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- ID: a1b8.
Birth Notes: The derivation of the name of this old Wiltshire town is lost in the mists of antiquity, but might refer to a minister or convent on the bank of the river Mere, on a site marked by a place called "The Nunnery" (Extracted from the TROLLOP's of South Africa).
Christening Notes: As Frome is only about 8 miles from Warminster, it seems it was no hardship to transport a six weeks old child to the old family scene of worship for baptism, particularly in view of the fact that, at the time, there was apparently no Wesleyan church in Warminster. (Extracted from the source of this fact).
Death Notes: Joseph's death notice is signed by his wife who signs herself Phebe
Trollip. He left movable and immovable property.
Burial Notes: This is a well-kept plot, surrounded by iron railings, and is in the second row of graves, to the right of the main gateway to the cemetery. The headstone reads:-"
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSEPH TROLLIP, 6TH AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE JOSPEH TROLLIP, ONE OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820. BORN 12/3/1810, DIED 24/6/1885, ALSO IN MEMORY OF PHOEBE TROLLIP, WIFE OF JOSPEH TROLLIP, BORN 8/11/1815, DIED 26/11/1889 AGED 74 YEARS. THEY TRUSTED IN CHRIST WHO SIAD 'BECAUSE I LIVE THEY SHALL LIVE ALSO'".
General Notes: The photos of Joseph Junior and Phoebe show him wearing a very smart suit, well cut, and of good material. The trousers are of a lighter colour than the coat and waistcoat, which adds to the smart up-to-date appearance. He has the typical TROLLOP deep set eyes, finely chiselled nose, and well kept hands. He has an abundance of hair, and his face is surrounded by beard, side whiskers and moustache. He has a sensitive, delicately-moulded face.
Alt Death: 24 June 1885 His Residence In Cradock
Alt Death Notes:Aged 75 years
Appears to have been appointed as executor to the estate of his parents
Noted events in his life were:
1. AKA:. Anthony (This appears in the file from Russel Clayton)
2. Alt. Birth: 1810, Warminster, Wiltshire, England. His death notice gave his age as 75 years.
3. Immigration: 15 May 1820, Algoa Bay, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. Joseph Junior arrived in South Africa with Hyman's Party of the 1820 British Settlers. (See immigration event for Joseph TROLLOP Senior).
4. Embarkation: Bef 7 January 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
5. Emigration: 7 January 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. See immigration event for Joseph TROLLOP Senior.
6. Residence: 1839, Cradock, Albany District, Cape Colony, Southern Africa.
Joseph lived at Doornberg Farm. One of the first jobs he undertook was the building, in the lovely mountain fastnesses, of "wolf-hoks", as his cattle were evidently being harried by those beasts of prey. The "hok" was a building of stone, on a jutting flat rock (to deter the "wolf" from digging himself out) and had peep-holes through which farmers could observe when friend wolf had been trapped by the falling sluice-type stone door, (worked by wire attached to the meat-bait inside the "hok, in the same way that birds are trapped). The farmer would then point his gun-barrel through the peep-hole, and shoot the "Varmint". White (or albino) springbok are found only at Doornberg and its neighbouring farm, Whiteridge, and their huge herds denuded the veld so badly that periodic organised "hunts" were held, to thin them down. However, these unusual buck are still found in the vicinity, but are protected by the Bowkers, who now own Doornberg.
Parts of Doornberg house are very old, and the floors are of yellow-wood. They have a fireplace which was transported to Doornberg from "Fern Rocks", of which more anon. It, too, was made of yellow-wood, and is a thing of beauty. The old store-rooms were used, in the days when the TROLLOPS lived there, for trek-gear by the transports, which often stayed overnight, particularly if the river was in flood. There are also old unmarked graves in the cemetery, which may be the burial places of, amongst others, Sarah WHitehead (nee Overton) who, according to family records, died at Doornberg. Just below the cottage in which Mr Jack Bowker (head of the clan) now lives, there is a weir in the river, and a suspension bridge, which were built by Joseph Junior and his sons (probably helped by Joseph's brother Jacob, the mason. Mr Bowker considers the weir an exceptionally fine piece of masonry, and it is featured in the farmers "tome" of the Cape Colony, previously mentioned. This enormous book contains pistures and descriptions of several of the farms owned by the TROLLOPS, viz; Daggaboer, Tarka Bridge and Doornberg.
7. Occupation: 1844, Grahamstown, Albany District, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. Joseph was involved in a wheelwright's business.
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