George Francis Blackbeard^{[1, 2, 3]}

1815 - 1882  (66 years)

• Name	George Francis Blackbeard
  Born	5 Dec 1815	Frog Lane, Islington, London, England   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Feb 1816	St Mary, Islington, London, England   [4]
  	Blackbeard, George Francis [45047] baptism Caption Note: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1558/31280_199044-00462 Keywords: Baptism
  Census	1841	St Mary Islington East, London, England   [5]
  	Blackbeard, George Francis 1841 UK census Caption Note: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8978/MDXHO107_664_664-0270 Keywords: Census
  Name	George Francis Blackbeard 1820
  Occupation	Boot and Shoe Importer
  Died	19 May 1882	Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 6]
  		Balckbeard, George Francis [45047] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-HS9X-R Keywords: Death Notice
  Buried	Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [7]
  Person ID	I45047	master
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	John Blackbeard,   b. 1788, London, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Spurling
  Family ID	F31461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Harvey,   b. 1817, Islington, London, England ,   d. 1839, Islington, London, England  (Age 22 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1837	Holy Trinity, Islington, London, England   [8]
  		Blackbeard, George F and Susan Harvey marriage Caption Note: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_197772-00013 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. Susan Blackbeard,   b. 1839
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F31462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah Elizabeth Warren,   b. Mar 1829, London, England ,   d. 21 Nov 1905  (Age 76 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1846	Holy Trinity, Islington, London, England   [1, 3, 9]
  		Blackbeard, George F and Susannah Warren marriage Caption Note: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_197772-00114 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Suzannah Blackbeard,   b. 1847,   d. 1908  (Age 61 years) + 2. George Francis Blackbeard,   b. 24 Feb 1849,   d. 9 Aug 1902  (Age 53 years) + 3. Luke Blackbeard,   b. 23 Aug 1850, England ,   d. 4 Sep 1920, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 70 years) + 4. John Blackbeard,   b. 23 Aug 1850,   d. 1939  (Age 88 years)   5. William Blackbeard,   b. 1852,   d. 1853  (Age 1 years) + 6. Amelia Eliza Blackbeard,   b. 2 Oct 1854 + 7. William Robert Blackbeard,   b. 1856 + 8. Samuel Blackbeard,   b. 1859,   d. 1935  (Age 76 years) + 9. Walter Robert Blackbeard,   b. 1862,   d. 1920  (Age 58 years) + 10. Ellen Jessie Blackbeard,   b. 1864,   d. 1930  (Age 66 years) + 11. Benjamin Blackbeard,   b. 1864   12. Eliza Jane Blackbeard,   b. 26 Jun 1864 + 13. Jessie Marie Blackbeard,   b. 1868   14. Ethelwyn Blackbeard
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F25678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Baptism - 4 Feb 1816 - St Mary, Islington, London, England Died - 19 May 1882 - Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Buried - - Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  George Francis BLACKBEARD - [Parents: John and Elizabeth Blackbeard] - born 5 Dec 1815, christened 28 Feb 1816, Upper Street Independent, Islington, London, England. He married Susan HARVEY and then Susannah Elizabeth WARREN. He went out to SA between Oct 1852 when his son William was born and Oct 1854 when Amelia Eliza was born in SA. He was the founder of Blackbeard Boot & Shoe Warehouse in Grahamstown.

  
  

• Sources

  [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S6] "The Settler Handbook", M D Nash, (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S1451] Parfitt, Margaret, Margaret Parfitt. [S1884] Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1558/31280_199044-00462 (Reliability: 3). [S1884] Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8978/MDXHO107_664_664-0270 (Reliability: 3). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-HS9X-R (Reliability: 3). [S425] ISBN 0 7970 3604 0, Genealogy Society of South Africa, (First Editon ISBN 0 7970 3604 0), National Archives of South Africa., Volume 1 Abbott - Cyrus. [S1884] Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_197772-00013 (Reliability: 3). [S1884] Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_197772-00114 (Reliability: 3).