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Anthony Lennox Devenish

Male 1852 - 1898  (45 years)


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  1. 1.  Anthony Lennox Devenish was born on 16 Oct 1852; was christened on 13 Feb 1853 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa (son of Anthony Lennox Devenish and Anna Catharina Maria van der Westhuizen); died on 3 May 1898 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Surveyor

    Notes:

    His Dn records at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS36-3HTW-8 include his and Eliza's will

    Died:
    DEPOT TAB
    SOURCE MHG
    TYPE LEER
    VOLUME_NO 0
    SYSTEM 01
    REFERENCE O/14482
    PART 1
    DESCRIPTION DEVENISH, ANTHONY LENNOX.
    STARTING 1898
    ENDING 1898
    REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE ELIZA FRANCIS DEVENISH (BORN SHORT).

    Anthony married Eliza Frances ShortWakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of Samuel Short and Eliza Mills) was born about Sep 1857; died on 2 Feb 1914 in Haenertsburg, Limpopo, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Winifred Frances Mabel Devenish
    2. Anna Elizabeth Devenish
    3. Lilian Mary Devenish was born on 28 Jul 1883 in Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa; was christened on 29 Nov 1883 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    4. Irene Hilda Hugo Devenish was born on 28 Nov 1884 in Rorde Port, Pretoria district, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jun 1885 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    5. Leonora Charlotte Devenish was born on 27 Jul 1889; was christened on 11 Aug 1889 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa.
    6. Graham Mills Devenish was born on 1 Jun 1887 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 4 Jul 1887 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. Lester Mears Devenish was born on 18 Jun 1888 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 17 Aug 1888 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; died before 1914.
    8. Dorothy Devenish
    9. Gwendoline Devenish

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Anthony Lennox Devenish was born on 24 Jun 1825 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of John Mears Devenish and Ellen St Ledger Stretch); died on 3 Nov 1913 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.

    Anthony married Anna Catharina Maria van der Westhuizen on 25 Aug 1845 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa. Anna was born on 2 Feb 1828 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Jun 1867 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anna Catharina Maria van der Westhuizen was born on 2 Feb 1828 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Jun 1867 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Catharina Johanna Devenish was born on 13 Jul 1846; was christened on 13 Sep 1846 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Ellen Ann Devenish was born on 24 Apr 1848; was christened on 9 Jul 1848 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    3. John Mears Devenish was born on 25 Jun 1849; was christened on 30 Sep 1849 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Francis Henry Devenish was born on 2 Jan 1851; was christened on 4 Mar 1851 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 1. Anthony Lennox Devenish was born on 16 Oct 1852; was christened on 13 Feb 1853 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 May 1898 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa.
    6. Nicolaas James Devenish was born on 22 May 1854; was christened on 29 Oct 1854 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    7. William George Devenish was born on 24 Feb 1856; was christened on 6 Mar 1856 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Anna Catharina Maria Devenish was born on 24 Feb 1858; was christened on 14 Mar 1858 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Sarah Caroline Devenish was born on 18 Oct 1859; was christened on 6 Nov 1859 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    10. Marcella Susanna Devenish was born on 3 Apr 1862; was christened on 25 May 1862 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    11. Leonore Stretch Devenish was born on 25 Oct 1864; was christened on 4 Dec 1864 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    12. Mynhardus jeremias Devenish was born on 27 May 1867; was christened on 9 Jun 1867 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Mears Devenish was born on 4 Sep 1787 in FitzShawbet St, Dublin, Ireland; died on 25 Apr 1844 in Tyumie Res ?; was buried in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    John married Ellen St Ledger Stretch on 13 Aug 1806 in St Mary, London, England. Ellen (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish) was born on 9 Apr 1787 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Aug 1873 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ellen St Ledger Stretch was born on 9 Apr 1787 in Co. Cork, Ireland (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish); died on 11 Aug 1873 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. John Donald Devenish was born on 1 Jul 1807 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 2 Apr 1855 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. James Gouldsbury Devenish was born on 25 Sep 1808 in At Sea off Isle of Wight, England; died on 16 Mar 1882 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. William Devenish was born on 2 Jul 1810 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Aug 1810 in English Church, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    4. George Devenish was born on 16 Aug 1813 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1851 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa.
    5. Charles William St Leger Devenish was born on 2 Apr 1814 in Commadagga District, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Jul 1814 in George, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Sep 1893 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Onderpapegaai Cemetery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
    6. Sarah-Caroline Devenish was born on 2 Sep 1815; was christened on 5 Nov 1815 in George, Western Cape, South Africa.
    7. Ellen Anne Devenish was born on 11 Nov 1821 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Marcella Susan Devenish was born on 11 Apr 1823 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1890 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
    9. 2. Anthony Lennox Devenish was born on 24 Jun 1825 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Nov 1913 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    10. Catherine Hannah Devenish was born on 22 Oct 1825 in Baviaans River, Bedford District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Feb 1826 in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Nov 1853.
    11. Elizabeth Devenish was born on 17 Aug 1827 in Baviaans River, Bedford District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Feb 1828 in Somerset East , Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Apr 1892.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James St. Leger Stretch was born in 1769 in Limerick, Ireland (son of Richard Stretch and Elinor Coakley); died on 23 Apr 1821; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    was of the 87th Regiment and a government land surveyor
    > From notes on the Diary of Charles Lennox STRETCH
    Page 2 incorrectly states that both of STRETCH's parents emigrated to the Cape. STRETCH's father died in Limerick in 1822 (MS 14827 Cory Library) and, as STRETCH goes on to record on Page 13 of his journal, his mother arrived at Beaufort West from Ireland on 15 Aug 1825 (This should presumably be 1826, since it was only towards the end of 1825 that she requested the Colonial Office for a passage on a government vessel to the Cape: G McCall THEAL, comp., Records of the Cape Colony [London, 1897-1905], XX111, p.408 R.W. Hay to Commissioner of Navy, 7 Nov 1825) STRETCH notes (journal p.13) that James ATTWELL went to accompany Catherine STRETCH on her journey from Cape Town; ATTWELL was married to STRETCH's niece, Susan, the daughter of STRETCH's sister Susan from her first marriage to Edward PARR
    > From the Journal of Charles Lennox STRETCH, Edited by Basil A Le Cordeur

    James + Catherine Devenish. Catherine (daughter of John Devenish and Catherine Meares) was born on 7 Aug 1767; died on 31 May 1845 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Catherine Devenish was born on 7 Aug 1767 (daughter of John Devenish and Catherine Meares); died on 31 May 1845 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was buried in Millbank, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Daughter of John Devenish of Mears Court, Westmeath, Ireland.

    from The Grahamstown Journal:
    Died at the Tyumie Residence, Caffraria, on the 31st ultimo, Catherine, relict of James St.Leger STRETCH Esq of Knock Duff, County of Cork, Ireland - aged 79.
    Tyumie Residence, 1st June 1845

    Children:
    1. 5. Ellen St Ledger Stretch was born on 9 Apr 1787 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Aug 1873 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Catherine Stretch was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Limerick, Ireland.
    3. Susan Stretch was born in 1791 in Ireland; died on 11 Jan 1879 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Colonel Charles Lennox Stretch was born on 6 May 1797 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 13 Oct 1882 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Richard Aldworth Stretch was born in 1799.


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