1. | Gilmour George Southey was born on 19 Sep 1868 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Richard Gilmour Rubidge Southey and Hendrina Magdelina van Niekerk); died on 25 Apr 1947 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); was buried on 2 May 1947 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Other Events and Attributes:
Gilmour married Nora Agnes Peacocke in 1895 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Nora (daughter of Glynne Albert Peacock and Adeline Hannah Rubidge) was born on 11 May 1874 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Oct 1918 in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Richard Gilmour Rubidge Southey was born on 3 Nov 1844 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of George Southey, 1820 Settler and Eleanor Dixie Rubidge); died on 7 Mar 1902 in Concession, Southern Rhodesia(Zimbabwe); was buried in Concession, Southern Rhodesia(Zimbabwe). Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Most of this branch of the family left the Witwatersrand 1 1 Nov 1897 for Mashonaland, Rhodesia, and pioneered farming in the Mazoe-Concession area. Richard married Hendrina Magdelina van Niekerk in 1864 in St James Anglican Church, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Hendrina was born on 16 Jun 1849; died on 26 Jun 1901 in Borrowdale, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Harare, Zimbabwe); was buried on 28 Jun 1901 in Borrowdale, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Harare, Zimbabwe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Hendrina Magdelina van Niekerk was born on 16 Jun 1849; died on 26 Jun 1901 in Borrowdale, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Harare, Zimbabwe); was buried on 28 Jun 1901 in Borrowdale, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Harare, Zimbabwe). Notes: Married:
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4. | George Southey, 1820 Settler was born on 11 Mar 1810 in Culmstock, Devon, England; was christened on 6 Aug 1810 in Culmstock, Devon, England (son of George Southey, 1820 Settler and Joan Baker, 1820 Settler); died on 7 Nov 1867 in 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: In the Sixth Frontier War, he shot the escaping Chief Hintza, 12 May 1835. George married Eleanor Dixie Rubidge on 7 Dec 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eleanor (daughter of Commander Robert Henry Rubidge, R.N. and Hannah Payne Jones) was born on 7 Jan 1817 in Gletwyn, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales; was christened on 24 Feb 1817 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales; died on 23 Jun 1879 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Eleanor Dixie Rubidge was born on 7 Jan 1817 in Gletwyn, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales; was christened on 24 Feb 1817 in Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales (daughter of Commander Robert Henry Rubidge, R.N. and Hannah Payne Jones); died on 23 Jun 1879 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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8. | George Southey, 1820 Settler was born on 5 Dec 1776 in Culmstock, Devon, England; was christened on 12 Jan 1777 in Culmstock, Devon, England (son of John Southey and Elizabeth Potter); died on 14 Jul 1831 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Extract from the South African 1820 Settlers Association Name of Settler: Southey, George - age 39 Name of Wife: Joan nee Baker - age 38 Names and age of children: Sophia (16) ; William (13); Richard (11); George (9); Elizabeth (7) ; Henry (4); and Cannon (1) Other: Elizabeth Skinner age 30, probably a servant, accompanied them Party: George Southey was the leader of the Southey Party, comprising of 49 people , sailed aboard Kennersley Castle from Bristol on 10 January 1820 and arrived in Table Bay on 29 March 1820. They were confined in quarantine aboard for 3 weeks and then landed at Algoa Bay on 29 April 1820. Their allocation of land was about 30 miles from Grahamstown, where they arrived on the 12 May 1820. Head of the Southey Party of 1820 Settlers to South Africa. He and his wife brought their 7 children and 49 other settlers out in the Kennersley Castle. Southey was allocated 700 morgen ( SA Encyclopaedia 1 morgen = 2. 11654 acres ) on a branch of the Kowie river between Bathurst and Martindale. From Capt Robert Southey's "History of the Southey Family": His father married Elizabeth Potter of Culmstock in 1776 and by her had seven sons of whom the eldest and natural heir was baptised George at Culmstock on January 12, 1777. George grew up , married Joan Baker and in 1820 at the age of forty-three took his wife, five sons and two daughters to Cape Colony in the Kennersley Castle . The youngest of these children was named Cannon and died on the voyage out. The fourth Richard then a boy of twelve, was destined to become one of the most distinguished of the 1820 Settlers. In 1873 Richard Sowthey was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Griqualand West and in 1891 he was knighted. His descendants are now among the most progressive of Karoo sheep bloodstock breeders in South Africa. Had there been no three-year-old son living in West Buckland when Laurence Sowthey died there in 1741 then George would eventually have inherited Pitt House and his services to the Empire would have been lost, and very probably his descendants would then have shared the fortune of their two cousins of remote degree who today live in Culmstock." George married Joan Baker, 1820 Settler on 10 Sep 1800 in Culmstock, Devon, England. Joan (daughter of Edward Baker) was born in 1782 in Culmstock, Devon, England; died on 16 Oct 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Joan Baker, 1820 Settler was born in 1782 in Culmstock, Devon, England (daughter of Edward Baker); died on 16 Oct 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: "Before we leave the Culmstock records to touch upon those at Wellington, Joan Baker is described as "a minor with consent of Edward Baker her father" the witnesses being Hy. Potter and Rbt. Channon." - from Edward Humphrey letter to Graham Southey.
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10. | Commander Robert Henry Rubidge, R.N. was born on 1 Jan 1786 (son of Robert Rubidge and Mary Anne Gilmour); died on 15 Jun 1859 in Gletwyn Cottage, Bloemhof, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Robert + Hannah Payne Jones. Hannah (daughter of Nathaniel Richard Jones and Hannah Payne) was born on 15 Nov 1790 in London, England; died on 24 Nov 1876 in Gletwyn Cottage, Bloemhof, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Hannah Payne Jones was born on 15 Nov 1790 in London, England (daughter of Nathaniel Richard Jones and Hannah Payne); died on 24 Nov 1876 in Gletwyn Cottage, Bloemhof, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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