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Blanche Muriel Smith

Female 1883 - 1978  (95 years)


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  1. 1.  Blanche Muriel Smith was born in 1883; was christened on 26 Nov 1883 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Cyrus De Wilton Smith and Mary Ann Janet Keightley); died in 1978.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Name: Blanche Muriel De Wilton Smith
    • Birth: 7 Sep 1883, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    Cathcart Methodist

    Birth:
    Highland

    Blanche married William James Paxton on 21 Apr 1911 in Highlands, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. William (son of Nathaniel Paxton and Mary Johanna Cairns) was born on 18 May 1882; died on 11 Aug 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Highlands

    Children:
    1. Neville Paxton
    2. Maude Paxton
    3. Nancy Paxton

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cyrus De Wilton Smith was born on 20 Sep 1827 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Lieutenant George Smith, 1820 Settler and Mary Benson, 1820 Settler); died on 25 Feb 1905 in Highlands, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    Referring to Cyrus De Wilton SMITH (son of settler George SMITH)she writes:
    "My grandfather was 14 years old when he went off to earn his own living. He worked in a factory in Grahamstown. Later he bought a wagon and oxen and did transport riding to Kimberley. After some years he married Mary Ann Janet KEIGHTLEY and bought a block or FOUR farms in the Cathcart district : HIGHLANDS;GRASSLANDS;GLEN RENNOX and KILDARE..all of which were left to his four sons"( he had 17 children in total only eight survived infancy)

    << Does anyone know if these farms are still in existence? I think he would have purchased them after 1860 and before 1890.
    And if by any small chance they are still in the SMITH/PAXTON family?? The PAXTON and SMITH families were very close. Each family had eight Children that used to play together. Cheri Marshall >>

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23580-56309-76?cc=1468076&wc=M9HS-PK6:1314216465

    Cyrus + Mary Ann Janet Keightley. Mary (daughter of Joseph George Curle Keightley and Janet Dogherty) was born in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Janet Keightley was born in 1844 (daughter of Joseph George Curle Keightley and Janet Dogherty).

    Notes:

    Nolene Lossau has her surname as SAMUEL, and has the first son of Cyrus and Mary Ann Janet married to Mary Ann Janet KEIGHTLEY, who was supposedly born in 1875. I think there is some discrepancy here... for father and son to both marry a Mary Ann Janet is stretching credulity a bit!

    Children:
    1. De Wilton Smith was born about 1863.
    2. Henry Benson Smith was born about 1875; died on 7 Apr 1937 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa.
    3. Jane de Wilton Smith was born on 17 Nov 1867 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Jan 1868 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Hamlyn De Wilton Smith was born about 1868; died in 1954 in Cape Province, South Africa.
    5. Amy Sarah Smith was born on 23 Apr 1869 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Jun 1869 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1960 in Transvaal, South Africa.
    6. Myrna Mary Smith was born on 21 Jul 1877 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Sep 1877 in Seymour, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Kathie Lelya Smith was born on 21 Jul 1877 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Sep 1877 in Seymour, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died about 1930 in Cape Province, South Africa.
    8. Arthur Rennox Smith was born on 13 Jul 1881; was christened on 25 Sep 1881 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. 1. Blanche Muriel Smith was born in 1883; was christened on 26 Nov 1883 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1978.
    10. Roydon Smith was born on 9 Jan 1886 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Mar 1886 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1919 in Cape Province, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lieutenant George Smith, 1820 Settler was born in 1786 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 2 Oct 1837 in George Vale, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 2980
    • Title: Lieutenant
    • Settler: 31 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    Leader of his Settler party, allocated George Vale.

    Name: Geo Smith
    Pension Admission or Examination Age: 31
    Birth Year: abt 1785
    Birth Place: Manchester
    Pension Admission or Examination Date: 7 Feb 1816
    Regiment: 95th Foot described as having belly wound/born in Manchester of 95th/fought in Waterloo/fair complexion and grey eyes : from UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925


    Settler:
    George Smith's party on the Stentor

    Died:
    George Vale location

    George married Mary Benson, 1820 Settler on 19 Mar 1818 in Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Mary was born about 1793 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Benson, 1820 Settler was born about 1793 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 2981
    • Settler: 31 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

    Notes:

    Settler:
    George Smith's party on the Stentor

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Caroline Smith was born in 1819 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was christened on 19 Jan 1819 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, LOancashire, England; died before 1820 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    2. William George Augustus Fitzroy Smith was born on 27 Jun 1820; was christened on 13 Apr 1823 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Caroline Amelia Elizabeth Smith was born on 28 Dec 1822 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Apr 1823 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. John Bettisfred Crawford Smith was born about 1827 in George Vale, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jun 1855 in Fort England, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 2. Cyrus De Wilton Smith was born on 20 Sep 1827 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Feb 1905 in Highlands, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. Charles Joseph Edlestone Smith was born on 5 Jul 1829 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Sep 1897.
    7. Frances Matilda Smith was born on 16 Sep 1833; died before 1837.

  3. 6.  Joseph George Curle Keightley was born on 22 Feb 1823 in Fort Willshire, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Thomas Keightley and Mary, - wife of William Thomas Keightley); died on 20 Jul 1889 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Joseph George Curl Keightley
    • Occupation: 1843, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Mason

    Notes:

    name Joseph George Curle seen
    signed Joseph Cyrl in Marriage Register

    Joseph married Janet Dogherty on 17 Jan 1843 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Janet was born on 29 Mar 1826 in Antigua, West Indies; died on 29 May 1898 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cemetery, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Janet Dogherty was born on 29 Mar 1826 in Antigua, West Indies; died on 29 May 1898 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa Cemetery, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Description: Rev John Heavyside
    Consent of Guardian: Robert Yarborough

    Children:
    1. Henry Thomas Keightley was born on 20 Oct 1843 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Nov 1843 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Jun 1916 in Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Paul's Anglican Church, Komgha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 3. Mary Ann Janet Keightley was born in 1844.
    3. Eliza Keightley was born about 1846.
    4. William Keightley was born about 1849; died on 14 Nov 1879 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. child Keightley was born about 1852.
    6. Emily Jane Keightley was born on 24 Mar 1854; was christened on 16 Apr 1854 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Septimus Keightley was born about 1856.
    8. Frederick Warden Keightley was born about 1858.
    9. Margaret Keightley was born about 1860.
    10. Jessie Keightley


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Thomas Keightley was born about 1794 in England; died on 14 Nov 1879 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    He served in the military between 1834-1853 in 91st Regiment of Foot.

    William married Mary, - wife of William Thomas Keightley about 1818. Mary was born about 1799; died on 10 Jul 1824 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Mary, - wife of William Thomas Keightley was born about 1799; died on 10 Jul 1824 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. William George Howe Keightley was born on 18 Jul 1819 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Apr 1880 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. 6. Joseph George Curle Keightley was born on 22 Feb 1823 in Fort Willshire, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Jul 1889 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Elizabeth Keightley was born on 10 Jul 1824 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


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