Ann Maria Elizabeth Tainton

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Elizabeth Tainton, daughter of Mr. Tainton of the British Kaffraria translated the Anglican Prayer Book into Zulu with her cousin, Sir Theophilus Shepstone. She became the mother of Mr. L'Ange a grandson of the Chief Physician of the Russian Court at the time of Napoleon Bonapart when he married Princess Gunther of Schleswig Holstein. L'Ange was born at Fort Pedie in 1848 and was educated at the Blue Coat College in Jersey. He was trained for the diplomatic service but came to South Africa when the Kimberley diamond mines were opened. In 1883 he went to the Transvaal where he married Ernestine Rex daughter of Wellington Rex.

Ann married ?? L'AngeColesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. ?? was born est 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel Ethelwald Agathos L'Ange

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1940
• Name: Richard Tainton 1820
• Occupation: a Carpenter
• Occupation: Tainton farm, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer
• Occupation: 'Vermont', Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Farmer
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

see also http://www.airgale.com.au/tainton/d2.htm#g2

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

Richard married Ann Brooks, 1820 Settler on 9 Nov 1819 in Temple Church, Temple St, Bristol, England. Ann (daughter of George Brookes and Ann Jones) was born on 7 Oct 1799 in Bristol, Somerset, England; was christened on 8 Dec 1799 in Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, Gloustershire England; died on 13 Nov 1876 in Panmure, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1930
• Name: Anne or Mary Brooks 1820
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Ann and Richard had 5 sons and 6 daughters
There is a note her name may have been Mary. This may have been a family name as there are hints her sister also had this name.

Ann Brooks TAINTON'S Death Notice was incorrectly completed by her eldest son Richard George Tainton.
Josep was, in fact, her half-brother, son of George BROOKES and his second wife Mary EVANS born about 1776, Gloucestershire, England d 18 July 1848 Westury on Trym, near Bristol England married 26 September 1802 St. Mary le Port Church, Bristol, England (this was another church destroyed in a bombing raid during WWII. I, (Tombi Peck) have a photograph of the church from before the war and all that remains of it, namely the church spire. This was the same church in which Rev. John William SHEPSTONE and Elizabeth BROOKS were married on the 18 February 1816.

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

Notes:

The witnesses at the wedding were Elizabeth and John William Shepstone, Ann's sister and brother in law

Married:
Description: Rev F Elliot

Notes:

The inscription on the headstone in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Westbury on Trym, near Bristol, England reads:
"In loving memory of
George Brookes
who died February 17th 1848
aged 79 years
also Mary
relic of the above
who died July 18th 1838
aged 72 years
Also Joseph BROOKES
son of the above who passed away
February 7th 1888 aged 72 years
also Louisa Ann BROOKES
who died November 25th 1895
aged 78 years."

George married Ann Jones on 24 Apr 1792 in Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, near Bristol, England. Ann was born est 1775; died on 6 May 1802 in Westbury on Trym, near Bristol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]