Richard Reynolds Rathbone Blackburn: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Richard Reynolds Rathbone Blackburn was born on 11 Jan 1859 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of Andrew Blackburn and Eleanor Fleming); died on 18 Mar 1896 in South Africa.

Richard married Mary Shaw on 15 Jan 1891 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of William Clark Shaw and Sarah Catherine Holliday) was born on 23 Nov 1870 in Eland's Post, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Jan 1871 in St John's, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jun 1953 in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Graeme Fleming Blackburn was born on 9 Nov 1892; died about 1932.

Generation: 2

2. Andrew Blackburn died on 13 May 1867 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Andrew married Eleanor Fleming on 12 Jul 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor Fleming

Children:

Anna Blackburn was born on 3 Aug 1854; died on 9 Mar 1859.
William Cowan Blackburn was born on 7 Mar 1856; died on 25 Apr 1856.
Andrew Graeme Blackburn was born on 7 Mar 1857; died on 18 Jan 1906.
1. Richard Reynolds Rathbone Blackburn was born on 11 Jan 1859 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 18 Mar 1896 in South Africa.
Margot Williamson Blackburn was born on 28 May 1861; died on 28 Dec 1878.
Eleanor Fleming Blackburn was born on 10 Apr 1863.
James Fleming Blackburn was born on 2 Jun 1864; died on 1 Dec 1877.
Thomas Low Blackburn was born on 15 Dec 1866.