Gladys Lillian Susan Sephton^{[1, 2]}

1876 - 1952  (76 years)

• Name	Gladys Lillian Susan Sephton  [3]
  Birth	7 Sep 1876	Glengyle farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	9 Nov 1952	'Wartrail', Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Person ID	I39965	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	John William Sephton,   b. 31 Jan 1835, Umpukane Mission, Clocolan, Free State, South Africa d. 2 Jan 1914, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Susan Halse Poultney,   b. 14 Sep 1837, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Apr 1923, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Mostyn Gush,   b. 22 Feb 1871   d. 30 Aug 1958, 'Wartrail', Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1897	Barkly East Church (Lauriston), Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Melvyn Gush,   b. 30 Nov 1898, Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Jun 1982, Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 83 years) + 2. Edwin Raymond Gush,   b. 17 Dec 1901, Glencoe farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 29 Jan 1963, Kleinemond Church (Tin Church, St Francis), Port Alfred (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F13726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 7 Sep 1876 - Glengyle farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 5 Jan 1897 - Barkly East Church (Lauriston), Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 9 Nov 1952 - 'Wartrail', Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Contributed by her grandson Ralph Gush. Gladys' certificate of Baptism is signed by Rev. Richard Giddy. Gladys grew up as an only child as her two brothers were many years older than she. Her parents must have been very easy going and obviously the area must have been safe and stable, Gladys was allowed to roam the veld as she pleased, often with a young Bushman woman named Topsy. She often picked berries and mushrooms to eat, and said in later years, that it was a miracle she was not poisoned. She was a talented woman being a self taught painter and also playing the piano with more than ordinary skill. Unfortunatly these skills were never to be really developed. She was an extraordinary story teller and would enthrall her grand children with the most amazing stories. She spoke Seshoto fluently and was beloved by the black people, she would tell of the bushman maiden (Topsy) who somehow ended up in the employ of her parents when she, Gladys was a girl. This young bushman girl appeared to have been full of fun and was often Gladys' companion. She was a gentle person an ideal mate to balance her husbands sometimes harsh nature, she believed in the goodness of the creator and once horrified the Methodist minister who was visiting and talking of Gods judgement which would be poured out, by saying" Mr Cunningham the God you are talking of is the Devil I fear"! She was an outdoor person and could often be found in her flower garden. In latter years Joe took responsibility for the vegetable garden.

  
  

• Sources

  [S382] Giddy, Cynthia - GIDDY Family Tree, GIDDY Family Tree. [S389] Gush, Ralph & Jessie + Fiona Sephton, GUSH Family Tree. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-T9RD-Z (Reliability: 3).