Edward John Pitt: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Edward John Pitt was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Ernest Edward Pitt and Mary Shorten); died on 17 Sep 1966 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Family/Spouse: Cathrine Gertrude Poole. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Derek Pitt

Family/Spouse: Clarice Pitt. Clarice (daughter of Arthur James Pitt and Ivy Maud Pascoe West) was born on 15 May 1908; died on 9 Feb 1994 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

2.	Ernest Edward Pitt was born on 6 Apr 1867 (son of Edward Thomas Pitt and Clara Hanna Humphreys); died in 1950. Ernest + Mary Shorten. Mary was born est 1872 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Shorten was born est 1872 in Ireland.

Children:

Clara Pitt was born est 1900.
1. Edward John Pitt was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Sep 1966 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
James Ernest Pitt was born on 31 Mar 1908; died on 20 Nov 1989.

Generation: 3

Edward Thomas Pitt was born on 18 Dec 1842; was christened on 2 Jan 1843 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Pitt and Penelope Short, 1820 Settler); died on 17 Dec 1904 in South Africa.

Edward + Clara Hanna Humphreys. Clara was born in 1854; died on 1 Nov 1903 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara Hanna Humphreys was born in 1854; died on 1 Nov 1903 in South Africa.

Children:

2. Ernest Edward Pitt was born on 6 Apr 1867; died in 1950.
Amy Agnes Pitt was born on 25 Sep 1869; died on 1 Sep 1939.
Maud Clara Pitt was born on 18 Aug 1871.
Elfrida Annie Pitt was born on 21 Jul 1873.
Ida Penelope Pitt was born on 21 Jul 1875.
Rupert William Pitt was born on 19 Jul 1877 in Mancazana Valley, Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 May 1879 in Mancazana Valley, Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 16 May 1879 in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Raymond Owen Pitt was born on 18 Jul 1879; died in 1969.
Nina Esme Pitt was born on 25 Nov 1881 in Foxwood farm, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Jan 1883.
Arthur James Pitt was born on 10 Nov 1883; died on 27 Oct 1952 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Pretoria Cemetery (Rebecca Street), Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
Charles Frederick Pitt was born on 20 Jan 1887.

Generation: 4

James Pitt was born in 1816 (son of William Pitt and Mary Rogers); died on 12 Oct 1842.

James married Penelope Short, 1820 Settler on 30 Dec 1837 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Penelope (daughter of Joseph Short, 1820 Settler and Mary Edwards, 1820 Settler) was born on 15 Jan 1817 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England; was christened on 14 Jul 1822 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Sep 1889 in Glenthorpe; was buried in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Penelope Short, 1820 Settler was born on 15 Jan 1817 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England; was christened on 14 Jul 1822 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Joseph Short, 1820 Settler and Mary Edwards, 1820 Settler); died on 17 Sep 1889 in Glenthorpe; was buried in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Anna Pitt was born on 13 Dec 1838; was christened on 27 Jan 1839 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James William Pitt was born on 22 Jan 1841; was christened on 7 Mar 1841 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Edward Thomas Pitt was born on 18 Dec 1842; was christened on 2 Jan 1843 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Dec 1904 in South Africa.