Michael James Perks

Michael married Barbara Mavis Page [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Timothy David Perks
2. Andrew James Perks

Walter married Pamela Ann Leopold Melvill Pamela (daughter of Bramley Leopold Melvill and Vera May Stocks) was born on 13 Jun 1931 in Mufulira, Zambia; died on 13 Apr 2001 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Pamela Melvill

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Married in St Albans Anglican Church, Cathcart by Padre Rogers
There were 220 guests and Pam was given away by Taffy Welsh, her uncle.
Athalie Melvill (sister) was the bridesmaid and the bestman was Walter's brother, Atholl.
The reception was in the Cathcart Townhall.

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Married in the Anglican Church, Cathcart. Reception in the Drill Hall Best Man : Ronnie Miller Bridesmaids : Ivy Hart, Rosemary Hart, Dorothy Street + Bee van Linsingen A heavy downpour kept many of the 200 invited guests away!!

George married Stephanie May Hart on 5 Jan 1928 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Stephanie (daughter of Stephanus Meintjies Hart and Nellie May Sparks) was born on 4 Mar 1905 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Sep 1993 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Bramley married Vera May StocksAlice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Vera (daughter of William McCall Stocks and Helen Amy Temlett) was born on 12 Aug 1902 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Apr 1986 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Married:
Married by a blind Presbyterian minister, Rev Joe Lister, who lived to be over 100 years old.

Edwin married Mabel Caroline Kirk Rawlings on 2 Jun 1894 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mabel (daughter of George Joseph Kirk Rawlings and Elizabeth Caroline Frankland) was born on 26 Apr 1873 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Mar 1955 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Stephanus Meintjes Hart

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The true story of the lion's claw brooch in the brass box and Meintjies Hart of Happy Valley
(Information from the diaries of Cecily Bowker Norden and a composition written by Pierre Norden, age 10)
"I have an Uncle Meintjies who was a big game hunter. Uncle Meintjies and his gunbearer went hunting lions one day and he took a lot of people to help hunt the lions. They all took tins and fine big sticks. When they walked into the bush all the people started to hit the tins and they made a great and frightening noise to chase the lions out of their hiding places.
Suddenly a lion jumped out of a big bush. Uncle Meintjies fired at the lion and wounded it in the left paw. The lion went straight for Uncle Meintjies who shot at the lion again and wounded it again. All the people who were with Uncle Meintjies ran off. The lion was ten feet off when Uncle Meintjies aimed at his head.
He pulled the trigger but the gun did not go off.
And the lion pounced on him and bit him on the hip. He was lucky that one of the teeth bit on a cartridge. The lion shook him like a cat shakes a mouse. Uncle Meintjies gave a shout of pain and it was a good thing he thought of a story his mother told him when he was young of a man who was walking in the woods when a bear ran at him. He pretended he was dead and the bear smelt him and walked away.
When the lion let Uncle Meintjies go he lay on his stomach is if he was dead. The lion smelt him and then nudged him on his side three times with his nose and then thinking he was dead the lion walked away.
What would have happened if Uncle Meintjies moved?
Well I'll tell you.
The lion would have torn him to pieces.
Soon the other people came back for Uncle Meintjies and helped him to get home.
They found the lion lying dead nearby and had it skinned and today it lies in front of Uncle Meintjies' fireplace with its mouth wide open to remind him of the huge teeth that bit into his hip so long ago and could easily have killed him.
The End.
by Pierre Norden, ten years old"
(1956)
The mounted claw in the brass box is the one given to Gladys Hart Bowker by her brother Meintjies Hart of Happy Valley.
The 10 claws were set into brooches for his sisters, Ida, Lylie, Lily, Myrtle, Eulalie, Gladys, Pearl, Amy, his wife and his mother, Mary.
The brass box belonged to Mary Cottingham.
{the above was posted on Facebook by Christine van Spronsen in 2015}

Stephanus married Nellie May Sparks on 3 Apr 1904 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Nellie (daughter of James Walker Sparks and Emily Flanagan) was born on 20 May 1880 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Jul 1970 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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He was christened on 16 October 1863 in Riversdale?
1876 moved to the Transvaal.
1877 was present at the raising of the British flag in Pretoria on annexure.
1880-1881 in Pretoria Carbineers, Anglo Boer War.
16 December 1880 taken prisoner, but released 2 days later.
29 December 1880 was wounded in foot during the Red House Krall engagement - mentioned in despatches
1881 worked for Standard Bank in Kimberley
1886 in Barberton as a comapny secretary and accountant
9 Jan 1889 back in Johannesburg.

An eminent incorporated accountant of Johannesburg, is the fifth son of Mr Samuel Melville, who occupies a niche in history as the Surveyor-General of the Transvaal during the British occupation of 1877-81 and subsequently until the time of his death, assistant Surveyor-General of the Cape colony.

The subject of this epitomised biography was born at Riversdale, Cape Colony, on the 16th of October, 1863, and his success in life is indicated by the fact that he is a Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors (incorporated 1885), England, and a member of the Transvaal Society of Accountants. Mr Melvill came to the Transvaal in 1876, and was present at the hoisting of the the British flag in Pretoria in 1877 on the annexation, and till the retrocessionhe acted as a clerk to the Colonial Traesury, Pretoria.

When the 1880-81 Anglo-Boer War broke out Mr Melvill joined the Pretoria Carbineers, and in the course of service with them he was taken prisoner on the 16 December, 1880, with Sergeant Tom Webster of the same corps, being released two days later. On the 29th of that month he was wounded in the foot at the Red House Kraal engagement, and was mentioned in despatches by Lieut-Colonel Gildea in the following complimentary terms:- "I would beg to bring to the special notice of the colonel commanding the conduct of Trooper L Melvill of the Carbineers, who behaved exceptionally well; for after he was severely wounded in the foot early in the fight he remained in action till one of the last, and notwithstanding his having no horse as it was shot under him, assisted in protecting the men who were carrying Captain D"Arcy to the rear by keeping hotfire on the enemy."

It is also noteworthy that Colonel Bellairs, the officer commanding in the Transvaal District in forwarding the dispatch remarked, "...led to the temporary loss of the services of such good officer as Captain D"Arcy and bravement as Trooper L Melvill" ...

Mr Melvill left Pretoria after the retrocession and joined the Standard Bank staff at Kimberley. In 1886 he returned to the Transvaal capital and thence proceeded to Barbeton where he practiced as an accountant, and secretary of companies. He came to Johannesburg in January 1889, and he has since conducted a lucrative professional business on the Rand.

In June 1892, Mr Melvill was married to Miss Mary Kate White, the daughter of Mr C Kember White, of Barbeton, by whom he has had four children, one girl and three boys.

His clubs are the New, Johannesburg, the Pretoria and Wanderers, and his office is at 22 Robinson Buildings, at the corner of Commissioner and Simmonds Streest, Johannesburg, while his residential address is 48, Karl Street, Jeppestown, Johannesburg.

Men of the Times
Transvaal Pub. Co 1906
968 OS Men
Cory Library, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.

Leopold married Mary Kate White in Jun 1892 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Charles Kember White and Jane Juanna Best) was born in Feb 1870 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 May 1950 in Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

William + Helen Amy Temlett. Helen (daughter of James Brilliant Temlett, 1820 Settler and Jemima Ralph) was born on 1 Feb 1867; died on 5 Mar 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Relationship: Step (father) for 1 FAMC Family of James Brilliant TEMLETT & Jemima RALPH