James Usher, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1815 - 1900  (84 years)

• Name	James Usher
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	8 Mar 1815	Westbury, Wiltshire, England   [7]
  Settler	7 Jan 1820	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  	James's party on the Weymouth
  Baptism	3 Aug 1827	Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  	Commemoration Methodist Parish Records Grahamstown Baptisms: 1825-1841 Microfilm #1560877 Item 9 Entry #102A Child: James USHER Parents: James and Sarah Born: 8 Mar 1815 Baptised: 3 Aug 1827 Abode: James' Party, near Bathurst Minister: John DAVIS
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler ID	809
  Name	James Usher 1820
  Residence	1853	Nurney farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Occupation	1854	Westbury Heights, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6, 8]
  a Farmer
  Death	8 Jan 1900	Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa   [9, 10]
  		Usher, James (1815-1900) DN Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W6TM Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Kokstad Cemetary, Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa   [11]
  		Usher, James and Elizabeth Filmer headstone Caption Note: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100911912 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I11368	master
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	James Usher, 1820 Settler,   b. 10 Oct 1782, Westbury, Wiltshire, England d. 20 Mar 1862, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Sarah Holloway, 1820 Settler,   b. 1784, Westbury, Wiltshire, England d. Aft 1862 (Age > 79 years)
  Family ID	F1871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Filmer, 1820 Settler,   b. 5 Feb 1819, Wiltshire, England d. 9 Aug 1901, Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	8 Dec 1837	Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3, 4, 5, 12]
  		Usher, James and Elizabeth Filmer marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SSFZ Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. James Usher,   b. 30 Aug 1839, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jun 1879 (Age 39 years) + 2. John Usher,   b. 25 Nov 1840, James' Party, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 11 Nov 1920, Murrene, Balfour, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 79 years)   3. Henry Usher,   b. 4 Nov 1842, James' Party, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 10 Apr 1881, Pitsing Caves, South Africa (Age 38 years) + 4. Mary Elizabeth Usher,   b. 9 Sep 1844, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 10 Jun 1937, Empangeni, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 92 years) + 5. Sarah Jane Usher,   b. 14 Mar 1846, Usher's Camp, Bathurst distrct, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 7 Jun 1920, Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 74 years)   6. Joseph Usher,   b. 21 Mar 1848   7. Edward Usher,   b. 3 Oct 1849   d. 10 Jan 1866 (Age 16 years)   8. William Filmer Usher,   b. 16 Sep 1851, Nurney farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Sep 1916, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (Age 65 years)   9. Reuben Usher,   b. 23 Aug 1853, Nurney farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 10. Oliver Usher,   b. 1855   11. Thomas Oliver Usher,   b. 2 Apr 1856, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 12. Walter Holloway Usher,   b. 24 Feb 1858, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1928, Harding, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 69 years)   13. Arthur Usher,   b. 19 Dec 1861, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 14. Ayliff Whitbread Usher,   b. 19 Dec 1861, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Mar 1929, Nurney Hill farm, Balfour, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F4313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 8 Mar 1815 - Westbury, Wiltshire, England Settler - 7 Jan 1820 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Baptism - 3 Aug 1827 - Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 8 Dec 1837 - Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa Residence - 1853 - Nurney farm, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 8 Jan 1900 - Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Burial - - Kokstad Cemetary, Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Usher, James and Elizabeth Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  He accompanied Richard Hulley to Zululand in 1837

  
  

• Sources

  [S704] Barlow, David, CAWOOD File, (http://www.barlowd.tripod.com/framecawood.html). [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S380] Bathurst English Episcopal Church, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1829 Bathurst English Episcopal Church, (Cory PR 3448). [S390] Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, Register 29/3/1822 -1860, (CORY MS 15 899/1). [S391] Bathurst Methodist Church Register, Baptisms 1844 - 1867 Bathurst Methodist Church Register, (CORY MS 15 348). [S348] Whittal, Vernon, WHITTAL Family GEDCOM, (See list of further references below in the note). [S523] Settlers Return, submitted by John Colston of Frome, Somerset. [S484] Kirby, Donald, Peddie - Settlers Outpost, (Edited and compiled by J B Bullock). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W6TM (Reliability: 3). [S62] Lynn MacLeod, MacLeod, Lynn. [S3515] FindaGrave, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100911912 (Reliability: 3). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SSFZ (Reliability: 3).