Arthur Raymond Ritson: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1. Arthur Raymond Ritson

Generation: 2

Thomas Henry Ritson was born on 13 Jun 1896; was christened on 14 Sep 1899 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (son of John Henry Ritson and Julia Biggar).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Occupation: Painter

Thomas married Isabella Frederica Lester on 3 Feb 1921 in St Cyprian's Church, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Isabella (daughter of Albert August Lester and Christina Letman) was born about 1902; died about 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella Frederica Lester was born about 1902 (daughter of Albert August Lester and Christina Letman); died about 1965.

Notes:

Died:
DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2780/1965
PART 1
DESCRIPTION RITSON, ISABELLE FREDERIKA. BORN GOLDSMITH. BORN IN UNTATA, NATAL.
SSP RITSON, THOMAS HENRY. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19650000
ENDING 19650000

Children:

Generation: 3

4.	John Henry Ritson was born about 1861. John married Julia Biggar on 18 Nov 1889 in Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Julia (daughter of George Biggar and Maria Toohey) was born in 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia Biggar was born in 1868 (daughter of George Biggar and Maria Toohey).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Children:

Elizabeth Matilda Ritson was born on 12 Aug 1894; was christened on 14 Sep 1899 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
2. Thomas Henry Ritson was born on 13 Jun 1896; was christened on 14 Sep 1899 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Kate Victoria Ritson was born on 18 Nov 1898; was christened on 14 Sep 1899 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Rose Agnes Ritson was born on 30 Jul 1900; was christened on 20 Sep 1906 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Robert George Ritson was born on 30 Nov 1903; was christened on 20 Sep 1906 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Walter Edmund Ritson was born on 3 Jun 1905; was christened on 20 Sep 1906 in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Albert August Lester was born on 18 Nov 1865 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Jan 1866 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Louis William John Goldsmith and Jane Gafney); died on 18 Mar 1927.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Albert August Goldsmith
Name: Albert Augustus Goldschmidt

Notes:

Died:
DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 12331/1927
PART 1
DESCRIPTION LESTER, ALBERT AUGUSTUS. (S/S LESTER, CHRISTINA).
STARTING 1927
ENDING 1927

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 12331/1927
PART 1
DESCRIPTION LESTER, ALBERT AUGUSTUS. (S/S LESTER, CHRISTINA).
STARTING 1927
ENDING 1927

Albert married Christina Letman on 4 Oct 1887 in Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christina Letman

Children:

Emma Mabel Christina Lester was born about 1889.
3. Isabella Frederica Lester was born about 1902; died about 1965.
Joseph George Lester was born about Aug 1902 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; was christened on 24 Jan 1903 in St. Cyprian's Church, Umbilo Rd, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Martha Lester
Eveline Bridgett Lester was born on 14 Sep 1907; died on 24 Jul 1937.

Generation: 4

10.

George Biggar was born about 1838 in Isipingo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (son of Robert Biggar, 1820 Settler and Mkize); died on 5 Dec 1920 in St Francis Xavier Catholic Mission, Bluff, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Notes: This family settled at the Trappist monastery in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, and many of their records exist in the marriage and baptism records which where moved to the Rome Curia, Vatican City, as part of the proof that Abbot Franz Pfanner was contravening the Trappist monastery conventions of silence and doing missionary work amongst the natives.

In Vincent George Biggars estate reference 47/211Volume no 0, system 01, it is noted that George Biggar(place of residence Ixopo) and Elisabeth Biggar as his parents, so Charles Daniel Biggar was their half brother.

Records also reflect that George, Matthias,Elizabeth and son, Lawrence Biggar and his wife where White (European) although in 1913 , Mathias applied to be classified Coloured , and Lawrence and his wife himself changing to Coloured. Been a mixed a mixed race family , different hues existed and the system was manipulated in specific circumstances.

George Biggar also had another brother or cousin, also born circa 1838, in Isipingo,who died in September 1866,on Dick Kings Estate, he had an accident at Kings sugar mill.{Troy Meyers}

George + Maria Toohey. Maria (daughter of Daniel Charles Toohey) was born in 1837 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Maria Toohey was born in 1837 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (daughter of Daniel Charles Toohey); died in 1871.

Notes:

Maria Toohey was born circa 1837 in Durban and died in 1871.She was on the ship the Comet when Dingaan's impi attacked the settlers living in Durban after the Battle of Tugela,17 April 1838

Maria Toohey,was first married to Charles Biggar, on the 02/08/1863 by Rev Aldine Grout at his Groutville Mission Station, near Stanger.

Children:

5. Julia Biggar was born in 1868.
Charles Daniel Biggar was born in 1869.

12.

Louis William John Goldsmith was born on 11 Jun 1836 in Prussia, Germany.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Leopold Ernst Louis Goldschmidt
Occupation: Constable

Notes:

"Louis (aka Leopold Ernst) Goldschmidt. Born in Prussia in 1836. Arrived in East London, British Kaffraria in 1857.

The descendents of Louis Goldsmith have discovered that he was one of the British-German Legionaires who arrived in East London in British Kaffraria in February 1857. His real name was Leopold Ernst Louis Goldschmidt. His Regsitration shows him as a 19 year-old farrier from Prussia who had served in the 1st Jagers. Therefor, we presume that he was born in Prussia in 1836 and not in Ireland in 1826. The earlier (unsubstantiated information) was taken from an article in the Mercury in 1922 where he claimed to have been born in Armagh County, served in Crimea and Indian Mutiny (both untrue) and arrived in Cape Town in 1856."
quoted by Sylvia Nilsen 17 Oct 2022

Louis + Jane Gafney. Jane (daughter of John Gafney and Mary) was born about 1836 in Ardbraccan, Co. Meath, Ireland; died on 5 Mar 1871 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Jane Gafney was born about 1836 in Ardbraccan, Co. Meath, Ireland (daughter of John Gafney and Mary); died on 5 Mar 1871 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Notes:

Jane was 20 years of age when she arrived in East London aboard The Lady Kennaway.
http://www.eastlondon-labyrinth.com/cybertrails/kennaway-09.jsp#girls

"A total of 153 unmarried women were passengers on board the Lady Kennaway, immigrants to British Kaffraria in 1857. They were all classified as "Servants". The official list was as follows:"
Gaffney, Jane (Meath, 20)

Children:

Susanna Jane Goldsmith was born on 19 Oct 1858; was christened on 19 Dec 1858 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Emma Mary Jemima Goldsmith Lester was born on 13 Apr 1860; was christened on 19 Aug 1860 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Louis William John Goldsmith Lester was born on 18 Jun 1862; was christened on 7 Aug 1862 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Clement Augustus Goldsmith was born on 1 May 1864 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Aug 1864 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. Albert August Lester was born on 18 Nov 1865 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Jan 1866 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Mar 1927.
Edwin Goldsmith was born on 3 Jan 1868 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Mar 1868 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Henry Charles Goldsmith Lester was born on 6 Feb 1870 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Apr 1870 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.