Geoffrey Vivian Farmer Brent: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1.
Geoffrey Vivian Farmer Brent
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:

David Ashley Farmer Brent

Stephen Kenrick Farmer Brent

Michael James Farmer Brent

Generation: 2

Bruce Brent was born in 1901 (son of Harry Bruce Brent and Ameliora Anne Farmer); died about 1963.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Bruce + Winifred Marion Whitfield. Winifred (daughter of William James Whitfield and Margaret McDowall McGill) was born on 8 Jan 1914 in Xorana, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jan 1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winifred Marion Whitfield was born on 8 Jan 1914 in Xorana, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of William James Whitfield and Margaret McDowall McGill); died on 16 Jan 1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Occupation: a Clerk
Residence: Hooglend Plek (no:310), Cutten Street, Horizen, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

Children:

Generation: 3

Harry Bruce Brent was born on 10 Feb 1862; was christened on 28 May 1863 in Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Thomas Brent, 1820 Settler and Mary Elliott); died in 1946.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Harry + Ameliora Anne Farmer. Ameliora was born on 9 May 1870 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ameliora Anne Farmer was born on 9 May 1870 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Meliora Anne Farmer
Residence: Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Original name Ameliora Anne Farmer; apparently in common usage became Meliora, born 9th May, 1870, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. Arrived South Africa from Australia between July and November 1884, as did her 3 siblings.
Her siblings should also be listed, Irene Mary Martha Farmer born June 1866, Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Edith Elizabeth Farmer, born 12th May,1871, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. Sir George Richard Hugh Farmer (Baronet re. British title), probably known as Hugh, born 5th June, 1873, possibly at Footscray, birth registered Maribynong, (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia; died South Africa 1891.

I have found your site most in useful in giving me clues to track this family after they left Australia for South Africa. The children were all orphans by this time and went to live with a sister of their father ; Sophia, who had married Kallenberg. They all lived the rest of their lives in South Africa. I am not a relative but this family lived in the house we own in Bacchus Marsh and I am writing the history of the house , built 1861/2. Ameliora & Edith would have been born at home here. Their father, born in Britain 1829, went to Tasmania about 1849. Their mother was born in Tasmania in 1838. Her family came from Britain in 1830. By 1866 this couple moved to the colony of Victoria, Australia. She died 1874 and he in1883.

per Dianne van Leuvan

Children:

Theodora Mary Brent was born on 9 Aug 1891.
Edith Irene Brent was born on 10 Jul 1895.
Nellie Farmer Brent was born on 22 Jul 1897 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Jan 1951 in Hill Street (No:341), Arcadia, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Pretoria Cemetery (New), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
2. Bruce Brent was born in 1901; died about 1963.
Irene Brent was born in 1907.
Nora Brent was born in 1908.
George Brent

William James Whitfield was born on 4 May 1872 in Kentani, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Arthur Armstrong Whitfield and Mary Ann Trow); died on 18 May 1934.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

He was the adopted son of Arthur and started the Xorana Trading store in 1899
see : https://web.archive.org/web/20020817025110/http://members.freemail.absa.co.za:80/aawhit/0189.HTM

He was the adopted son of Arthur and started the XoranaTrading store in 1899

William married Margaret McDowall McGill in Dec 1899. Margaret (daughter of ?? McGill and ?? Ewing) was born on 27 Oct 1882 in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 May 1956 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret McDowall McGill was born on 27 Oct 1882 in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of ?? McGill and ?? Ewing); died on 8 May 1956 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Notes:

Born in Lanark Motherwell County Wigtownshire Scotland. Emigrated to SA as an infant. Mother's maiden name: Ewing Died of a stroke in Cape Town, burried in Umtata.

Died:
Description: a stroke

Children:

3. Winifred Marion Whitfield was born on 8 Jan 1914 in Xorana, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jan 1976 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Generation: 4

Thomas Brent, 1820 Settler was born in 1814 in Bristol, Somerset, England (son of Thomas Brent, 1820 Settler and Grace Elliott, 1820 Settler); died on 9 Nov 1876.

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1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 1126
Name: Thomas Brent 1820
Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Thomas married Mary Elliott on 7 Feb 1838 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of William Elliott, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Rodgers, 1820 Settler) was born on 29 Sep 1821; was christened on 25 Mar 1827 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Jun 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Elliott was born on 29 Sep 1821; was christened on 25 Mar 1827 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of William Elliott, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Rodgers, 1820 Settler); died on 7 Jun 1889.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

name spelt Elliot in register

Description: Rev Thomas Ireland

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev James Barrow

Children:

Thomas Brent was born on 22 Oct 1838; was christened on 16 Dec 1838; died on 27 Jul 1896.
James Brent was born on 23 Jul 1841 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Aug 1902 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mary Anne Brent was born on 25 Jul 1842 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 2 Oct 1842 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Elliott Brent was born in 1845 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Aug 1928 in Prince Alfred Infirmary, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 20 Aug 1928 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Gilbert Brent was born on 29 Jan 1847; was christened on 9 May 1847 in Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Ann Brent was born about 1850 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Dec 1850 in Methodist Church, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Charles Robert Brent was born on 12 Apr 1852; was christened on 20 Jun 1852 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; died after 1918.
Malvina Rogers Brent was born on 8 Nov 1855; was christened on 9 Jun 1856 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
William Wallace Brent was born on 20 Oct 1858; was christened on 28 May 1863 in Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died before Jan 1933.
4. Harry Bruce Brent was born on 10 Feb 1862; was christened on 28 May 1863 in Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1946.
Louis Smailes Brent was born on 28 Nov 1864; was christened on 23 Apr 1865 in Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

12.

Arthur Armstrong Whitfield was born on 3 Apr 1855 in Cape Colony, South Africa (son of Leo Africanus Whitfield and Mary Dodgson Phillips); died on 29 Oct 1941 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Occupation: Ngcizele, Willowvale District; a Trader

Notes:

Known as "Orfa". Traded at Ngcizele in the Willowvale district.

Arthur + Mary Ann Trow. Mary (daughter of George Trow and Mary Ann Moon) was born on 13 Jan 1851 in Cape Colony?, South Africa; was christened on 17 Feb 1851 in St Paul, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; died on 18 Sep 1925 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary Ann Trow was born on 13 Jan 1851 in Cape Colony?, South Africa; was christened on 17 Feb 1851 in St Paul, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (daughter of George Trow and Mary Ann Moon); died on 18 Sep 1925 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

Religion: the Catholic Church

Notes:

Catholic. Her illegitimate son, William James, was adopted by Arthur Whitfield.

Her illegitimate son, William James, was adopted by Arthur Whitfield.

Children:

6. William James Whitfield was born on 4 May 1872 in Kentani, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 May 1934.
Clement Arthur Leo Whitfield was born in 1880 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Jul 1940 in Kentani, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Winifred Emily Whitfield was born about 1878 in Cape Colony, South Africa.
Percival Blair Godfrey Whitfield was born on 4 Jan 1881 in Cape Colony, South Africa.
Rose Eleanor Mary Whitfield was born on 19 Oct 1884 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Jan 1969 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Violet Vivienne Virginnia Whitfield was born on 19 Oct 1884 in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1984 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
George Maxwell Bruce Whitfield was born about 1886 in Cape Colony, South Africa.
Ernest John Trow Whitfield was born about 1888 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

14. ?? McGill was born est 1858.
?? + ?? Ewing. ?? was born est 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

?? Ewing was born est 1862.

Children:

7. Margaret McDowall McGill was born on 27 Oct 1882 in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 May 1956 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Umtata, Eastern Cape, South Africa.