John Cubitt Francis

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Arrived in SA in the 1840s

John married Sarah Neal on 31 Aug 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Evelin Neal and Elizabeth Slater, 1820 Settler) was born in 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Sep 1829 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
31st August 1846 John Cubitt Frances aged: of full age, bachelor occupation: Accountant and Sarah Neil aged: under age, spinster were married at the private residence of Mr. Charles Cousins in Grahams Town 31st August 1846 by Banns, with consent of Mrs. Mary Cousins, her guardian, by John Heavyside Colonial Chaplain This marriage was solemnized between us groom signature: J.C. Francis bride signature: S. Neil witnessed by: John Swan, Sophia Neil X her mark Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1836-1849, page 106, entry no 307. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 879-2. Transcribed by Lorraine Beechey and proof read by Richard Ball, from photographs by William Jervois and with the agreement of the Cory Library
1846

1. Mary Ann Francis was born in 1848.
2. Mary Anne Emma Verity Francis was born cal 31 Oct 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Dec 1874 in Shadwell farm, Somerset East district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.