ships had passed through the Bay of Biscay the weather improved.

The party on the Ocean under the leadership of Dr N. Morgan numbered 41 - this was the Poultneys' group. There were three other parties on board - the total number of settlers being 206.

During the voyage, the Poultneys' ship called at Porto Praya, one of the Cape Verde Islands. Whilst lying at her anchorage there, in the dead of night, her passengers were rudely awakened by the booming of a cannon, followed by the tearing noise of the cannon ball through the rigging. One of the shore batteries had opened fire - this from a supposedly friendly port. While the scared passengers were wondering what was happening, a second discharge was heard, and this time the ball hit the ship, smashing through the side and entering a store-room just below one of the cabins. Excitement and consternation were intense. A third ball was fired and this one fell short, hissing as it entered the sea as if it were a red-hot shot. It turned out later that the shore batteries were "trigger happy" and had thought that the Ocean or another settler ship were the same as had fired on the port a few weeks previously. Fortunately the mistake was discovered before the Ocean was destroyed.

The ships had an uneventful voyage after this ! It took until 9th Apri1 1820 before the first ship dropped anchor in Algoa Bay - the last arrived late in June.

One of the passengers on the Poultneys' ship was Mr Bishop Burnett, a retired Royal Navy Lieutenant, who later achieved much notoriety by horse-whipping an army surgeon near Grahamstown. Lengthy legal proceedings resulted in the British Government to alter its constitutional policy in the Cape.

The Morgan (Poultney) party settled on a plot of land about 4 square miles in area, situated about 7 miles East of Grahamstown, to the right of the present national road as one travels from Grahamstown to Peddie.

Morgan's Party on Ocean
Following from "Some Frontier Families", by Ivan Mitford-Barberton &Violet White, page 235.
"Quoted from a letter from Mrs Esme Glazebrook of Westville, KwaZulu Natal, toIvan.
Our venerable and dearly beloved great-great grandfather, James AugustusPoultney, came out on the same vessel as Thomas Henry Halse. Their twochildren married. Henry Halse, the eldest, married Ann Poultney, J.A.P'seldest daughter. These two were my great grandparents. Two furtherchildren, Sarah Jane Poultney and Fred Halse also married and they wereCecil Halse's great-grandparents. The Poultneys went up to Grahamstown,and farmed in the vicinity of Queenstown. They were all splendid men,and both names (Halse and Poultney) have come down the years quiteunblemished in any way. They were sheep farmers, and periodically tookthe wool down to East London. They were sons of James Augustus. One ofthe Marks men (I don't know whether it was the famous Sammy Marks ornot), offered to finance a trip back to England to enable old J.A.P. tovisit his homeland once again, and when the wool was ready to be taken tothe coast the old man prepared to go down with the wagons and board avessel for England. They slept in the wagons on reaching the coast, andthe sons, in the middle of the night, offloaded the wool, inspanned thehorses and started off for home, as they could not bear to part with theold man, and so he never visited hi beloved England after all. SettlerJ.A.P., after the death of his wife, lived with his daughter Sarah Jane(Poultney) Halse. In his old age he lost the sight of one eye - cataract- and some time later the sight of the other, thus becoming totallyblind. He remained in this state for some years, but in a letter fromSarah Jane in 1853 she mentioned that his sight had been partiallyrestored. It was a time of great rejoicing as he was able to recognisehis children again after years of darkness, and all the family came tosee and be seen. "

Came to S.A. on the ship Ocean in 1820, a member of Morgans party. They
came from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

James married Ann Smith, 1820 Settler on 16 Nov 1817 in St.John's, Horsleydown,Surrey, England. Ann (daughter of James Smith) was born about 1798 in Surrey, England; died on 12 May 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 721
• Name: Anne Smith 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean