1. | George Henry Norval was born in 1890 (son of George Norval and Christina Elizabeth Watt); died in 1972. Other Events and Attributes:
George married Isabel Grace Thurgood on 5 Apr 1920. Isabel was born in 1892; died in 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | George Norval was born on 30 Sep 1842; was christened in Colesberg Church (DRC), Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa (son of John Norval and Mary Jane Murray, 1820 Settler); died in 1918. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Eldest surviving son of John and Mary. Farmed Rooipoort after his father. George married Christina Elizabeth Watt in 1881. Christina was born est 1860; died in 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Christina Elizabeth Watt was born est 1860; died in 1926. Other Events and Attributes:
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4. | John Norval was born on 25 May 1795 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of John Norval); died on 17 Oct 1875 in 'Roodipoort' ('Rooipoort'), Philippolis, Free State, South Africa; was buried on 19 Oct 1875 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Emigrated to the Cape in 1817, with his father, John, and his two uncles, Archibald and William. Arrived on the "Brilliant". Death Notice 6/9/2232. "Roodipoort" was his dwelling place. Death Notice gives value of his moveable and immoveable property in Colesberg and Colesberg District as about 7,000 pounds. John married Mary Jane Murray, 1820 Settler on 4 Dec 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of James Murray, 1820 Settler and Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler) was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Summerhill Bective Estate, Dublin (nr), Ireland; died on 17 Aug 1898 in 'Roodipoort' ('Rooipoort'), Philippolis, Free State, South Africa; was buried in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Mary Jane Murray, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Summerhill Bective Estate, Dublin (nr), Ireland (daughter of James Murray, 1820 Settler and Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler); died on 17 Aug 1898 in 'Roodipoort' ('Rooipoort'), Philippolis, Free State, South Africa; was buried in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: as the third child of James and Sarah. Had 13 children (Henry was the 7th). Death Notice gives her parents as George Murray and Sarah Armstrong. Will (1874) filed 1875.
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8. | John Norval was born in 1775 in Scotland. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: The Norval family in Glasgow were all brush and comb makers: the names James and William stayed in the Glasgow Directory as brush and comb makers from about 1790 - 1840.
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10. | James Murray, 1820 Settler was born in 1771 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 31 May 1836 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: James and Sarah emigrated to South Africa in 1820 on the ship "East Indian" as members of Parker's party Irish group. As mentioned in his son, Richard Armstrong Murray's will (see IFB: Reminiscences) he had a brother Alexander Murray, married to Hannah, both of Clapham, Surrey, both of whom appear to have died in the late 1830s. Mary Jane's death notice gives George Murray. James went to Ireland as a young man. James married Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler in 1802 in Dublin (St John's). Sarah (daughter of Andrew Armstrong and Sarah Atkins) was born in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler was born in 1779 (daughter of Andrew Armstrong and Sarah Atkins). Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Sarah was the fourth child of Andrew and Sarah.
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