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Percival Wright Greathead

Male 1904 - 1982  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  Percival Wright Greathead was born on 30 Aug 1904 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 4 Dec 1904 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (son of Henry Percival Greathead and Emily Elizabeth Stanton); died on 8 Mar 1982 in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Departure: California, USA
    • Departure: Sydney, Australia
    • Residence: South Africa
    • _DEST: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa
    • _DEST: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Arrival: 12 Apr 1929, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Age: 24
    • Arrival: 17 Feb 1930, Plymouth, Devon, England; Age: 26
    • Departure: 7 Mar 1930, Southampton, Hampshire, England; Age: 26

    Notes:

    St John the Divine, Belgravia, Jhb


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry Percival Greathead was born on 19 Aug 1867 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 10 Oct 1867 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Wright Greathead and Emilie Jane Halse); died on 31 Oct 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Baptism: 1 Oct 1867, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Education: Jan 1885, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; St Andrew's College until June 1886

    Notes:

    Associated with the Mines in Johannesburg. {Some Frontier Families}

    Henry married Emily Elizabeth Stanton on 29 Aug 1890 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Emily (daughter of John Stanton and Charlotte Whittle) was born on 24 Aug 1870 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died est 7 Sep 1975 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emily Elizabeth Stanton was born on 24 Aug 1870 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of John Stanton and Charlotte Whittle); died est 7 Sep 1975 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Departure: South Africa
    • Arrival: 29 Dec 1930, Southampton, Hampshire, England; Age: 60

    Notes:

    Penny Palmer wrote "fact she died 2 weeks after her 105th birthday. She died in Nelspruit. I was honoured to be at both her 105th birthday and to represent her Great grandchildren at 3 of her 4 funeral services. 2 in Nelspruit, 1 on our family farm Barclay Vale the other service was in Johannesburg. Her ashes were scattered in the Crocodile River as were her sons Percival some years later."

    Children:
    1. Dorothy Charlotte Greathead was born on 25 Jun 1891 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 15 Mar 1974 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. 1. Percival Wright Greathead was born on 30 Aug 1904 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 4 Dec 1904 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 8 Mar 1982 in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. Joyce Greathead was born on 10 Aug 1909 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 24 Oct 1909 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1999 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Wright Greathead was born on 29 Nov 1842 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Henry Greathead, 1820 Settler and Eliza Julia Wright); died on 3 Nov 1912 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Education: 1855, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; St Andrew's College until 1859
    • Residence: 1861, Kensington St Mary Abbott, Middlesex, England

    Notes:

    Issue : 7 children. Was a successful farmer. {Some Frontier Families} Ivan Mitford-Barberton lists Montie and Percival as 2 of the six children. Hilary Groves does not have Montie as a child here at all, but lists Constance, Eileen, Mildred, George, Julia and William Percival.

    Banns read on 26 November, and 3 and 10 December 1865 for William Wright and Emily Jane


    Residence:
    Age: 18; Relation to Head of House: Son

    William married Emilie Jane Halse on 16 Dec 1865 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Emilie (daughter of Henry James Halse, 1820 Settler and Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler) was born on 26 Jul 1846 in South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1924 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Emilie Jane Halse was born on 26 Jul 1846 in South Africa (daughter of Henry James Halse, 1820 Settler and Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler); died on 20 Jan 1924 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Death: Jan 1924

    Children:
    1. 2. Henry Percival Greathead was born on 19 Aug 1867 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 10 Oct 1867 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Oct 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. William Herbert Montague Greathead was born on 22 Jun 1869 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 18 Jul 1869 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Jan 1900 in Ladysmith, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    3. Constance Emillie Greathead was born on 7 Mar 1871 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; was christened on 10 Jul 1871 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died on 8 Dec 1938 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    4. Beatrice Eileen Greathead was born on 26 Nov 1872 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; was christened on 23 Feb 1873 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died in Nov 1918 in Nairobi, Kenya.
    5. Charlotte Mildred Greathead was born on 3 Oct 1873 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; died on 1 Nov 1947 in San Mateo, San Mateo, California, United States of America.
    6. Julia Greathead was born on 16 Dec 1881 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; was christened on 25 Jan 1882 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; died in 1961 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. George Sandison Greathead was born on 29 Apr 1884 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; was christened on 7 Jul 1884 in Rouxville, Free State, South Africa; died on 27 Nov 1918 in Westminster, London, England.

  3. 6.  John Stanton was born in 1836 (son of William Stanton, 1820 Settler and Louisa Timm, 1820 Settler); died on 20 Jul 1890 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    John + Charlotte Whittle. Charlotte (daughter of James Whittle and Susannah Adcock) was born in 1836 in Harby, Leicestershire, England; died in 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Charlotte Whittle was born in 1836 in Harby, Leicestershire, England (daughter of James Whittle and Susannah Adcock); died in 1935.
    Children:
    1. Walter James Stanton
    2. Frederick William Stanton
    3. Ida Stanton
    4. 3. Emily Elizabeth Stanton was born on 24 Aug 1870 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died est 7 Sep 1975 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
    5. Ella Charlotte Winifred Stanton


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Henry Greathead, 1820 SettlerJames Henry Greathead, 1820 Settler was born on 12 Dec 1819 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England (son of James Henry Greathead, 1820 Settler and Martha Hewitt, 1820 Settler); died on 8 Mar 1864 in Fair Lawn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 285
    • Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

    Notes:

    At the age of 14 James Henry was sent out by his step-father, William Smith, to earn a living. He was taken into employment by William Wright, who later became his father in law. He was actively involved in mercantile pursuits in Cradock and Aliwal North. He was a member of the Legislative Council in 1858. He had 12 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. . from Hilary Groves Gedcom file : James Henry (son of 1820 Settler) Greathead. Born 12 DEC 1819 Dudley. Died 8 MAR 1864 Sunstroke. This young man rode alone from Bathurst to Grahamstown when he was only 14, in the midst of murdering bouts by blacks, in 1834.
    see References from http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p105.htm#i2622 Worldwide Greathead family One-Name study

    Settler:
    Greathead's party on the Kennersley Castle

    James married Eliza Julia Wright on 21 Feb 1842 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of William Wright, 1820 Settler and Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler) was born on 31 Oct 1824 in Sundays River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Sep 1908 in Fair Lawn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Eliza Julia Wright was born on 31 Oct 1824 in Sundays River, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of William Wright, 1820 Settler and Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler); died on 10 Sep 1908 in Fair Lawn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Children:
    1. 4. William Wright Greathead was born on 29 Nov 1842 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Nov 1912 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. James Henry Greathead was born on 6 Aug 1844 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Oct 1896 in Streatham, London, England.
    3. Herbert Harding Greathead was born on 6 Jun 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Dec 1902 in The Glen, Middleburg, Cape, South Africa.
    4. Rosa Hewitt Greathead was born on 14 Apr 1848 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1947 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Daniel Charles Robinson Greathead was born on 14 Feb 1850 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Feb 1906.
    6. Julia Emily Greathead was born on 9 Mar 1852 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Oct 1913 in Rosebank, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    7. John Baldwin Greathead was born on 12 Feb 1854 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Oct 1910 in Serenje, Northern Rhodesia.
    8. Arthur F. Greathead was born in 1856 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1860 in London, England.
    9. Walter Horatio Horace Greathead was born in 1857.
    10. Octavius Ernest Greathead was born in 1859 in England; died on 27 Dec 1890.
    11. George Alfred Greathead was born on 1 Sep 1861 in Norfolk Villas, England; died in 1920.
    12. Henry Edwin Greathead was born on 5 Jul 1863 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Jan 1865 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 10.  Henry James Halse, 1820 Settler was born on 1 Dec 1817 in London, England (son of Thomas Henry Halse, 1820 Settler and Susan Smith, 1820 Settler); died on 6 Jun 1880 in Mayfield, Free State, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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]


  4. 11.  Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler was born on 19 Jun 1819 in London, England; was christened on 12 Nov 1819 in St Andrew , Holborn, Middlesex, England (daughter of James Augustus Poultney, 1820 Settler and Ann Smith, 1820 Settler); 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    Children:
    1. Thomas Halse was born on 14 Feb 1840 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1840 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Annie Susan Halse was born on 8 Aug 1841 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Oct 1918 in Laude District hospital, Bloemhof, North West, South Africa; was buried in Bloemhof, North West, South Africa.
    3. James Henry Halse was born in 1842; died on 1 Feb 1870 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 2 Feb 1870.
    4. Frederic William Halse was born on 7 Aug 1844 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1920.
    5. 5. Emilie Jane Halse was born on 26 Jul 1846 in South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1924 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Eliza Frances Halse was born on 29 Aug 1846 in South Africa; was christened on 7 Nov 1852 in South Africa; died in 1895.
    7. Thomas Henry Halse was born in 1848; died in 1893.
    8. Edward Henry Halse was born in 1850; was christened on 1 Dec 1850 in South Africa; died in 1874; was buried on 2 Oct 1874 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Horatio Halse was born on 7 Aug 1854; was christened on 23 Nov 1854 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died in 1895.
    10. Rosetta Orpen Halse was born in 1856; died in 1928.
    11. Florence Augusta Halse was born on 13 Nov 1858 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died after Sep 1933.
    12. Ada Lilian Halse was born on 18 Feb 1863 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 2 Jun 1863 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Dec 1865 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 29 Dec 1865 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 12.  William Stanton, 1820 Settler was born on 16 Nov 1804 in England (son of William Stanton, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Moxham, 1820 Settler); died on 31 May 1879 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 736
    • Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

    Notes:

    His Obituary

    Settler:
    Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

    William married Louisa Timm, 1820 Settler on 7 Feb 1832 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Louisa (daughter of Thomas Timm, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Holt, 1820 Settler) was born in 1815 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; was christened on 31 Jul 1815 in St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 14 Feb 1877 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Louisa Timm, 1820 Settler was born in 1815 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; was christened on 31 Jul 1815 in St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (daughter of Thomas Timm, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Holt, 1820 Settler); died on 14 Feb 1877 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 783
    • Name: Lucy Timm
    • Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    Known as Lucy.
    Lucy according to DN MOOC 6/9/44-9311 Louisa according to The Settler Handbook

    Settler:
    Calton's party on the Albury

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Stanton
    2. Jane Stanton was born on 16 Sep 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Oct 1925.
    3. Selina Jessie Stanton was born in 1844; died on 14 Apr 1922 in Xuka Drift, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Rowland Stanton
    5. William Henry Stanton was born in Dec 1832 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Dec 1832 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Apr 1911 in Indwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. 6. John Stanton was born in 1836; died on 20 Jul 1890 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. Alfred Alexander Stanton was born on 13 May 1850 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Mar 1901 in Military Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    8. Jessie Louisa Stanton was born in 1852; died on 18 Apr 1937 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Benjamin Sydney Stanton was born on 18 May 1857 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Feb 1936 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.

  7. 14.  James Whittle was born on 6 Nov 1808 in Harby, Leicestershire, England (son of John Whittle and Elizabeth Rouse); died on 10 Sep 1891 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    James + Susannah Adcock. Susannah was born about 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Susannah Adcock was born about 1809.
    Children:
    1. John Adcock Whittle was born in 1830 in Harby, Leicestershire, England; died in 1894.
    2. 7. Charlotte Whittle was born in 1836 in Harby, Leicestershire, England; died in 1935.
    3. Catherine Ann Whittle was born on 24 May 1840.
    4. William Adcock Whittle was born on 28 Jan 1843 in Harby, Leicestershire, England; died on 30 Dec 1910 in Elliot district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Maria Whittle was born in 1839 in Harby, Leicestershire, England; died on 31 Jan 1893 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Elizabeth Adcock Whittle died on 2 Nov 1890 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Mary Lucy Whittle
    8. Emily Susanna Whittle
    9. Harriet Agnes Whittle was born in 1848.



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