Francis Augusta Wentworth

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Francis married Jacob Govert Rex on 1 Nov 1849 in Knysna Church, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa. Jacob (son of George Rex and Johanna Rosina van de Caap) was born on 16 Jun 1805 in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jun 1882 in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Georges Anglican Church Cemetery,Knysna,Cape,South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eliza Georgina Rex was born on 10 Aug 1850.
2. Elizabeth Caroline Rex was born on 11 Sep 1852; died on 4 Nov 1930.
3. George Rex was born on 2 Aug 1854; died on 26 Mar 1890.
4. Charles Augustus Wentworth Turrie Rex was born on 15 May 1856.
5. Jacob Henry Sewell Rex was born on 14 May 1858; died on 14 Sep 1920.
6. Edward Rex was born on 10 Jul 1860; died in May 1862.
7. John Muskett Dalgairns Rex was born on 9 Aug 1862.
8. Francis Augusta Rex was born on 9 Apr 1864.
9. Florence Annie Rex was born on 26 Jan 1866; died about 1925.
10. Wentworth Fitzwilliam Edward Rex was born on 20 Jan 1868.

Notes:

Dr Charles Wentworth went to South Africa as a young man with the 1820Settlers on The Duke of Marlborough, sailing from Portsmouth as an'individual settler' (not part of a recognised party) to be the House Surgeon to Lord Charles Somerset after the departure of Dr James Barry.
He later practiced at Uitenhage where he met his wife, a daughter of one of the 1820 Settlers.

Charles Augustine Wentworth was one of the 3 independent settler doctors and arrived on board the Duke of Marlborough. Although he was not fully qualified he was licensed as a surgeon, apothecary and accoucheur on 24 April 1821, and he practised in Cape Town. He was appointed as medical attendant to the household of His Excellency the Governor on 12 January 1826. On 18 December 1827 he was given the post of district surgeon of Uitenhage, where he served until his death by suicide in 1834.

Charles married Eliza Dalgairns, 1820 Settler on 15 Jan 1831 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of Charles Dalgairns, 1820 Settler and Charlotte) was born about 1807 in Scotland; died on 27 Jan 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1516
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Dn # 3277 of 1882.
Name: Eliza WENTWORTH.
Birthplace: Scotland.
Parents: John & A. DALGAINS.
Age: 75yrs.
Occupation: Gentleman.(her late husband?).
Marital Status: Widow.
Date of death: 27.1.1882.
Place of death: ? house. (unable to decipher).
Children: Both majors.
1) Catharine MUSKOTT? (difficult to decipher second name).
2) Jessie REX.
Property: Movable only.
Signed by ? REX. (unable to decipher initials).

Settler:
Dalgairns party on the Northampton

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1514
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

1820 Settler, leader of Dalgairns Party numbering 33 from London on the Northampton departing from Portsmouth

Settler:
Dalgairns party on the Northampton

Charles + Charlotte. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]