Beryl Atherstone Atherstone

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Beryl married Herbert John Reynolds on 2 Jul 1917 in St Mary the Virgin Cathedral, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Herbert was born about 1879 in England; died in 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joan Atherstone-Reynolds
2. Peter Atherstone-Reynolds

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Charles + Emily Jane Dixon. Emily (daughter of William Paul Rabbett Dixon and Harriet Jane Ogilvie) was born about 1852; died on 24 Apr 1898 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 67
• Name: John (Dr) Atherstone 1820
• Occupation: a Surgeon
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Occupation: Between 1839 and 1848, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Surgeon

Notes:

1820 Settler: Ship Ocean; party Damant's . When Piet Reteif was planning to join the other Voortrekkers in 1838, Dr John and his son WG, rode together, presumably from their farm 'Iron Pot', later called 'Atherstone', near Highlands to Riebeck East in the hope that they could disuade them from leaving. They were unsuccessful, and Retief and his party were subsequently murdered by Dingaan.

Was widowed and married his wife's niece

ATHERSTONE, Dr. John, District Surgeon of Uitenhage and Cape Town and his son William Guybon aged five on arrival who studied medicine. William Guybon was a surgeon, geologist, botanist, artist and musician. He was the first doctor in South Africa to use an anaesthetic in 1847. It was he who identified a stone sent to him as a diamond, which established the value of the find - now Kimberley Diamond Mines - in 1878, and altered the history of this country. He founded the Scientific and Literary Society which developed into the Albany Museum, and started the Botanical Gardens in Grahamstown. He was a representative of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.
SOURCE: The Settler named Jeremiah Goldswain by Pauline GOLDSWAIN

Settler:
Damant's party on the Ocean

John married Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler on 20 Aug 1839 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ann (daughter of Thomas Sancroft Damant and Anna Grant) was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England; died on 11 Oct 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 175
• Name: Ann Grant Damant 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• WID : Widowed: 1835

Notes:

In the care of her uncle Edward Damant

Settler:
Damant's party on the Ocean

William married Harriet Jane Ogilvie on 6 Aug 1841 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Harriet (daughter of William Ogilvie and Mary Maria Hollings) was born on 1 Oct 1823 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jul 1894 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Atherstone family originates from Warwickshire, England, where there is a village named after the family, near Merevale. Atherstone and Atherstone Friary are named in the Doomsday Book. Early records show three brothers, William, Hugh and Samuel, moving from Higham-on-the-Hill in Leicestershire and settling in Nottingham about 1760. Hugh Atherstone is the direct ancestor of all the Atherstones in Africa. He, in company with his two brothers, owned a cloth dyeing business. He lived in Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham, and was a well known and highly respected citizen. His portrait was painted by Thomas Barber (his son-in-law). . He and his wife Ann Green had 15 children, four of whom are Mary, Hugh, Edwin, and John. of this method in any British Colony. Dr Atherstone was an extremely active man who, in addition to his medical profession and serving as the District Surgeon of Albany, had a wide range of subjects in which he was accomplished, such as music, art, astronomy, geology, botany and natural history. He had a wonderful collection of geological specimens, fossils and extensive notes. The hugC

Hugh + Ann Green. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DAMANT, Thomas, ex army officer (54th Foot), brother of John above. 17 arr. Cape as a settler to join his brother. Later he joined the party of 1820 settlers led by his second brother, Edward (174). He married Anne Grant, and they had a daughter, Anne (160). 10.12.23 Capt. T D, Miss Damant, and Miss Campbell, PL in 'Lady Mellvil' for London' (88). He later returned with more settlers. - from British Settlers at The Cape 1795-1819.

Thomas married Anna Grant in 1805. Anna was born in 1790 in Sutton; died in 1806 in Maidstone, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Anna Marie Grant

Charles + Elizabeth Paul. Elizabeth was born about 1776 in Ireland; died on 8 Apr 1839 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Morse Jones has William as a member of Shepherd's party, as a 25 year old merchant, that only arrived in 1825 which is incorrect! Peter Philip in his British Residents at the Cape 1795 - 1819 has William arriving in 1815, and marrying Maria Hollings, the governess to Lord Somerset's children.

William married Mary Maria Hollings in 1817 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born in 1800 in London, England; died on 23 Apr 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Ogilvie Vault, Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Maria Hollings was governess to Lord Charles Somerset's family. She died in 1835, having been poisoned by a Malay slave, and was buried in the Ogilvie vault, Grahamstown. Family of 4 sons and 4 daughters.