Fenning William Dawson Doyle

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Harold Whittal remembers visiting them when they lived in Cambridge, East London. Dawson used to be a Foreman at the Snows Quarry on the Nahoon and his hobby used to be making throw-nets which were sold at a local sport shop. He was a master at his net making. He even started making them from nylon which lasted much longer.

Family/Spouse: Katherine Wilhelmina Schreiber. Katherine was born on 16 Aug 1902; died on 8 Apr 1981 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Cremated). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ken Doyle

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Fenning Doyle served in the SA Police in the Transkei territory

Fenning Doyle served in the SA Police in the Transkei territory .

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Fenning married Mathilda Jane Whittal about 1896. Mathilda (daughter of John Whittal and Sarah Caroline Dawson) was born on 20 Aug 1868; died on 21 Dec 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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They lived a large part of their lives in the Transkei where Fenning Doyle was in the SA Police.I have been unable to trace a death notice for either of them in the Cape Town) Harold Whittal writes that he knew old aunt Matilda Doyle in her twilight years when she lived with her widowed daughter Lillian in the same street that he lived in East London. His parents also lived in that street and that they went to Matilda and her daughter. What a dear old lady she was!

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William + Elizabeth Hannah Kidson. Elizabeth (daughter of William Kidson, 1820 Settler and Anna Maria Parke, 1820 Settler) was born about 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Apr 1829 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Description: Rev William Carlisle

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: a Farmer

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John married Sarah Caroline Dawson in 1861. Sarah (daughter of Sergeant James Dawson, 1820 Settler and Matilda Foden, 1820 Settler) was born on 20 Mar 1843; was christened on 23 Apr 1843 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Nov 1900 in Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Kei Road Cemetery, Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Description: Rev John Heavyside

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Thomas + Catharina Elisabeth De Waal. Catharina was born about 1788 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jan 1863 in Kniehalters Nek, Cape Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 381
• Name: William Kidson 1820
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Occupation: Between 1826 and 1827, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Dealer in Cattle
• Occupation: 1829, Beaufort Vale, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

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Carol Gainsford writes in the EGGSA Genesis magazine no 56 of August 2017:
One of the family visited Bathurst, and met an old resident, named Mr. Armstrong, who had lived in the village all his life, and was then 84 years of age. In his time he had been the undertaker, builder, carpenter, farmer, etc. He remembered Thomas Hartley Jnr., from whose store he had made purchases as a child.
He took him to the old Hartley homestead and to the cemetery where he could photograph the Kidson grave. The old man said that about the year 1912, he and his father were commissioned to renovate the Settler graves, in both the Anglican and Methodist churchyards. The Kidson grave was found to be in a lamentable state of dilapidation – the inscriptions on the tomb were faded and illegible, a tree having grown right through the crypt, dislodging the bricks and breaking the plaster.

The tree was chopped out and the damage repaired, and when digging down to the roots, they discovered the grave was not the orthodox type, but in fact a vault, or subterranean room, to which admittance could be gained by removing a stone trap-door and leading down some steps. On the floor of the vault were little platforms, upon which had rested the remains of William and Anna Kidson, the one on the right, directly below the tomb, had upon it a lead sealed coffin containing the body of William, the outer wooden shell had long since rotted away;whilst on the left rested the body of Anna – completely exposed as the wooden coffin had rotted away and she had not been placed in a leaden shell. The amazing part of the discovery was that she had not suffered the ravages of time, having been so well embalmed that after some 70 years, she was still perfectly preserved – the features perfect, her red hair lying in a tumbled mass about her head and the skin unmarked.

The article continues to inform the reader that the Settler William Kidson and Morris Slowman (or Sloman) spent a month in Gaol – 14 days on bread and water and 14 days on normal Government Prison rations. Their crime? Leaving their allocated locations with goods bought from the Government Stores at Bathurst and travelling further afield in the hope to sell these goods so that they could better provide for their families.

Even though they had permission from the Rev. William Boardman who was the eventual leader of the Willson Party, they were charged on the 1st April 1822 by the unpopular Harry Rivers (Landdrost of Albany) who was acting for the Governor Lord Charles Somerset.
Our Settlers certainly lived a miserable life under these conditions and seem to have been treated as criminals rather than settlers.

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Bruce Webber has 16/1/1785

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Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

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William married Anna Maria Parke, 1820 Settler about 1807. Anna (daughter of Joseph Parke and Elizabeth Tollemache) was born on 18 Apr 1788; died on 18 May 1843; was buried on 23 May 1843 in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 840
• Name: Francis Whittal 1820
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Occupation: 1849, Cuylerville, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

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Was there ever a brother Thomas ? This name was not given to any of Francis' children whereas all the other names of his siblings were

Was there ever a brother Thomas ? This name was not given to any of Francis' children whereas all the other names of his siblings were.
He was brought up to agriculture and the management of cattle in the county of Shrop¬shire. He emigrated as an indentured servant to J.C.Chase, and married a fellow-servant, Mary Williams of Welshpool. He was originally located with Bailie's subdivision of the party at The Hope, but subsequently farmed a share of the general location, which he was granted in his own right. In addition, he purchased John Duffy's share of the location, which was transferred to him in 1847. He remarried about 1840, after the death of his first wife. He commanded the burgher forces at Cuylerville in the war of 1846, and died
there in 1873 leaving a widow and 12 children: Elizabeth (Fairley), George, Mary Ann (Hulley), James, Charles, Walter, Harriet (Pittman), Sarah, William, Abigail, John and Joseph. His estate consisted of landed property at Cuylerville, and cattle. CO 223 no.97, 1.10.1824; CO 136 no.54, Bailie to Ellis, 28.5.1820; Whittal, Record of Francis Whittal; CO 8541, Hayward's notes; Deeds Office records; GTJ 23.7.1873; MOOC 6/9/144 d.n. 9568/1873.


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His date of baptism is given to me by Rod Campbell of Canada as 25 Jan 1798 which was the date given for the baptism of Thomas by the Parish of Lucton. ( until we have further information, we will assume that it was 1799)

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Bailie's party on the Chapman

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Francis married Mary Williams, 1820 Settler in May 1820 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born in 1790 in Welshpool, Wales; died between 1830 and 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 846
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

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Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1212
• Name: James (Sgt) Dawson 1820
• Occupation: a Tailor
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• MILI: Between 1837 and 1846

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Clark's party on the Northampton

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Description: Cape Mounted Rifles

a Sergeant

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Description: Rev Herbert Beaver

James married Matilda Foden, 1820 Settler on 10 Sep 1831 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Matilda (daughter of Thomas Foden, 1820 Settler and Mary, 1820 Settler) was born in 1814; died after 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3407
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• SCHL: School Attendance: 19 Mar 1828, Bathurst School, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

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Description: Rev William Carlisle

Witnesses: John Henry Dixon, Wm Lyall, Catherine Lyall, John Caughbin?