Edward Charles Campbell: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1.
Edward Charles Campbell (son of William Cumming Campbell and Maria Gertruida Catherina du Randt).
Other Events and Attributes:
1820 Lineage: Yes

Generation: 2

2.	William Cumming Campbell was born about 1857 (son of Alexander Gunning Campbell and Martha Elizabeth Nel). Other Events and Attributes: 1820 Lineage: Yes Notes: had 11 children William + Maria Gertruida Catherina du Randt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria Gertruida Catherina du Randt

Children:

Generation: 3

Alexander Gunning Campbell was born on 27 Jul 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Dr Peter Campbell, 1820 Settler and Mary Ann Cumming); died on 16 Mar 1896 in Gubenxa, Elliot district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

The farm belonging to the Campbell’s was next to St. Lawrence. and the young Campbells and Mundells grew up together. Elizabeth and her younger brother William Finaughty both married into the Campbell family.

Alexander + Martha Elizabeth Nel. Martha was born about 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha Elizabeth Nel was born about 1837.

Children:

2. William Cumming Campbell was born about 1857.
Martha Elizabeth Campbell was born about 1860.
Mary Ann Cumming Campbell was born about 1862.
Louis Andrew Campbell was born about 1863.
Thomas Alexander Cumming Campbell was born on 18 Jul 1863.
Edward Charles Cumming Campbell was born about 1874.
Agnes Cumming Campbell was born about 1876.
Annie Amelia Katherine Campbell was born about 1877.
Frederick Archibald Campbell was born about 1879.
Neil Johannes H Campbell was born about 1883.

Generation: 4

Dr Peter Campbell, 1820 Settler was born in 1788 in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland (son of Peter Campbell and Margaret, - wife of Peter Campbell); died on 31 Jul 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 2654
Occupation: Surgeon
Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England
Residence: 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Peter Campbell came from Ireland in the Aurora and had qualified M.R.C.S. in 1809. He had practised in London before emigrating. He was licensed to practise in December 1820 and his home was in Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, where he lived until hi death in 1837.
He acted as district surgeon of Albany for a few year and was a member of the Eastern Committee of the Medical Council. He wa a prominent Freemason, founded the Albany Lodge 389 in 1828, and was its Worshipful Master for some years. He is reported as having 'entered wholeheartedly into the vigorous communal life of early Grahamstown'.

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

Peter married Mary Ann Cumming on 28 Jul 1826. Mary was born in Hythe, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Cumming was born in Hythe, Kent, England.

Children:

4. Alexander Gunning Campbell was born on 27 Jul 1827 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Mar 1896 in Gubenxa, Elliot district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Rosina Jane Campbell