Alexander Ernest Futter

Family/Spouse: Nola Mary Whittal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Roy Ernest George Futter
2. Gail Mary Futter

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Ernest married Ottilia Louisa Charlotte Fischer on 21 Jun 1911 in Married by Rev CL Gurney. Ottilia (daughter of Jorgan Fischer and Margaret Baird Oswald Chapman) was born on 28 Apr 1887 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 May 1981 in Selukwe, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Butcher and Baker

Notes:

from Maureen McLelland:
Charles and his brother William were married to two sisters. He remarried after Mary's death (not sure who, some say a Mrs Wright and other say a Mrs Leger. The new wife was a very stern stepmother.
Charles sold his portion of "Hammerhead farm" to his brother William for £700 on 2 Jun 1892. He & Mary then moved to farm in the Transkei. Charles drowned at Mazeppa Bay, Transkei.

Charles married Mary Jane James on 25 Apr 1876. Mary (daughter of Thomas Samuel James and Elizabeth Mathilda Rudman) was born on 24 Dec 1854; died on 3 Nov 1895 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

from Maureen McLelland
She died about 2 weeks after the birth of her last child, Benjamin. He and his older sister, Ethel were taken care of by the daughters of William & Martha (Mary's sister)

Notes:

7 daughters with Margaret !

Jorgan + Margaret Baird Oswald Chapman. Margaret was born on 14 Jan 1845 in Grangemouth, Stirling, Scotland; died on 10 Mar 1918 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: 1848, Winterberg; a Farmer
• Occupation: 1852, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker

Notes:

Per Maureen McClelland:
"William was said to have been born in the Grahamstown jail during an attack by hostile Xhosa. His death certificate 53/1906 states cause of death as senile decay. Doctor's letter 4/2/1905 says treated for heart disease, atheroma & antic disease. He fathered 9 children with 1st wife and 10 children with 2nd wife."

William married Eleanor Mary King on 19 Oct 1841 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eleanor (daughter of Joseph King, 1820 Settler and Mary Butcher, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 May 1824 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 25 Mar 1827 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1864 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Elanor Mary (May) King
• Name: Eleanor Mary 'May' King
• Occupation: a Housewife

Notes:

She was also known as Ellen.

Description: Rev Thomas Ireland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1848, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Mason

Notes:

Came to SA from Reading, England after the 1820 Settlers.
Apparently he ran away from home at the age of 16 and stowed away on one of the boats.
His trade was a stone mason ?

Thomas married Elizabeth Mathilda Rudman on 19 Jul 1848 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Rudman, 1820 Settler and Ann Tringham, 1820 Settler) was born on 26 Mar 1830 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Apr 1830 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1903 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hammerhead farm, Kubusie, Stutterheim District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev Herbert Beaver

Witnesses: M Bain, H Bain