Beryl Rosa Irene Greathead

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Birth: 27 Aug 1880, Morgenson, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Death: 23 Jul 1958, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa

Notes:

Died:
Coronary Thrombosis

Beryl married James David Dallas on 9 Jan 1906 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. James (son of James Dallas and Anne Ryan) was born on 21 Dec 1873 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Jan 1874 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Aug 1959 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jack Donald Dallas
2. Denys Graham Dallas was born on 29 Nov 1912 in Wattles, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 13 Aug 1997 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
3. Lorna Elaine Dallas was born on 8 Dec 1906 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 2 Jul 1995 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Christian Community, Randburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
4. James Alexander Dallas was born on 10 Jul 1908 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa; was christened on 18 Oct 1908 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1986 in Harrare, Zimbabwe.
5. Edwin Hewitt Dallas was born on 15 Aug 1921; died in 1995 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Herbert Greathead
• Occupation: Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Farmer
• Occupation: Middleburg, Free State, South Africa; Farmer
• Education: 1855, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; St Andrew's College until 1857
• Residence: 1861, Kensington St Mary Abbott, Middlesex, England

Notes:

Issue : 7 children Farmed in Albany, Fort Beaufort and Middelburg.

Residence:
Age: 14; Relation to Head of House: Son

Herbert married Eliza Frances Halse on 15 Apr 1871 in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of Henry James Halse, 1820 Settler and Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler) was born on 29 Aug 1846 in South Africa; was christened on 7 Nov 1852 in South Africa; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Hilary Groves wrote and informed me that : "My great grandmother was Eliza Frances Halse who married Herbert Harding Greathead. The name order Eliza Frances is positive. I have a sampler embroidered by her as Eliza F. Halse. " Ivan Mitford-Barberton's 'Some Frontier Families', page 152 has her as Frances Eliza, and on page 143 has Herbert Harding Greathead marrying Elsie Halse. I. M-B also has her born 1852.

Bery's mother's name was variously spelt Elise, and also Frances Elise.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 285
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

At the age of 14 James Henry was sent out by his step-father, William Smith, to earn a living. He was taken into employment by William Wright, who later became his father in law. He was actively involved in mercantile pursuits in Cradock and Aliwal North. He was a member of the Legislative Council in 1858. He had 12 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. . from Hilary Groves Gedcom file : James Henry (son of 1820 Settler) Greathead. Born 12 DEC 1819 Dudley. Died 8 MAR 1864 Sunstroke. This young man rode alone from Bathurst to Grahamstown when he was only 14, in the midst of murdering bouts by blacks, in 1834.
see References from http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p105.htm#i2622 Worldwide Greathead family One-Name study

Settler:
Greathead's party on the Kennersley Castle

James married Eliza Julia Wright on 21 Feb 1842 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of William Wright, 1820 Settler and Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler) was born on 31 Oct 1824 in Sundays River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Sep 1908 in Fair Lawn, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 288
• Emigration: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Education: 1828, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Bathurst School
• SCHL: School Attendance: 19 Mar 1828, Bathurst School, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: 1851, Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; Registrar of the Magistrates Court (per Grahamstown Journal 8 Mar1851)
• Death: 6 Jun 1880, Mayfield, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Not mentioned in MD Nash

Emigration:
1820 Settler; Morgan's party on ship 'Ocean'

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Died:
Reburied Aliwal North 26 Aug 1937/8

Henry married Ann Lydia Poultney, 1820 Settler on 25 Apr 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ann (daughter of James Augustus Poultney, 1820 Settler and Ann Smith, 1820 Settler) was born on 19 Jun 1819 in London, England; was christened on 12 Nov 1819 in St Andrew , Holborn, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Oct 1895 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 16 Oct 1895 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 646
• Name: Ann Lydia Poultney 1820
• Birth: 19 Jun 1819, Surrey, England
• Emigration: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Immigration: 1820, South Africa

Notes:

Emigration:
1820 Settler; Morgan's party on ship 'Ocean'

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Immigration:
In Morgan's Party on S. Ocean

Notes:

Married:
St Georges Cathedral

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 284
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

James was head of the Greathead party of 1820 Settlers aboard the Kennersley Castle, arriving in Table Bay in March 1820. He was a surveyor by profession. James Henry Greathead the 1820 Settler, aged 24 and his brother William aged 20 put their names down and collected a small party, which together with the parties of Phillips, Southey, Bradshaw and Holder, all from the West Country, embarked at Bristol on the ship Kennersley Castle, and sailed early in January. There were 67 men, 36 women and 95 children on that ship of under 500 tons burthen, together with all their belongings. {Groves Gedcom file }

see also Reference http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p104.htm#i2580 Worldwide Greathead family One-Name study

Settler:
Greathead's party on the Kennersley Castle

James married Martha Hewitt, 1820 Settler on 21 Jul 1818 in St Mary’s, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Martha (daughter of Robert Hewitt and Martha Bissell) was born in 1800; died on 24 May 1842 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 322
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Settler:
Greathead's party on the Kennersley Castle

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 854
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

All of Julia Daniel's children, surnamed both Wright and Turvey, and including her daughter-in-law Rosa Stratford, formerly married to Aycliffe, arrived on the "Sir George Osborne" at Simon's Bay on 18th June, 1820. Thence to Algoa Bay, and eventually located at their allotment, twelve miles out of Grahamstown on the road to Trompetters Drift, near Governor's Kop. {Hilary Groves Gedcom}. . In 1855 William was elected a Member of the House of Assembly for Cradock. At the same election he was also returned for the district of Victoria East. {Some Frontier Families}

Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn

William married Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler on 8 Apr 1816 in Walcot, Somerset, England. Rosa was born on 25 Dec 1792 in Cork, Co Cork, Ireland; died on 16 Feb 1867 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 740
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Rosa Wright by much self denying economy saved a large sum of money which she bequeathed for the building and endowment of Christ Church, Grahamstown as a thank offering to God for all the blessings they had received in the country of their adoption. The foundation stone was laid in 1873 and the building was open for service in 1877. Illuminating the chancel of the church are six beautiful windows representing the Crucifiction, Ressurection and Ascension of Our Lord. This lovely church built in stone is claimed to be one of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture in South Africa. The great window on the south side is the first stained glass window to be made in South Africa and is the work of Prof. F. W. Armstrong, A.R.C.A. It is a memorial to Julia, the daughter of William and Rosa Wright. This Julia married James Henry Greathead. From the time th church was opened for service in 1877 until she died at the age of 83, Julia Greathead, and after her her daughter Rosa who died at the age of 99 used to sit whenever attending service in the pew directly under the great south window. { Some Frontier Families, p 303 }

She left money to build the Christ Church in Grahamstown.

Rosa was previously married to a Mr Ayliff, with whom she had one child which died.

Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 289
• Name: Thomas Henry Halse 1820
• Occupation: a Wholesale Warehouseman
• Occupation: 1819, Finsbury, Middlesex, England; Warehouseman
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 29 Sep 1825, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: 1827; a Messenger to the Landrost
• Occupation: 1827, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Messenger of the Court
• Occupation: 1846, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Bookkeeper

Notes:

Member of Morgan's party on the Ocean.

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Died:
At "Waterfall", Grahamstown Journal 20 Jan 1849

Buried:
Grahamstown Cemetery (Wesleyan/Methodist), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape,South Africa

Thomas married Susan Smith, 1820 Settler on 14 Jun 1816 in Parish Chapel, St Pancras, Camden, Middlesex, England. Susan (daughter of James Smith, daughter of James Smith) was born on 28 Aug 1799 in Sussex, England; died on 11 Aug 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Old Grahamstown Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 723
• Name: Susan Smith 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 29 Sep 1825, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

Died:
From SA National Archives search: DEPOT Genealogical Society of

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 647
• Name: James Augustus Poultney 1820
• Occupation: a Tailor
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Morgan's Party on Ocean Following from "Some Frontier Families", by Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, page 235. "Quoted from a letter from Mrs Esme Glazebrook of Westville, KwaZulu Natal, to Ivan. Our venerable and dearly beloved great-great grandfather, James Augustus Poultney, came out on the same vessel as Thomas Henry Halse. Their two children married. Henry Halse, the eldest, married Ann Poultney, J.A.P's eldest daughter. These two were my great grandparents. Two further children, Sarah Jane Poultney and Fred Halse also married and they were Cecil Halse's great-grandparents. The Poultneys went up to Grahamstown, and farmed in the vicinity of Queenstown. They were all splendid men, and both names (Halse and Poultney) have come down the years quite unblemished in any way. They were sheep farmers, and periodically took the wool down to East London. They were sons of James Augustus. One of the Marks men (I don't know whether it was the famous Sammy Marks or not), offered to finance a trip back to England to enable old J.A.P. to visit his homeland once again, and when the wool was ready to be taken to the coast the old man prepared to go down with the wagons and board a vessel for England. They slept in the wagons on reaching the coast, and the sons, in the middle of the night, offloaded the wool, inspanned the horses and started off for home, as they could not bear to part with the old man, and so he never visited hi beloved England after all. Settler J.A.P., after the death of his wife, lived with his daughter Sarah Jane (Poultney) Halse. In his old age he lost the sight of one eye - cataract - and some time later the sight of the other, thus becoming totally blind. He remained in this state for some years, but in a letter from Sarah Jane in 1853 she mentioned that his sight had been partially restored. It was a time of great rejoicing as he was able to recognise his children again after years of darkness, and all the family came to see and be seen. "

Notes extracted from Gordon Keith Poultney's Web Page
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JAMES AUGUSTUS POULTNEY and his wife ANN (nee Smith), aged 28 and 21 respectively, with their baby daughter, ANN, of four months, sailed on the ship "Ocean" from London in December 1819 or early January 1820. The River Thames had been frozen over for some weeks, so that the ships had been ice-bound. All the ships experienced very bad weather - some were nearly shipwrecked soon after leaving harbour. Several ships, including the Ocean, had to put in to Portsmouth for shelter. During the storm the Ocean broke from her moorings and collided with the "Northampton", but without any serious consequences. After the ships had passed through the Bay of Biscay the weather improved.

The party on the Ocean under the leadership of Dr N. Morgan numbered 41 - this was the Poultneys' group. There were three other parties on board - the total number of settlers being 206.

During the voyage, the Poultneys' ship called at Porto Praya, one of the Cape Verde Islands. Whilst lying at her anchorage there, in the dead of night, her passengers were rudely awakened by the booming of a cannon, followed by the tearing noise of the cannon ball through the rigging. One of the shore batteries had opened fire - this from a supposedly friendly port. While the scared passengers were wondering what was happening, a second discharge was heard, and this time the ball hit the ship, smashing through the side and entering a store-room just below one of the cabins. Excitement and consternation were intense. A third ball was fired and this one fell short, hissing as it entered the sea as if it were a red-hot shot. It turned out later that the shore batteries were "trigger happy" and had thought that the Ocean or another settler ship were the same as had fired on the port a few weeks previously. Fortunately the mistake was discovered before the Ocean was destroyed.

The ships had an uneventful voyage after this ! It took until 9th Apri1 1820 before the first ship dropped anchor in Algoa Bay - the last arrived late in June.

One of the passengers on the Poultneys' ship was Mr Bishop Burnett, a retired Royal Navy Lieutenant, who later achieved much notoriety by horse-whipping an army surgeon near Grahamstown. Lengthy legal proceedings resulted in the British Government to alter its constitutional policy in the Cape.

The Morgan (Poultney) party settled on a plot of land about 4 square miles in area, situated about 7 miles East of Grahamstown, to the right of the present national road as one travels from Grahamstown to Peddie.

Morgan's Party on Ocean
Following from "Some Frontier Families", by Ivan Mitford-Barberton &Violet White, page 235.
"Quoted from a letter from Mrs Esme Glazebrook of Westville, KwaZulu Natal, toIvan.
Our venerable and dearly beloved great-great grandfather, James AugustusPoultney, came out on the same vessel as Thomas Henry Halse. Their twochildren married. Henry Halse, the eldest, married Ann Poultney, J.A.P'seldest daughter. These two were my great grandparents. Two furtherchildren, Sarah Jane Poultney and Fred Halse also married and they wereCecil Halse's great-grandparents. The Poultneys went up to Grahamstown,and farmed in the vicinity of Queenstown. They were all splendid men,and both names (Halse and Poultney) have come down the years quiteunblemished in any way. They were sheep farmers, and periodically tookthe wool down to East London. They were sons of James Augustus. One ofthe Marks men (I don't know whether it was the famous Sammy Marks ornot), offered to finance a trip back to England to enable old J.A.P. tovisit his homeland once again, and when the wool was ready to be taken tothe coast the old man prepared to go down with the wagons and board avessel for England. They slept in the wagons on reaching the coast, andthe sons, in the middle of the night, offloaded the wool, inspanned thehorses and started off for home, as they could not bear to part with theold man, and so he never visited hi beloved England after all. SettlerJ.A.P., after the death of his wife, lived with his daughter Sarah Jane(Poultney) Halse. In his old age he lost the sight of one eye - cataract- and some time later the sight of the other, thus becoming totallyblind. He remained in this state for some years, but in a letter fromSarah Jane in 1853 she mentioned that his sight had been partiallyrestored. It was a time of great rejoicing as he was able to recognisehis children again after years of darkness, and all the family came tosee and be seen. "

Came to S.A. on the ship Ocean in 1820, a member of Morgans party. They
came from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean

James married Ann Smith, 1820 Settler on 16 Nov 1817 in St.John's, Horsleydown,Surrey, England. Ann (daughter of James Smith) was born about 1798 in Surrey, England; died on 12 May 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 721
• Name: Anne Smith 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Morgan's party on the Ocean