Douglas Edwin Birch: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Generation: 2

Generation: 3

John Richard Foster was born on 29 Jun 1849; was christened on 26 Aug 1849 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa (son of John Foster, 1820 Settler and Mary Ann Cowsert); died on 15 Sep 1919.

John + Harriet Eliza Rubidge. Harriet (daughter of Herbert Jones Rubidge and Sophia Bennison Earle) was born in 1859 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Apr 1945 in Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet Eliza Rubidge was born in 1859 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Herbert Jones Rubidge and Sophia Bennison Earle); died on 29 Apr 1945 in Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Generation: 4

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John married Mary Ann Cowsert on 21 Aug 1848 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Robert Cowsert, 1820 Settler and Anna Clarke, 1820 Settler) died about 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Children:

6. John Richard Foster was born on 29 Jun 1849; was christened on 26 Aug 1849 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Sep 1919.
Anne Sophia Jane Foster was born on 24 Mar 1853; was christened on 18 Jul 1853 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa.
Robert George Foster was born on 5 Aug 1855; was christened on 7 Oct 1855 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa.
Mary Anne Foster was born on 15 Jan 1858; was christened on 18 Jul 1858 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jan 1859.
James Benjamin Foster was born on 1 Mar 1859; was christened on 12 Mar 1859 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 25 May 1859.
William Kent Foster was born on 17 Nov 1860; was christened on 30 Dec 1860 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa.
Joseph Alexander Foster was born on 4 Nov 1862; was christened on 4 Jan 1863 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa.
Alexander Gibb Foster was born on 15 Dec 1865; was christened on 18 Feb 1866 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa.

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Herbert Jones Rubidge was born on 18 Sep 1826 in Gletwyn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Commander Robert Henry Rubidge, R.N. and Hannah Payne Jones); died in 1860 in Gletwyn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Herbert married Sophia Bennison Earle on 10 Oct 1846 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sophia (daughter of William John Earle, 1820 Settler and Mary Boardman, 1820 Settler) was born about 1829 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Sep 1889 in Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sophia Bennison Earle was born about 1829 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of William John Earle, 1820 Settler and Mary Boardman, 1820 Settler); died on 21 Sep 1889 in Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Mary Payne Rubidge was born on 5 Sep 1847 in 'Portlock', Graaff Reinet, South Africa; was christened on 26 Sep 1847 in Graaff Reinet Church (St James), Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Jun 1919 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Doornkop, Transvaal, South Africa.
Sarah Margaret Rubidge was born on 22 Jul 1849 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Feb 1909 in Avondale, Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
Louisa Rubidge was born on 30 Jun 1851 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Jul 1851.
Robert Henry Rubidge was born on 9 Jun 1852 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jul 1922 in Gwalia Farm, Magaliesberg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Gwalia Farm, Magaliesberg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Herbert Earle Rubidge was born on 5 Nov 1853 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1870.
Florence Sophia Rubidge was born in 1857 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ernest William Rubidge was born about 1858 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Oct 1889.
7. Harriet Eliza Rubidge was born in 1859 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Apr 1945 in Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa.