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Yvonne Aileen Donovan

Female 1892 - 1962  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Yvonne Aileen Donovan was born on 7 Feb 1892 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (daughter of Glendower Donovan and Emily Beeton Best); died on 26 Oct 1962 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    never married
    DEPOT NAB
    SOURCE MSCE
    TYPE LEER
    SYSTEM 01
    REFERENCE 3436/1962
    PART 1
    DESCRIPTION DONOVAN, YVONNE AILEEN. BORN IN JOHANNESBURG. UNMARRIED. DECEASED ESTATE.
    STARTING 19620000
    ENDING 19700000


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Glendower Donovan was born in Jun 1859 in Orange Free State, South Africa (son of George Donovan, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Henriette Wilhelmina Adendorff); died on 1 Aug 1929 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Glendower married Emily Beeton Best on 11 Jul 1884 in St Alban's Cathedral, Pretoria, gauteng, South Africa. Emily (daughter of William Best and Lavinia Julia McMaster) was born on 15 Mar 1864 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; died on 15 Aug 1943 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emily Beeton Best was born on 15 Mar 1864 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (daughter of William Best and Lavinia Julia McMaster); died on 15 Aug 1943 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Extracted from: A small world, The descendants of Charles WEBBER by Norma VAN AS.
    Emily Beeton BEST married Glendower DONOVAN a farmer. They lived for many years on the farm Glendonough near Luiperdsvlei. Their son, Donough, was a brilliant student who qualified as a mining engineer and as quiet a young man controlled a group of mines in Ghana. A prey to bouts of malaria he returned to South Africa, and after attending a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Club in Johannesburg in 1924, dropped dead on the stairs as he was leaving the building. He was 39 years old.
    Emily's daughter, Yvonne worked for some time 20 years as a lady almoner of the Johannesburg Hospital. Her duties of medical social worker attached to the hospital were arduous, but she carried them out with remarkable success and was most popular with patients and medical staff alike. She inherited Glendonough Farm, but after her retirement and the death of her mother, sold the property to a land development company and a township was laid out on the site.

    Children:
    1. Donough Bennett Donovan was born on 15 Apr 1885 in Christiana, North West, South Africa.; died on 16 Aug 1924 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. 1. Yvonne Aileen Donovan was born on 7 Feb 1892 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 26 Oct 1962 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    3. Eric Donovan


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Donovan, 1820 Settler was born in 1818; was christened on 14 Jan 1818 in St Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England (son of Joseph Gerald Donovan, 1820 Settler and Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler); died on 31 Mar 1898 in Bothaville, Free State, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 208
    • Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

    Notes:

    George, son of Joseph and Susan DONOVAN, baptised 14 January 1818 in St. Mary's, Lambeth. Father's occupation: Picture coloriser

    Settler:
    Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

    George married Elizabeth Henriette Wilhelmina Adendorff about 1845. Elizabeth (daughter of Christiaan Adendorf and Catherine) was born about Mar 1828 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 May 1903 in Bertrams, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Henriette Wilhelmina Adendorff was born about Mar 1828 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Christiaan Adendorf and Catherine); died on 30 May 1903 in Bertrams, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
    Children:
    1. John Gerald Donovan was born about Jun 1848 in Groot Kop, Free State, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1926 in Kimberley Hospital, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Fergus Thomas Donovan was born about Jul 1850 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1923 in Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa.
    3. Maurice Willoughby Creedy Donovan was born about 1854 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1937.
    4. Edward Bennett Donovan was born about 1855; died about 1901.
    5. Iris Elizabeth Charlotte Donovan was born about 1856; died on 12 Jun 1937 in The Nursing House, Hatton, Dikoya Towns, Kandy, Ceylon.
    6. 2. Glendower Donovan was born in Jun 1859 in Orange Free State, South Africa; died on 1 Aug 1929 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. Lionell Bennett O'Donovan was born about Oct 1863 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died on 31 Dec 1932 in Delports Hope, Barkly West Dist, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Donough Richard O'Donovan was born about 1864 in Bethulie, Free State, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    9. Ida Maranda Donovan was born about 1865.

  3. 6.  William Best was born on 27 Apr 1828 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died on 19 Feb 1880 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa.

    William married Lavinia Julia McMaster on 9 Oct 1856 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Lavinia (daughter of David John James McMaster and Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber) was born on 5 May 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1889 in Christiana, North West, South Africa.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lavinia Julia McMaster was born on 5 May 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of David John James McMaster and Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber); died on 5 Jul 1889 in Christiana, North West, South Africa..
    Children:
    1. Edith Jane Best was born on 1 May 1857 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jun 1950 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. Melita Isabella Best was born on 5 Jun 1859 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1935 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    3. Jane Margaret Best was born on 5 Mar 1861 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jan 1946 in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
    4. William Best was born on 4 Nov 1862 in Bushman's Hoek, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Nov 1862 in Bushman's Hoek, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 3. Emily Beeton Best was born on 15 Mar 1864 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; died on 15 Aug 1943 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Elizabeth White Best was born on 2 Mar 1866 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; died in Mar 1943 in Nairobi, Kenya.
    7. William John Best was born on 8 May 1868 in Bloemhof, North West, South Africa; died on 30 Aug 1941 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    8. Nora Jessie Best was born on 4 Apr 1871 in Christiana, North West, South Africa.; died on 16 Jun 1958 in Klerksdorp, North West, South Africa.
    9. Kathleen Christiana Best was born on 27 Jul 1874 in Christiana, North West, South Africa.; died on 26 Feb 1966 in Estcourt, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph Gerald Donovan, 1820 Settler was born in 1795 in England (son of Elijah Edward Donovan and Margaret Willoughby Bennett); died about 1851 in Howrah, India.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 209
    • Occupation: Jeweller
    • Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

    Notes:

    Joseph Donovan, a taxidermist, came out with his wife, 2 children and 2 stepchildren on La Belle Alliance in Willson's party.
    from the book "They came from a far land":
    "Joseph Donovan came to South Africa with the 1820 Settlers. Joseph appears to have been admired by the men and was a good talker and a man of the world. His wife had two children from her previous marriage, namely Susannah and Thomas. Joseph was very hard and sometimes quite cruel to these two children. When Susannah was fourteen he began to plan her marriage to one of his friends. He went away on a trip and on his return discovered Susannah had married George Wood. He was not pleased but in later years he and George became close friends and he often stopped by their shop in Bathurst Street to smoke a pipe with George. He went to India with his family to claim an inheritance which unfortunately had been frittered away and already dispersed. Joseph managed to find a job in India where he decided to stay. About two or three years later George Wood was smoking in his kitchen and staring at the chair where Joseph used to sit when smoking with him. He suddenly saw Joseph sitting in the chair. He looked exactly as he had done when George last saw him, but he was leaning forward staring straight into the young man's eyes. The he disappeared. George put down his pipe and went at once to Susan. "Your stepfather is dead", he told her, and jotted down the day and hour. He was right; in time news came that Donovan had died that evening. His widow sailed from India for the Cape with her family, but she died on the voyage and was buried at sea. The sons farmed in Albany; the girls lived for a while with Susan, but it was not a happy arrangement, and did not last long. Eventually they married."
    and.....
    "Susannah Garbett (8) and Thomas Garbett (7) were the step children of Joseph Donovan a Taxidermist who had married their mother Susannah Garbett. They came to South Africa along with their two step brothers William (4) and George (2) as part of the 1820 Settler scheme in Thomas Willson's Party aboard the 'La Belle Alliance' which left Downs on the 12th February 1820 and arrived in Cape Town on the 2nd May 1820. The ship sailed from Simons Bay on the 5th May reaching Algoa Bay at the end of May. There was tremendous disagreement with his leadership and Sir Rufane Donkin was presented with a petition from the 100 families who travelled with Willson. They were then settled on the Bush River, a tributary of the Torrens.
    However, Thomas Willson abandoned his party and fled to Algoa Bay and then retreated to Cape Town. Lynne Bryer in her book on the 1820 Settlers says that Thomas Willson returned to England. The Rev William Boardman then took on the responsibility of this very large party of Settlers. The name Beaufort Vale was eventually given to the land where these Settlers were located.

    A Permit to Remain in the colony was issued 8 October 1824 - see https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-69S1-9?i=866


    Settler:
    Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

    Joseph married Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler on 18 Oct 1813 in St. Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England. Susannah (daughter of John Clark and Lucy) was born in 1794; died on 21 Oct 1835 in At sea aboard Roxburgh Castle en route to South AFrica from India.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler was born in 1794 (daughter of John Clark and Lucy); died on 21 Oct 1835 in At sea aboard Roxburgh Castle en route to South AFrica from India..

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Settler ID: 3895
    • Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

    Notes:

    Email from Shirley Black, of Melbourne, Australia, gave her father as a John Clark.

    Susanna died on board the Roxburgh Castle en route from Calcutta, India. This information was at the Cape Archives. She wrote a will out leaving her possessions and younger children in the care of George Wood who was married to Susanna Garbett her daughter

    Settler:
    Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

    Notes:

    Married:
    http://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/additional-information/d-surnames/1528-donovan-joseph-extra-data
    London Metropolitan Archives:
    Joseph DONOVAN, bachelor married Susannah GARBETT, spinster [sic] on 18 October 1813 in St.Luke's, Finsbury
    Joseph DONOVAN (signed)
    Susannah GARBETT (X)
    Witnesses: William TRACEY and Js. SMITH
    (both the witnesses appear to be church employees.)

    Children:
    1. Joseph Elijah Donovan was born in 1814; was christened on 16 Oct 1814 in St.Mary's, Lambeth, London, England.
    2. William Davis Donovan, 1820 Settler was born in 1815; was christened on 26 Nov 1815 in St.Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England.
    3. 4. George Donovan, 1820 Settler was born in 1818; was christened on 14 Jan 1818 in St Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England; died on 31 Mar 1898 in Bothaville, Free State, South Africa.
    4. John Clark Donovan was born about 1821 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jul 1912.
    5. Louisa Donovan was born on 12 Mar 1826 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died before 1835.
    6. Maria Donovan was born about 1827.
    7. Julianna Donovan was born about 1828 in Bengal, India.
    8. Mary Ann Donovan was born about 1830 in Bengal, India; died before 1835 in Bengal, India.

  3. 10.  Christiaan Adendorf

    Christiaan + Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Henriette Wilhelmina Adendorff was born about Mar 1828 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 May 1903 in Bertrams, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

  5. 14.  David John James McMaster was born on 26 Dec 1809 in Gateshead, Co Durham, England (son of David McMaster and Frances Nicols); died on 6 Jun 1852 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    David McMaster Born 26 December 1809 in the Parish of Gateshead Baptised May 27 1810, 3rd son of David McMaster (joiner) native of Terregles in the shire of Galloway north Britain by his wife Francis Daughter of Joseph Nichol native of Gateshead in the County of Durham
    Baptised by me Wm Campbell Protestant Dissenting Minister.

    David McMaster's Hotel
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=ad665adb-3e24-41cd-8d82-1462d2fed110&tid=42827571&pid=154

    David James McMaster
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=701542f3-72c8-4ac2-9366-c8cf332941f2&tid=42827571&pid=154

    Information - Compiled by Noel Edward Dolbey and assisted by Colin Cameron McMaster - 1975
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=71d4a524-36aa-4e10-8ed7-cad1d46567e4&tid=42827571&pid=154

    David married Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber on 11 Jan 1829 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Jane (daughter of Charles William Webber and Mary Pinchin) was born in 1809 in England; died on 6 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber was born in 1809 in England (daughter of Charles William Webber and Mary Pinchin); died on 6 Dec 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber
    http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c8d18932-7850-48f7-b684-fff7fbd57f80&tid=42827571&pid=39

    Children:
    1. Charles Alexander McMaster was born on 29 Oct 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Jul 1904 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    2. Isabella Frances McMaster was born on 16 Jul 1831 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Oct 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    3. 7. Lavinia Julia McMaster was born on 5 May 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1889 in Christiana, North West, South Africa..
    4. Jesse Jane Mary Ann McMaster was born on 6 Dec 1836 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Jul 1913 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
    5. David John McMaster was born on 29 Jan 1838 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Nov 1912 in Thaba 'Nchu, Free State, South Africa.
    6. Jane Margaret McMaster was born on 29 Feb 1840; died after 1918 in Premier Mine, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. Joseph William McMaster was born on 15 Aug 1841 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Feb 1909 in Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa.
    8. Georgina Clarissa McMaster was born on 11 Aug 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Nov 1926 in Parys, Free State, South Africa.
    9. Emily Frances Ann McMaster was born on 23 Jun 1846 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1934 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
    10. Edward Henry McMaster was born on 13 Apr 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Nov 1900 in Christiana, North West, South Africa..


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