Gordon Vernon Amos: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Gordon Vernon Amos was born on 25 Dec 1890 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Charles Henry Amos and Emma Esther Cairns); died on 16 Jul 1965 in Bloemhok Farm, Haenertsburg, Northern, South Africa.

Gordon married Margaret Elizabeth Wiggill on 1 Jun 1921 in Haenertsburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Margaret (daughter of Walter John Wiggill and Ida Kate Miller) was born on 29 Dec 1897 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 20 Jan 1900 in Queenstown Wesleyan Church; died on 25 Dec 1956 in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Charles Henry Amos was born about 1844 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Edward Taylor Amos, 1820 Settler and Maria Catharina Froneman); died on 9 Mar 1920 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Charles married Emma Esther CairnsAberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Emma (daughter of James Alexander Cairns and Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter) was born about 1853 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1915 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma Esther Cairns was born about 1853 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Alexander Cairns and Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter); died on 24 Apr 1915 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Catherine Elizabeth Amos was born on 17 Oct 1871 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Henrietta Alexandra Amos was born on 20 Nov 1872 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Alexander Amos was born on 8 Apr 1876.
Charles Henry Amos was born on 5 May 1880.
Ethel May Amos was born on 4 May 1882.
Eira Mary Emma Amos was born on 27 Aug 1885.
1. Gordon Vernon Amos was born on 25 Dec 1890 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1965 in Bloemhok Farm, Haenertsburg, Northern, South Africa.
Norman Albert Erns-Cliff Amos was born about 1889 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Avril Alice Amos was born about 1891.
Harry Clifton Amos was born about 1895.
Henry James Amos was born on 8 Apr 1876.
Jessy Hope Amos was born on 27 Mar 1884.

Generation: 3

4.	Edward Taylor Amos, 1820 Settler was born in 1813; was christened on 18 Jul 1813 in St Peter, Swingfield, Kent, England (son of Henry Amos and Elizabeth Ambrose, 1820 Settler); died on 4 Jul 1873 in South Africa. Edward married Maria Catharina Froneman on 24 May 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
Maria Catharina Froneman
Children:

2. Charles Henry Amos was born about 1844 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Mar 1920 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

6.	James Alexander Cairns was born about 1826 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Alexander Cairns and Maria Johanna Nortje); died on 28 Jun 1904 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. James + Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter

Children:

3. Emma Esther Cairns was born about 1853 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1915 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mary Johanna Cairns
Catherine Agnes Cairns
James Alexander Cairns was born on 14 Jun 1854 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was christened on 23 Jul 1854; died on 12 Jun 1900 in Glennifer, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Susanna Elizabeth Cairns
Hester Magdalene Cairns was born about 1870 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Aug 1936 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Henrietta Adelaide Cairns
Nina Alice Cairns was born about 1874 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Aug 1927 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Generation: 4

8.	Henry Amos was born about 1780 in Kent, England; died about 1818. Henry + Elizabeth Ambrose, 1820 Settler. Elizabeth was born about 1784; died on 19 Jan 1854 in Kariega, Eastern Cape Proince, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Ambrose, 1820 Settler was born about 1784; died on 19 Jan 1854 in Kariega, Eastern Cape Proince, South Africa.

Children:

Rebecca Amos, 1820 Settler was born on 7 Sep 1808 in Svensfif, Dover, Kent, England; was christened on 2 Oct 1808 in St Mary the Virgin, Elham, Kent, England; died on 25 Nov 1890 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sarah Amos, 1820 Settler was born in 1811; was christened on 10 Feb 1811 in St Peter, Swingfield, Kent, England.
4. Edward Taylor Amos, 1820 Settler was born in 1813; was christened on 18 Jul 1813 in St Peter, Swingfield, Kent, England; died on 4 Jul 1873 in South Africa.
Thomas Amos, 1820 Settler was born in 1816 in England; was christened on 18 Feb 1816 in St.Peter and St.Paul, River, Kent, England; died about 1900.

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James Alexander Cairns

James married Maria Johanna Nortje on 6 Oct 1825 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Maria was born on 10 Apr 1781 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Nov 1850 in Olifant's Hoek, Albany didstrict, Easter Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maria Johanna Nortje was born on 10 Apr 1781 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Nov 1850 in Olifant's Hoek, Albany didstrict, Easter Cape, South Africa.

Children:

6. James Alexander Cairns was born about 1826 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Jun 1904 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.