George Rubidge Southey^[1]

1843 - 1896  (52 years)

• Name	George Rubidge Southey  [2]
  Birth	14 Aug 1843	'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Baptism	10 Dec 1845	Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	15 May 1896	'Doornkop', Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
  Person ID	I5392	master
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	George Southey, 1820 Settler,   b. 11 Mar 1810, Culmstock, Devon, England d. 7 Nov 1867, 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Dixie Rubidge,   b. 7 Jan 1817, Gletwyn, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Wales d. 23 Jun 1879, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Payne Rubidge,   b. 5 Sep 1847, 'Portlock', Graaff Reinet, South Africa d. 24 Jun 1919, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Abt 15 May 1864
  Children	+ 1. Herbert Charles Southey,   b. 15 Oct 1865, 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 21 Apr 1947, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 81 years)   2. Claude Rubidge Southey,   b. 22 Oct 1867   d. 1899 (Age 31 years)   3. Georgina Sophia Southey,   b. 27 Sep 1869 + 4. George Graham Gore Southey,   b. 20 Feb 1873, 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Mar 1933, Buckland Downs, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa (Age 60 years)   5. Oscar Henry Southey,   b. Dec 1874, Blourivierkop, Cape, South Africa d. 25 Jan 1875, Blourivierkop, Cape, South Africa (Age 0 years) + 6. Winifred Mary Southey,   b. 27 Jul 1877, Steynsburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Nov 1957, Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 80 years) + 7. Eric Earle Lidbitter Southey,   b. 16 Apr 1885, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 27 Apr 1962, Doonside, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2009

  
  

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  Birth - 14 Aug 1843 - 'Bloemhof', Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 10 Dec 1845 - Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  George died at the site where Dr Leander Star Jamieson and Cecil John Rhodes had a skirmish with the boers

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] Marjorie Dick Davies, "Twin Trails", (K. B. Davies (Pvt) Ltd. Printed by Mardon Printers (Pvt) Ltd, Beatrice Rd, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1974.), 352. QUAY 3 [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-P5ZL?i=97&cat=305287 (Reliability: 3).