1. | Eleanor Maria Holmes was born on 28 Jun 1877 (daughter of Benjamin Holmes and Ann Earl Griffin); died on 24 May 1955. Other Events and Attributes:
Eleanor married Walter Robert Birt on 4 Oct 1897 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Walter was born in 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Benjamin Holmes was born about 1833 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Jul 1913 in Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Benjamin + Ann Earl Griffin. Ann (daughter of Thomas Griffin, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Staines) was born on 14 May 1844 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Mar 1913 in Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Ann Earl Griffin was born on 14 May 1844 in Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Thomas Griffin, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Staines); died on 10 Mar 1913 in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
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6. | Thomas Griffin, 1820 Settler was born on 1 Sep 1811 in London, England; was christened on 20 Oct 1811 in St Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England (son of Thomas Griffin, 1820 Settler and Sarah Yates, 1820 Settler); died on 26 Nov 1874 in Hantley, Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Settler: Thomas married Elizabeth Staines on 12 Nov 1833 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth was born in 1815 in England; died in 1852 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth Staines was born in 1815 in England; died in 1852 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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12. | Thomas Griffin, 1820 Settler was born on 15 May 1784 in Islington, London, England (son of James Griffin and Lydia, - wife of James Griffin); died on 24 Sep 1843 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: He was born in City Road, Islington, London, the son of James and Lydia Griffin. He joined the Royal Navy and fought on shore in the Egyptian campaign of 1801 until the surrender of Alexandria. In 1805 he served at Trafalgar in HMS Mars under Captain Duff. He married Sarah Yates at All Hallows Church, Tower, in 1809. He was located with the main body of Bailie's party at Cuylerville, but subsequently established himself outside the party's location between the Kleinemonden Rivers, where he was refused permission to remain. He moved to Port Elizabeth in 1822, where he obtained a small grant of land. He was court messenger in 1828. He died in his own house at Port Elizabeth in 1843, leaving a widow and nine children, Sarah (Lake), Thomas, Joseph, Elizabeth (Cato), Har¬riet (Cato), Margaret (Williams), Stephen William, Charles and Henry. His estate consisted of movable and immovable property. Mrs Sarah Griffin practised as a midwife in Port Elizabeth before moving to Natal where seven of her children eventually settled. 1820 Settlers Memorial Museum, Griffin family information; CO 8450 no.l 10,29.10.1821; CO 178 no.150, 14.7.1822; CO 8452 no.91, 15.11.1822; Directory 1828; MOOC 6/9/31 d.n. 6411/1843; GTJ 18.11.1872; MOOC 6/9/141 d.n. 8811/1872; information about Natal settlers from Mrs S.Spencer. Thomas married Sarah Yates, 1820 Settler in 1809 in All Hallows Church, Tower Hamlets, London, England. Sarah was born on 2 Jun 1780 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 19 Aug 1780 in Tredington, Worwickshire, England; died in 1872 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Sarah Yates, 1820 Settler was born on 2 Jun 1780 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 19 Aug 1780 in Tredington, Worwickshire, England; died in 1872 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Settler:
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