Florence Thomasina Smith: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Florence Thomasina Smith (daughter of John Francis Smith and Sarah Fanny Smith).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Residence: 1920, Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Family/Spouse: Edward James Ramsay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

John Francis Smith was born on 26 May 1851 in Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Sep 1853 in Sidbury Church (St Peter's - Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of John Francis Smith and Elizabeth Cannon); died on 29 May 1941 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Name: John Francis Smith

Notes:

Birth:
Oliphant's Hoek

John married Sarah Fanny Smith on 28 Jan 1874 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Charles Joseph Edlestone Smith and Mary Ann Reynolds) was born on 9 Oct 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Oct 1857 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Fanny Smith was born on 9 Oct 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Oct 1857 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Charles Joseph Edlestone Smith and Mary Ann Reynolds).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Name: Sarah Fanny Heddleston Smith

Children:

Oliver J C Smith died before 1920.
John C Smith died before 1920.
1. Florence Thomasina Smith
Gertrude I Smith
Francis Eddelstone Smith was born on 30 Nov 1884; died on 5 Jan 1958.
Mary A M Smith
Elizabeth Maud Smith
Sydney Charles Smith
Claude Alfred Cannon Smith was born in 1891 in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1916 in Delville Wood, Somme, France; was buried in Dive Copse cemetery, Somme, France.
Kathleen Amy Smith
Gladys Bertha Smith

Generation: 3

John Francis Smith was born on 30 Nov 1824 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales; was christened on 12 Jan 1825 (son of John Baird Smith and Elizabeth Charlotte Raynsford); died on 9 Sep 1865.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: 1848, Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

John married Elizabeth Cannon on 17 Mar 1848 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of James Cannon, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Wild, 1820 Settler) was born on 14 Jun 1828; was christened on 27 Feb 1831 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Nov 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Cannon was born on 14 Jun 1828; was christened on 27 Feb 1831 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Cannon, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Wild, 1820 Settler); died on 11 Nov 1899.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Name of Deceased: Elizabeth SMITH
Birthplace: Kruisfontein, Alexandria District
Nationality:
Father: James CANNON
Mother: Elizabeth WILD
Age at Death: 71 years 5 months
Condition in Life: n/s
Ordinary Residence: n/s
Marital Status: Widow
Surviving Spouse: /
Predeceased Spouses John Francis SMITH
And Dates of Death: 9 September 1865
Date of Death: 11 November 1899
Place of Death: At the house of Mrs LONGMAN, Alexandria Village
Place of Last Marriage n/s
Children:
Henry James
John Francis
Sydney
Charles Robert Raynsford
Robert Thornton

ALL MAJORS

Movable Property: yes
Immovable Property: yes
Estate Exceeds £: /
Was a Will Left: no
Signed at: Alexandria
Dated on: 18 November 1899
Signed by: Sydney SMITH
In capacity of: Son of deceased

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Source:
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Reference 2987
Description SMITH, Elizabeth. Nee CANNON. Death Notice
Starting 1899 Ending 1899
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Description: Rev William Carlisle

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev Henry H Dugmore

Children:

Henry James Smith was born on 9 Mar 1849 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Mar 1850 in Sidbury Church (St Peter's - Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Oct 1932 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Robert Thornton Smith was born on 31 Jan 1862 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Feb 1920 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 12 Feb 1920 in Alexandria cemetery, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. John Francis Smith was born on 26 May 1851 in Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Sep 1853 in Sidbury Church (St Peter's - Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 May 1941 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sydney Smith was born on 9 Mar 1854; was christened on 3 Apr 1854 in Sidbury Church (St Peter's - Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Mar 1928.
James Cameron? Smith was born on 5 Oct 1856; was christened on 28 Dec 1856 in Sidbury Church (St Peter's - Anglican), Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Charles Raynsford Smith

Charles Joseph Edlestone Smith was born on 5 Jul 1829 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Lieutenant George Smith, 1820 Settler and Mary Benson, 1820 Settler); died on 5 Sep 1897.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Name: Charles Joseph Heddleston Smith
Occupation: farmer

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-56309-76?cc=1468076&wc=M9HS-PK6:1314216465

Charles married Mary Ann Reynolds on 12 Dec 1854 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of William Reynolds, (Pvt) and Sarah Radcliffe) was born on 11 Nov 1836 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Dec 1836 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Apr 1918 in Orange Grove, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Reynolds was born on 11 Nov 1836 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Dec 1836 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of William Reynolds, (Pvt) and Sarah Radcliffe); died on 6 Apr 1918 in Orange Grove, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Notes:

She married Charles Joseph Eddlestone Smith in Grahamstown on 12.12.1854. Their daughter Sarah Fanny Smith, who later adopted the additional family name Eddlestone, was born on 08.10.1856 or 09.10.1856 and baptised in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, on 01.10.1857. Charles Smith is listed in the baptismal register (No. 741) as her father.In Charles' death notice Mary Ann Reynolds is listed as the surving spouse. The spelling Eddlestone (Edilston, Edleston) appears in several variants but has continued to the present generation in the standardised form Eddlestone.

Description: Rev John Heavyside

Children:

William George Smith
3. Sarah Fanny Smith was born on 9 Oct 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Oct 1857 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alfred Samuel Smith died before 1918.
Caroline Georgina Smith was born on 14 Nov 1860; was christened on 2 Dec 1860 in St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Robert Henry Smith
Charles Herbert Smith
John de Wilton Smith
Bertha Jane Smith
Arthur Benjamin Smith died before 1918.
Lennox Smith died before 1918.
Oliver Smith died before 1918.
Maud May Smith
Florence Smith died before 1918.

Generation: 4

8.	John Baird Smith was born about 1772 in Woking, Surrey, England; died on 3 Jun 1852 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa. John + Elizabeth Charlotte Raynsford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Charlotte Raynsford

Children:

Elizabeth Smith was born on 1 Nov 1819 in Kentsham, Devon, England; was christened on 13 Dec 1819 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 25 Aug 1901 in Bratach" Farm, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Charlotte Raynsford Smith was born on 23 Jul 1821 in Kentsham, Devon, England; was christened on 19 Sep 1821 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Thomasine Smith was born on 13 Dec 1822 in Kentsham, Devon, England; was christened on 21 Jan 1825 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 25 Dec 1904.
4. John Francis Smith was born on 30 Nov 1824 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales; was christened on 12 Jan 1825; died on 9 Sep 1865.

10.

James Cannon, 1820 Settler was born in 1798 in Herefordshire, England; died on 16 Jun 1877 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 3312
Name: James Cannon 1820
Occupation: a Sawyer
Religion: the Episcopal Church
Settler: 28 Dec 1819, Brixham, Devon, England
Occupation: 1830, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Sawyer
Occupation: 1840; a Labourer
Occupation: 1842, Kruis Fonteyn, Uitenhage District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

Lower Albany Chronicle Part 3 page 24 for 13 March 1844: James Thomas was a witness at the marriage of Mary Flanegan, widow, to James Cannon, widower.

Settler:
Wilkinson's party on the Amphitrite

James married Elizabeth Wild, 1820 Settler on 10 Jan 1828 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Wild, 1820 Settler and Anne Thornton, 1820 Settler) was born in 1811 in Shew Chappell, Lancashire, England; was christened on 12 May 1812 in Oldham Chapel (Shaw), Oldham, Lancashire, England; died on 24 Sep 1842 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Elizabeth Wild, 1820 Settler was born in 1811 in Shew Chappell, Lancashire, England; was christened on 12 May 1812 in Oldham Chapel (Shaw), Oldham, Lancashire, England (daughter of Abraham Wild, 1820 Settler and Anne Thornton, 1820 Settler); died on 24 Sep 1842 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 3058
Name: Elizabeth Wild 1820
Religion: the Church of England
Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Name of Deceased: Elizabeth CANNON (born WILD)
Birthplace: Shew Chappell, Lancashire, England
Nationality:
Father: Abraham WILD
Mother: Ann WILD
Age at Death: 31 years
Condition in Life: Farmer's Wife
Ordinary Residence: n/s
Marital Status: Married
Surviving Spouse: n/s
Date of Death: 24 September 1842
Place of Death: At her husband's house, Kruys Fontein, in Uitenhage District, C P
Place of Last Marriage n/s
Children:
Elizabeth CANNON
James CANNON
John CANNON
Robert CANNON
Rebecca CANNON
Ann Elizabeth Wild (sic)

ALL MINORS

Movable Property: The whole of the property vested in husband
Immovable Property: /
Estate Exceeds £: /
Was a Will Left: yes
Signed at: n/s
Dated on: n/s
Signed by: X Mark of James CANNON
In capacity of: n/s
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Source:
Depot Kab Source Mooc Type Ander Argiewe Volume_No 6/9/27 System 00
Reference 5746
Description CANNON, Elizabeth. (Nee WILD). Death Notice
Starting 1842 Ending 1842
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Settler:
Stanley's party on the John

Children:

5. Elizabeth Cannon was born on 14 Jun 1828; was christened on 27 Feb 1831 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Nov 1899.
Samuel Cannon was born about 1830; was christened on 27 Feb 1831 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James William Cannon was born about 1831; was christened on 25 Mar 1832 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Apr 1895 in Doornkloof, Alexandria district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Henry Cannon was born on 21 Aug 1834; was christened on 31 Aug 1834 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Oct 1891 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Robert Thornton Cannon was born on 5 May 1837; was christened on 4 Jun 1837 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Sep 1884 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Rebecca Maria Ann Cannon was born on 18 Dec 1839; was christened on 26 Jan 1840 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ann Elizabeth Cannon was born on 24 Sep 1842; was christened on 23 Oct 1842 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

12.

Lieutenant George Smith, 1820 Settler was born in 1786 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 2 Oct 1837 in George Vale, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 2980
Title: Lieutenant
Settler: 31 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Leader of his Settler party, allocated George Vale.

Name: Geo Smith
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1785
Birth Place: Manchester
Pension Admission or Examination Date: 7 Feb 1816
Regiment: 95th Foot described as having belly wound/born in Manchester of 95th/fought in Waterloo/fair complexion and grey eyes : from UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Died:
George Vale location

George married Mary Benson, 1820 Settler on 19 Mar 1818 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Mary was born about 1793 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary Benson, 1820 Settler was born about 1793 in England.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 2981
Settler: 31 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Children:

Elizabeth Caroline Smith was born in 1819 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was christened on 19 Jan 1819 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, LOancashire, England; died before 1820 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
William George Augustus Fitzroy Smith was born on 27 Jun 1820; was christened on 13 Apr 1823 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth Smith was born on 28 Dec 1822 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Apr 1823 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Bettisfred Crawford Smith was born about 1827 in George Vale, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jun 1855 in Fort England, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Cyrus De Wilton Smith was born on 20 Sep 1827 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Feb 1905 in Highlands, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. Charles Joseph Edlestone Smith was born on 5 Jul 1829 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Sep 1897.
Frances Matilda Smith was born on 16 Sep 1833; died before 1837.

14.

William Reynolds, (Pvt) was born about 1792 in London, England; died on 12 Dec 1855 in Fort England, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

Religion: the Protestant Church
MILI: 1827
Occupation: 1831, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Labourer
Occupation: 1840, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Canteen Keeper
Occupation: 1842, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Labourer
Occupation: 1844, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Carrier

Notes:

William REYNOLDS was born at sea about 1791 to 1793. He joined the 13th Hussars as a trumpeter in 1806 while still a boy and, according to his certificate of discharge from the army, fought in Portugal, Spain, at Waterloo (for which he was granted an extra two years service towards his pension), was sent to India in 1819 and transferred to the Cape regiment of Cavalry in 19 June 1823. The regiment was disbanded and he was discharged to pension in 1827.

Sarah had been married to another NCO in the Cape Regiment who died in 1826. William died 12 Dec 1855 at Fort England, Grahamstown.
Sarah was born about 1803 in Guernsey (Channel Islands) and died 23 May 1871. Both are buried in the Old Cemetery, Grahamstown.

MILI:
Description: His Majesty's Cape Corps Cavalry

William married Sarah Radcliffe on 1 Feb 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah was born about 1803 in Guernsey, Channel Islands; died on 23 May 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Sarah Radcliffe was born about 1803 in Guernsey, Channel Islands; died on 23 May 1871.

Other Events and Attributes:

Religion: the Protestant Church

Notes:

Widow, 3 children

Notes:

Married:
1 February 1827
1827, this 1st day of February 1827
William Reynolds
marital status: Bachelor
residence: of the District of Albany
and
Sarah Lewis
marital status: Widow
residence: of the same District
were married here by Banns
this 1st day of February 1827 by Thomas Ireland, Chaplain
This marriage was solemnized between us
groom signature: W. Reynolds
bride signature: Sarah Lewis' mark X
witnessed by: Chriestiena [Fenn], Rt Lund , Wm. Howard, John Butler's mark X
Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1826-1836, page 17, entry no 152. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 879-1. Transcribed by Lynn MacLeod as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois, and proofread by Sue Mackay

Children:

John Charles Reynolds was born on 7 May 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 20 May 1827 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Jul 1906 in Longford, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Robert Henry Reynolds was born on 14 Feb 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 10 Mar 1829 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Sep 1903 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Mathew Reynolds was born on 16 Nov 1830 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 May 1831 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Aug 1835 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
George Edward Reynolds was born on 20 Nov 1832.
Joseph Edward Reynolds was born on 1 Oct 1834 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Oct 1834 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Jan 1911 in Wooldridge, Peddie (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. Mary Ann Reynolds was born on 11 Nov 1836 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Dec 1836 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Apr 1918 in Orange Grove, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sarah Reynolds was born on 22 Mar 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Mar 1839 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Mar 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Thomas Reynolds was born on 30 May 1840 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 14 Jun 1840 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jul 1899 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Charles Francis Reynolds was born on 13 Jun 1842 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 10 Jul 1842 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Oct 1894 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alfred Samuel Reynolds was born on 20 Jun 1844; was christened on 4 Jul 1844 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jun 1879 in Blue Drift, Fish river, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alexander Sterley Reynolds was born on 2 Oct 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Oct 1868 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.