Phillip Amm^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1806 - 1888  (81 years)

• Name	Phillip Amm
  Birth	18 Dec 1806	Devonshire, England   [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	a Carpenter  [7]
  Occupation	a Schoolmaster  [9, 10]
  Death	8 Aug 1888  [8, 11, 12]
  Burial	Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [13]
  	Description: grave PH 15
  Person ID	I40239	master
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Simon Amm,   b. Abt 1780, Plymouth, Devonshire, England d. 1827 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hollett,   b. 27 Jun 1777, Bigbury, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1849, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F46387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Hannah Gush, 1820 Settler,   b. 20 Feb 1813, London, England d. 10 Aug 1860, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1834	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [14]
  	Description: Rev John Heavyside Witnesses: Richd Gush, Mary Marsh
  Children	+ 1. Mary Jane Amm,   b. 1822   d. 2 Mar 1873 (Age 51 years) + 2. Margaret Elizabeth Amm,   b. Abt 1835, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 3. Philip Amm,   b. 7 Jun 1836   d. 6 Nov 1913, Leach Street, Klerksdorp, North West, South Africa (Age 77 years) + 4. Richard Hallett Amm,   b. 1 Dec 1839, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Jan 1930, Rietfontein, Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa (Age 90 years) + 5. Simon Evans Amm,   b. 7 Jun 1843, 'Sharon', Salem (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 24 Sep 1911, 'Lindale', Salem (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years) + 6. Charlotte Gush Amm,   b. 7 Feb 1847, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Mar 1932, Sheffield Street (No:146), Kenilworth, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 85 years)   7. Thomas Palmer Amm,   b. 8 Dec 1848   8. Isabella Sanlina? Amm,   b. 4 Nov 1850 + 9. Hannah Grainger Amm,   b. 26 Feb 1854   d. 1886 (Age 31 years) + 10. William Henry Amm,   b. 20 Sep 1856, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 15 Jul 1922, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F13774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Croft,   b. Oct 1821   d. 2 Mar 1873, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1861	Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [12]
  	Methodist Chapel, Salem Mary WEDDERBURN, born CROFT (M2 of 2) daughter of Charles Thomas CROFT and Mary HANCOCK
  Children	1. Charles Croft Amm,   b. 1862
  Family ID	F38052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family 3	Ann Amelia Leach, 1820 Settler,   b. 1818, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Mar 1875, Salem, Eastern Cape (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1874	Salem, Eastern Cape   [16, 17]
  	They were married by Rev. T Creswell witnessed by W A D Matthew and J A Matthew. The Grahamstown Journal of 7th April reported the occasion on p2c7 that Barend Woest and Phillip Amm Jnr were witnesses. "On Thursday last (April 2nd) a fashionable wedding, which caused no small stir, in Salem, was celebrated in that village. On this occasion Mr Phillip Amm, Snr, took his third wife in the person of Amelia Ann Verity, relic of the late Mr John Verity. The ceremony was a novel one , both the bride and bridegroom being above the normal age. The bride was attired in a splendid and costly peach blossom coloured moire antique dress and was attended by Mrs S B Shaw, Mrs Matthews and Mrs C Hill. Mr S B Shaw gave the bride away and the ceremony was performed by Rev. T. Cresswell. A Large wedding party subsequently celebrated the event."
  Family ID	F46538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family 4	Helen Cairncross,   b. 4 Jan 1813, North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland d. 21 Sep 1886, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1877	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [12, 18]
  Family ID	F46395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Dec 1806 - Devonshire, England Marriage - 6 Aug 1834 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 20 Mar 1861 - Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 2 Mar 1877 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Philip was the son of Simon Amm, Sea Captain, master of the Boat Canada which brought some of the settlers to the Cape in 1820. Simon was lost at sea with his two elder sons. Young Philip grew up in Cape Town with his mother. As a young man he moved to the Eastern Cape in search of work which he found with Richard Gush, the carpenter, at Salem. He later married Richard's eldest child, he remained the rest of his life in the Eastern Cape where he farmed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S431] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 20/2/1826 - 8/6/1835, (CORY MS 14 879/1). [S387] Morse Jones, E, "Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa", (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town). [S386] Death Notice, MOOC 6/9/4765 ref 50246, (filed 10/11/1913), TAB MHG 0 23360. Philip Amm recorded by Hugo Slater [S386] Death Notice, MOOC 6/9/4765 ref 50246, (filed 31/3/1932), TAB MHG 0 77817. Charlotte Gush Amm recorded by Hugo Slater [S386] Death Notice, MOOC 6/9/4765 ref 50246, (filed 10/10/1911), TAB MHG 0 19857. Simon Evans Amm recorded by Hugo Slater [S386] Death Notice, MOOC 6/9/4765 ref 50246, (filed 27/1/1930), TAB MHG 0 71133. Richard Hollett Amm recorded by Hugo Slater [S389] Gush, Ralph & Jessie + Fiona Sephton, GUSH Family Tree. [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S369] Salem / Albany Parish Records, Baptisms 24/8/1820 - 20/2/1859 Salem / Albany Parish Records, (MS 15 869). [S1449] Salem / Albany Parish Records, Baptisms 24/8/1820 - 20/2/1859, (MS 15 869). [S2597] 2517051, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XY5D?i=1764&cc=2517051 (Reliability: 3). Amm, Philip(1806-1888) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-XY5D?i=1764&cc=2517051 Keywords: Death Notice [S1968] John Powell, Powell, John. [S425] Genealogy Society of South Africa, ISBN 0 7970 3604 0, (First Editon ISBN 0 7970 3604 0), Volume 1 Abbott - Cyrus, National Archives of South Africa. [S431] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 20/2/1826 - 8/6/1835, (CORY MS 14 879/1), (Entry# 392). [S2948] Neil Zimmerman, Zimmerman gedcom. Record originated in Zimmerman gedcom... [S3001] Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape., Item No. 406 (Reliability: 3). [S2970] Graham's Town Journal, (Cory Library for Historical Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. South Africa), Tuesday, April 7th, 1874. (Reliability: 3). [S3791] SA Civil Marriage Registers, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-438C-9?i=2&cat=244034), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-D9X1-S?i=306&cat=244034 (Reliability: 3).