Melville Hamilton Attwell: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Melville Hamilton Attwell was born on 21 Sep 1897 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (son of William Hamilton Attwell and Frances Sophia Hall); died in 1974 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Eliza Harris. Eliza was born on 29 May 1905 in Wales, United Kingdom; died on 12 Jun 1972 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

William Hamilton Attwell was born on 24 Feb 1870 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Thomas James Attwell and Mary Elizabeth Wedderburn); died on 22 May 1932 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

William + Frances Sophia Hall. Frances (daughter of Joseph Henry Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Nicholls) was born on 22 Jul 1873 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Feb 1956 in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances Sophia Hall was born on 22 Jul 1873 in Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Joseph Henry Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Nicholls); died on 29 Feb 1956 in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Name: Francis Sophia Hall

Children:

Leslie William Attwell was born on 21 May 1896 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
1. Melville Hamilton Attwell was born on 21 Sep 1897 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1974 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Ruby May Attwell was born on 5 Nov 1896 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Irene Frances Attwell was born on 20 Dec 1902 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 16 Dec 1976 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Cyril Noel Attwell was born on 27 Feb 1908 in Volksrust, Mpumalanga (Transvaal), South Africa.

Generation: 3

William Thomas James Attwell was born on 12 Aug 1840; was christened on 13 Sep 1840 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Atwell, 1820 Settler and Mary Marsh, 1820 Settler); died on 21 Jul 1915 in 'Ferndale', Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

William married Mary Elizabeth Wedderburn in 1865. Mary (daughter of George Wedderburn, 1820 Settler and Mary Croft) was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Apr 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Elizabeth Wedderburn was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Apr 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of George Wedderburn, 1820 Settler and Mary Croft).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Children:

Mary Ann Attwell was born on 14 Jan 1868 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
2. William Hamilton Attwell was born on 24 Feb 1870 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 May 1932 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Bertha May Attwell was born on 5 Jul 1873 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
Robert Percival Attwell was born on 29 Mar 1876 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 27 Apr 1876 in Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Jun 1953 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Richard or Cyril Archibald Attwell was born on 24 Sep 1878 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jul 1903 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Sydney Gordon Attwell was born on 24 Jun 1884 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Aug 1975 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Horace Edgar Attwell was born on 15 Nov 1886 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Apr 1975 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
James Bertram Attwell was born on 15 Nov 1886 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Mar 1957 in Littleton, Pretoria, Gauteng, South africa.

Joseph Henry Hall was born on 22 Jul 1835; was christened on 24 Sep 1848 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Benjamin R Hall, 1820 Settler and Frances Sophia Crick, 1820 Settler); died on 7 Oct 1924.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Description: Rev John Heavyside

Joseph + Sarah Elizabeth Nicholls. Sarah was born on 22 Sep 1835; died on 20 Jun 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Elizabeth Nicholls was born on 22 Sep 1835; died on 20 Jun 1920.

Children:

William Joseph Hall was born on 21 Oct 1860; died on 4 Aug 1950; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Sarah Hall was born on 19 Jan 1862.
Joseph Hall was born in 1866; died in Mar 1914.
Emma Jane Hall was born on 30 Oct 1868; died on 26 Dec 1940.
Edward John Hall was born on 20 Apr 1870; died on 15 Dec 1951.
3. Frances Sophia Hall was born on 22 Jul 1873 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Feb 1956 in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
George Goulding Hall was born on 25 Oct 1874 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1957.
Rupert Hall was born in 1877; died in 1887.
Florence May Hall was born on 26 Sep 1878 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Nov 1878 in Christ Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Aug 1961 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 4

William Atwell, 1820 Settler was born on 22 Mar 1797 in Toddington, Bedfordshire, England (son of Richard Attwell, 1820 Settler and Ann Labrun, 1820 Settler); died on 22 Jun 1850 in Keiskamma River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 75
Name: William Attwell 1820
Occupation: a Baker
Occupation: a Baker
Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

William married Mary Marsh after the death of his first wife. It would seem that in 1826 William was assaulted by one William Banks who had emigrated with James' Party. William Banks was sentenced to three years on Robben Island followed by seven years' banishment from Albany.

Grahamstown Journal dated Saturday 29 June 1850
DIED, at Graham's Town, on Saturday, the 22d instant, Mr. William ATTWELL, Commissariat store-keeper, aged 53 years. Deceased, who was a British Settler of 1820, had served in the Commissariat on this Frontier for 28 years, longer, it is believed, than any other officer here in that department. During that extended period he maintained a character of unblemished integrity, and was justly respected for the unobtrusive, but faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He has left an aged father, a widow, and a family of children to deplore their irreparable loss.

Settler:
Crause's party on the Nautilus

William married Mary Marsh, 1820 Settler on 28 Apr 1838 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Thomas Marsh, 1820 Settler and Martha Wadmore, 1820 Settler) was born in 1815 in London, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1815 in London Church (St Luke's), Old Street, Finsbury, London, England; died on 5 Jan 1890 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 7 Jan 1890 in Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Marsh, 1820 Settler was born in 1815 in London, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1815 in London Church (St Luke's), Old Street, Finsbury, London, England (daughter of Thomas Marsh, 1820 Settler and Martha Wadmore, 1820 Settler); died on 5 Jan 1890 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 7 Jan 1890 in Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 2871
Name: Mary Marsh 1820
Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Gush's party on the Brilliant

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

Children:

Mary Ann Attwell was born on 21 Feb 1839; was christened on 14 Apr 1839 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. William Thomas James Attwell was born on 12 Aug 1840; was christened on 13 Sep 1840 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Jul 1915 in 'Ferndale', Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Martha Attwell was born on 25 Jul 1837; was christened on 15 Oct 1837 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in South Africa.
George Robert Attwell was born about Sep 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Nov 1932 in Avondale farm, Salem district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alice Attwell was born est 1845.

10.

George Wedderburn, 1820 Settler was born on 5 Apr 1809; was christened on 23 Apr 1809 in Manchester Church (St James), Manchester, Lancashire, England (son of Christopher Wedderburn, 1820 Settler and Ann Quail, 1820 Settler); died on 16 Sep 1851 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 835
Name: George Wedderburn 1820
Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Residence: 1841, Lindale farm, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Residence: 1841, Lindale farm, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Died:
Description: in Military Action, 8th Frontier War (1850 - 1853) [War of Mlanjeni]

Married Mary; "George Wedderburn prospered and Lindale became famous for its cheese and butter. But a few years later he had his skull crushed by a 'kaffir' with the butt of a musket and died 8 months later.

(Information obtained from Mr. Amm in Cape Town; "From Assegai Over the Hills" by F.C. Metrowich)

"Died, at the residence of his Brother in Graham's Town, on the 17th instant, [9.1851] Mr. George Wedderburn, aged 42 years, after lingering in great suffering for eight months from the effects of severe wounds received in a conflict with Kaffirs a short distance from Salem. Deceased bore his acute and protracted sufferings with the patience and hope of the Christian. He has left a wife and family of young children to deplore their irreparable loss."

George married Mary Croft on 2 Nov 1841 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Charles Thomas Croft, 1820 Settler and Mary Hancock, 1820 Settler) was born in Oct 1821; died on 2 Mar 1873 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Croft was born in Oct 1821 (daughter of Charles Thomas Croft, 1820 Settler and Mary Hancock, 1820 Settler); died on 2 Mar 1873 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev G Green

Children:

James Hamilton Wedderburn was born on 14 Aug 1843; was christened on 3 Sep 1843 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1929 in Sheffield Street (No:146), Kenilworth, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
5. Mary Elizabeth Wedderburn was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 6 Apr 1845 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Esther Ann Wedderburn was born on 3 Feb 1847.
Margaret Quail Wedderburn was born on 21 Feb 1849 in Lindale, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Emma Louisa Wedderburn was born in Jul 1851; died on 15 Jan 1934.

12.

Benjamin R Hall, 1820 Settler was born on 15 Jan 1790 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England; was christened on 24 Jan 1790 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England (son of Lawrence Hall and Elizabeth Mills); died on 7 Jan 1877 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 3425
Name: Benjamin R Hall 1820
Occupation: 1820; a Farmer
Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Benjamin + Frances Sophia Crick, 1820 Settler. Frances was born about 1792 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England; died on 16 May 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Frances Sophia Crick, 1820 Settler was born about 1792 in Bath, Somersetdhire, England; died on 16 May 1861.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Settler ID: 3429
Name: Frances Sophia Crick 1820
Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Children:

Frances Hall, 1820 Settler was born in 1815.
Elizabeth Hannah Hall, 1820 Settler was born in 1816 in England.
Mary Louisa Hall, 1820 Settler was born in 1817; died after 1843.
Emma Alliance Hall was born on 11 Mar 1820 in at Sea on the LA BELLE ALLIANCE; died on 16 Oct 1901 in Koonop; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Benjamin Youldren Hall was born on 15 May 1822; was christened on 24 Sep 1848 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Eliza Hall was born on 14 Jun 1825.
Robert George Hall was born on 15 Nov 1826; was christened on 24 Sep 1848 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jan 1866.
Edward Joseph Hall was born on 7 May 1834; was christened on 24 Sep 1848 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Apr 1918; was buried in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. Joseph Henry Hall was born on 22 Jul 1835; was christened on 24 Sep 1848 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Oct 1924.