Robertson Fuller Bertram

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Stockbroker, Merchant, Farmer
• Residence: 6 Nov 1942, High Constantia, Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Notes:

At age 19 Robertson left for the gold fields in Barberton, then went to the diamond fields in Kimberley and then the new Witwatersrand gold fields and entered into partnership with his childhood friend, Abe Bailey. He did very well and met his cousin Gypsey, who had moved to Johannesburg from their farm Thornlands. He named a mine in which he had interest "Gypsey" and bought a farm which he later sold and is now Bertrams suburb. With that he bought property in Constantia in the Cape, the house was named High Constantia and he had a very successful wine making business using the vines of Groot Constantia. The Bertram cellars are now where the tasting rooms of Groot Constanta are and High Constantia is now a convent.

Residence:
see http://highconstantia.co.za/our-history/

Robertson married Elizabeth Maude Fuller on 12 Jun 1889 in St Mary's, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of Frank Fuller and Adelaide Amelia Duffield) was born about 1871; was buried in Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pearl Bertram was born about 1890.
2. Cyril Robertson Bertram was born on 25 Feb 1892 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 18 Jun 1916 in Tanzania; was buried in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
3. Phyllis Maud Bertram was born on 10 Mar 1896; died in 1965.
4. Helen Cynthia Bertram was born about 1898.
5. Evelyn Constantia Bertram was born on 21 Aug 1904 in Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Aug 1905 in Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
6. John Robertson Bertram was born about 1906 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Sep 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
7. Margaret Frances Bertram

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cheviot, Queenstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Sheep Farmer

Notes:

It lists 12 children, indicating that the eldest two were already deceased, and reveals that one of his daughters, Annie, was married to a man by the name of Bell. It is signed by a P.D. Bertram, presumably the second youngest son, making it possible that it was at this son's home that he died.

Sources for Peter David Bertram

Birthplace and death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/578 Ref. 2571. Will reference 133/114.

Jason van der Schyff wrote : "Peter went to farm in Cheviot , Queenstown District, where he met Susannah. They married in 1857. They moved to Kloppersfontein, in the Queenstown District and the 12 children born in Queenstown. In order to provide education for the children they sold the farm and bought “The Parsonage”, the former home of the Dutch reformed Ministers. Peter went into business in Queenstown. They eventually moved to Long Hill and then opposite to Prospect House . "

Peter married Susannah Fuller on 3 Jun 1857 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Susannah (daughter of George Fuller, 1820 Settler and Margaret Robertson) was born in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa

Notes:

She signed her mother's death notice in 1894, so was still alive then at the age of about 55.

Sources for Susannah Fuller
Her name appears in the Lower Albany Chronicle, where it is mentioned on June 26 1849 that she was attending Southwell School.

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev J M Bertram
Father: George FULLER, Farmer

Notes:

The Dutch East India Company had to supply their own defense force to prevent, mainly, the English from taking over, so they contracted mercenaries from Europe. Johan was a cavalry officer in the French Army, Cologne was closely allied to France, and was recruited from there. He arrived in the Cape in about 1795. It is very likely they were stationed on what is now Farm France in the Banhoek Valley.
He and Petronella moved up to the Eastern Cape, to Uitenhage, and the family married extensively into 1820 settler families. Petronella came to SA via the East Indies. The family were refugees from France so presumably were Huguenots although not part of the SA Huguenot settlers. They seemed to have some wealth and she was very cultured. {Jason van der Schyff}

Johannes married Rosina Petronella Kok on 29 Oct 1815 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Rosina was born about 1792; died on 10 Oct 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1600
• Name: George Fuller 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Will: 1 Sep 1887

Notes:

Sources for George Fuller:
Birth and christening: ERO, West Ham Bishop's Transcripts; 1815-1820; D/CR167/1.
Death: MOOC 6/9/328, Ref. 1085. FHL film 1281565.

Settler:
Dixon's party on the Ocean

George married Margaret Robertson on 6 Dec 1834 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Margaret was born in 1815 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 11 Mar 1856; was buried in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her death notice says she died at Wellington farm in the district of Queenstown. It was signed by "S. Bertram, born Fuller, daughter of deceased" at Queenstown on June 11, 1894 -- or 38 years after the death. It's possible a legal requirement arose to certify the mother's death before the father's will could be executed, his death having taken place that same year.

Sources for Margaret Robertson
Birth and death: Death notice, MOOC 6/9/330 Ref. 1416. FHL film 1281565.

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1599
• Name: Henry Fuller 1820
• Occupation: a Carpenter
• Residence: Mount Pleasant farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: Mount Pleasant farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Henry's name appears seven times in The Lower Albany Chronicle by E. Morse Jones published by the Lower Albany Historical Society, Port Alfred, 1968.
1. July 24 1820, "The party led by John Dixon was being directed by Henry Fuller."
2. July 26 1827, "Henry Fuller, George Marsden, William Shepherd and William Hiles gave evidence at Grahamstown on the forcible removal of James Erith to his final location in 1820."
3. March 31 1834, "Henry Fuller offered Newton in exchange for land on the lower Blinkwater held by Xogomesh, known as Hermanus Matroos."
4. December 20 1834, "Henry Fuller had moved to his farm on the Blinkwater, Fuller's Hoek."
5. March 9 1841, "Mary, daughter of Thomas Lanham, was married at Grahamstown by the Reverend John Heavyside to Charles, son of Henry Fuller. Elizabeth Lanham was witness."
6. December 7 1843, "Henry Fuller expected to reap 700 bushels of wheat at Newton."
7. February 28 1847, "James Usher junior and J. Featherstone, Grahamstown Yeomanry, carrying mails from Grahamstown to Manley's Flat, were fired on by a Hottentot about five miles out of Grahamstown. James Usher was wounded and the attacker made off with the pack-horse and mails. The two men reached Henry Fuller's house."

Sources for Henry Fuller

Birth: MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543. (A note of explanation on the birth date for Henry that appears on this website: This has been calculated from information on his death notice, which states that he was 79 years and 14 days old when he died on Oct. 2, 1870. Although it may appear that the death notice says 77 years (and not 79) and 14 days, this would place his birth two years after his documented baptism. So the assumption, in the absence of better information, must be that the top loop of the "9" is missing, making it look like a "7.")
Christening: West Ham parish records, Essex, England. Housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester
Marriage: Leyton parish records, Essex, England. D/P45/1/14; housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester.
Death: Death Notice MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543.
Will: MOOC 7/1/312, Ref. 77.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
October 14, 1870

Local and General.
BRITTISH SETTLERS. – The old Settlers are dying out very rapidly since the Jubilee. Two have passed away during the past week. Mrs PAXTON died at Grahamstown at the ripe age of 90 years, and Mr Henry FULLER of Albany died at Adelaide, aged 77 years.


Henry's name appears seven times in The Lower Albany Chronicle by E. Morse Jones published by the Lower Albany Historical Society, Port Alfred, 1968.
1. July 24 1820, "The party led by John Dixon was being directed by Henry Fuller."
2. July 26 1827, "Henry Fuller, George Marsden, William Shepherd and William Hiles gave evidence at Grahamstown on the forcible removal of James Erith to his final location in 1820."
3. March 31 1834, "Henry Fuller offered Newton in exchange for land on the lower Blinkwater held by Xogomesh, known as Hermanus Matroos."
4. December 20 1834, "Henry Fuller had moved to his farm on the Blinkwater, Fuller's Hoek."
5. March 9 1841, "Mary, daughter of Thomas Lanham, was married at Grahamstown by the Reverend John Heavyside to Charles, son of Henry Fuller. Elizabeth Lanham was witness."
6. December 7 1843, "Henry Fuller expected to reap 700 bushels of wheat at Newton."
7. February 28 1847, "James Usher junior and J. Featherstone, Grahamstown Yeomanry, carrying mails from Grahamstown to Manley's Flat, were fired on by a Hottentot about five miles out of Grahamstown. James Usher was wounded and the attacker made off with the pack-horse and mails. The two men reached Henry Fuller's house."

Sources for Henry Fuller

Birth: MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543. (A note of explanation on the birth date for Henry that appears on this website: This has been calculated from information on his death notice, which states that he was 79 years and 14 days old when he died on Oct. 2, 1870. Although it may appear that the death notice says 77 years (and not 79) and 14 days, this would place his birth two years after his documented baptism. So the assumption, in the absence of better information, must be that the top loop of the "9" is missing, making it look like a "7.")
Christening: West Ham parish records, Essex, England. Housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester
Marriage: Leyton parish records, Essex, England. D/P45/1/14; housed at the Essex Record Office, Colchester.
Death: Death Notice MOOC 6/9/133 Ref. 6547. FHL film 1281543.
Will: MOOC 7/1/312, Ref. 77.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
October 14, 1870

Local and General.
BRITTISH SETTLERS. – The old Settlers are dying out very rapidly since the Jubilee. Two have passed away during the past week. Mrs PAXTON died at Grahamstown at the ripe age of 90 years, and Mr Henry FULLER of Albany died at Adelaide, aged 77 years.


Settler:
Dixon's party on the Ocean

Henry married Susannah Parrot, 1820 Settler on 16 Jul 1815 in Leyton, Essex, England. Susannah (daughter of William Parrot and Susannah, - wife of William Parrot) was born in 1795 in Essex, England; died on 18 Aug 1864 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1602
• Name: Susannah Parrot 1820
• _USED: Susan
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

The name Parrot is spelt with one "t" on the gravestone but at her marriage Susannah signed her name with two.
For some reason, there is no death notice for Susannah in the MOOC collection.

Sources for Susannah Parrott
Marriage: Leyton parish registers, Essex, ERO D/P45/1/14

Settler:
Dixon's party on the Ocean