Bessie Enid Preston: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1. Bessie Enid Preston (daughter of John Reuben Preston and Agnes Mary Murison Blakeway).

Generation: 2

2. John Reuben Preston (son of William Preston and Sarah Calverley).
John + Agnes Mary Murison Blakeway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3.
Agnes Mary Murison Blakeway
Children:

1. Bessie Enid Preston

Vera Agnes Preston

William John Stanley Preston

Generation: 3

William Preston was born in Sep 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Preston and Alicia McCarty); died on 2 Oct 1897 in House in Block B, Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 2 Oct 1897 in Komgha Church (St Paul's), Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

William married Sarah Calverley on 2 Oct 1857. Sarah (daughter of Richard Calverley, 1820 Settler and Harriet Elizabeth Wheeler, 1820 Settler) was born on 24 Oct 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Sep 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Mar 1914 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Calverley was born on 24 Oct 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Sep 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Richard Calverley, 1820 Settler and Harriet Elizabeth Wheeler, 1820 Settler); died on 28 Mar 1914 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Elizabeth Ann Preston died before 1914.
Richard Mortimer Preston died in 1921.
William George Preston was born about 1860 in Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Oct 1930 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Thomas Alfred Preston was born on 6 Mar 1864 in Cape Province, South Africa; died on 1 Sep 1956 in Tsomo, Cape, South Africa.
James Preston was born about 1867 in Koonap, Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Aug 1947 in Spionkop, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Joseph Calverley Preston was born on 9 May 1871 in Cape Province, South Africa; died on 13 Jan 1926 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alicia Carolina Preston was born in 1869 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Sep 1893 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 4 Sep 1893 in Komga Cemetery (Municipal), Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. John Reuben Preston
Charles Arthur Preston

Generation: 4

8. William Preston
William + Alicia McCarty. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alicia McCarty

Children:

4. William Preston was born in Sep 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Oct 1897 in House in Block B, Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 2 Oct 1897 in Komgha Church (St Paul's), Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Preston was born about 1827 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Dec 1861 in Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

10.

Richard Calverley, 1820 Settler was born in 1810 in Lancashire England; was christened on 17 Jun 1810 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England (son of William Calverley, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Gargate); died in 1854.

Richard married Harriet Elizabeth Wheeler, 1820 Settler on 5 Jan 1832 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Harriet (daughter of James Wheeler, 1820 Settler and Harriott Elizabeth Pepper, 1820 Settler) was born on 14 Jul 1811 in Old Bailey London; was christened on 4 Aug 1811 in St Sepulchre, Holborn, London, England; died on 15 Dec 1898 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Paul, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Harriet Elizabeth Wheeler, 1820 Settler was born on 14 Jul 1811 in Old Bailey London; was christened on 4 Aug 1811 in St Sepulchre, Holborn, London, England (daughter of James Wheeler, 1820 Settler and Harriott Elizabeth Pepper, 1820 Settler); died on 15 Dec 1898 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Paul, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Mary Anne Elizabeth Calverley was born in 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Sep 1902 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Thomas William Calverley was born in Jun 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Aug 1837 in Nurney farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1876 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
5. Sarah Calverley was born on 24 Oct 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Sep 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Mar 1914 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Calverley was born on 16 Apr 1841 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Dec 1841.
Richard William Calverley was born in 1843 in Beaufort Vale, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jul 1919 in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Harriet Calverley was born in Jul 1845; died on 8 Oct 1894 in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Calverley was born on 17 Oct 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Oct 1931 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ann Calverley was born on 13 May 1853 in Transkei; died on 26 Sep 1939 in Junction Ferry, Tsolo Dist.