Richard Wentworth Thompson: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1.	Richard Wentworth Thompson was born on 10 Aug 1852 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Thompson and Elizabeth Smith); died in 1909 in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 2

James Thompson was born in 1818 in Oakham, Rutland, England; was christened in Oakham, Rutland, England (son of Robert Thompson and Mary Jane Costall); died on 13 Nov 1868 in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: 13 Nov 1868; Messenger of the Court

Notes:

James Thompson was the only child who emigrated to South Africa. Served as a Corporal with Royal Engineers at Fort Jackson. Occupation Millwright on leaving the military.
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James married Elizabeth Smith between Apr 1843 and Jun 1843 in Marylebone district, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Baird Smith and Elizabeth Charlotte Raynsford) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Smith was born on 1 Nov 1819 in Kentsham, Devon, England; was christened on 13 Dec 1819 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales (daughter of John Baird Smith and Elizabeth Charlotte Raynsford); died on 25 Aug 1901 in Bratach" Farm, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Mary Jane Charlotte Thompson was born on 5 Jan 1846 in St Pancras, London, England; died on 2 Nov 1929 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James John Bythesea Thompson was born in 1847 in St John's Wood, London, England; died on 22 Feb 1924 in Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Robert Smith Thompson was born on 24 Dec 1848 in St Pancras, London, England; died on 29 Jul 1915 in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Thomas Lambert Thompson was born on 26 Jun 1850 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Sep 1850 in Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1921 in Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
1. Richard Wentworth Thompson was born on 10 Aug 1852 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1909 in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Charlotte Somers Thompson was born on 7 Apr 1854 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1935 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Thomazine Costall Thompson was born on 9 Jul 1856 in Oliphantshoek, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Jun 1944 in Cremora, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Edward Healy Thompson was born in 1858 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1924 in Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mary Agnes Bythesea Thompson was born in 1860 in Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Feb 1938 in Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 3

Robert Thompson was born in 1789 in Woking, Surrey, England; died in 1853 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

Notes:

Robert Thompson - Occupation Inspector of Taxes in Oakham Rutland, Bath and Salisbury, Wiltshire in his career Edward Healy Thompson - Educated Oakham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England Occupation - Professor of English Literature at RC University Dublin, Ireland and Author Henry Thompson - Educated Oakham School and Magdalene Hall, Oxford, England Occupation - Minister of Religion James Thompson - Oakham School Occupation - Corporal with Royal Engineers stationed Fort Jackson, KWT Later Millwright John Costall Thompson - Educated Oakham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England Occupation - Author - See "Vision of Liberty" Charles Thompson - Oakham School and possibly Owens University Manchester Occupation - Doctor of Medicine Son Francis well known poet - details on Wikipedia + Google Books Ann Healy Thompson along with other siblings remaining in England, converted to Roman Catholic Church, she became a nun in Sisters of Mercy Order

Robert + Mary Jane Costall. Mary was born in 1789 in Rutland, England; died in 1867 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Jane Costall was born in 1789 in Rutland, England; died in 1867 in England.

Children:

Edward Healey Thompson was born in 1814 in Oakham, Rutland, England; died in 1891 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
Henry Thompson was born in 1815 in Oakham, Rutland, England.
2. James Thompson was born in 1818 in Oakham, Rutland, England; was christened in Oakham, Rutland, England; died on 13 Nov 1868 in Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Costall Thompson was born in 1822 in Oakham, Rutland, England; died in 1889 in Margate, Kent, England.
Charles Thompson was born in 1824 in Oakham, Rutland, England; died in 1896.
Ann Healey Thompson was born in 1826 in Oakham, Rutland, England.
Charlotte M Thompson was born in 1828 in Oakham, Rutland, England; died in 1856 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

6.	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:

3. 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.
John Francis Smith was born on 30 Nov 1824 in Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales; was christened on 12 Jan 1825; died on 9 Sep 1865.