Margaret Ann Edwards

1857 - 1924  (67 years)

• Name	Margaret Ann Edwards  [1, 2]
  Birth	11 Jul 1857	The Coombs, Upper Blinkwater, Winterberg (nr) Fort Beaufort, Cape of Good Hope   [1]
  Baptism	15 Nov 1857	Parish of Winterburg (Anglican) in the Division of Fort Beaufort.
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	21 Nov 1924	Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa   [1]
  Burial	Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa   [1]
  Person ID	I82983	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Richard Edwards,   b. 6 Jul 1831, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Oct 1904, Renan farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anne Gibbens,   b. 21 Jan 1827   d. 9 Jul 1908, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F30221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Jay Eva Allwright,   b. 19 Dec 1855, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Nov 1927, Dawn farm, Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1878	Welcome Home farm, Hilton, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Children	1. Reuben Allwright,   b. 28 Dec 1878   d. 30 Jan 1880 (Age 1 year) + 2. Oliver Bertie Allwright,   b. 23 Dec 1880, Tilden, Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 8 Oct 1949, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)   3. Thomas Edwin Allwright,   b. 10 Aug 1882, Claremont farm, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 28 Jun 1888 (Age 5 years) + 4. Charles James Allwright,   b. 20 May 1884, Tilden, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Sep 1938, Willesley farm, Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa (Age 54 years) + 5. Annie Mildred Allwright,   b. 5 Jul 1886, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Mar 1920, Spitskop, Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa (Age 33 years)   6. Ivy Mabel Allwright,   b. 22 Oct 1887, Chilton, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Jun 1888 (Age 0 years) + 7. Ada May Allwright,   b. 23 Mar 1889   d. 1 Jun 1973, Clocolan, Free State, South Africa (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F30169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2014

  
  

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  Baptism - 15 Nov 1857 - Parish of Winterburg (Anglican) in the Division of Fort Beaufort. Marriage - 11 Jul 1878 - Welcome Home farm, Hilton, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 21 Nov 1924 - Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa Burial - - Glen Makopo, Hobhouse, Free State, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Margaret Ann Edwards's Grandparents James Edwards from London and Ann Thomas from Kent. had come from England on the ship Aurora under Hezekiah Sephton, as 1820 settlers. James Edwards and his wife and three children left from the farm "Post Retief" in their own wagon to accompany Piet Retief on the Great Trek. They crossed the Drakensberg mountains into Natal in 1837. In Natal James Edwards was one of the party of about sixty men chosen to accompany Piet Retief to Dingaans Kraal. Their object was to formalise a previous verbal agreement made between Dingaan and Retief whereby Retief's party would be given the right to settle on land South of the Tugela River. James Edwards arrived late at the meeting place of the party on the morning of their departure to Dingaan's Kraal and found that Retief and his party were treacherously murdered at Dingaans Kraal on 6 February 1838. By early May 1838 the Edwards Family were at Port Natal and they left shortly afterwards to return to Post Retief in the Eastern Cape Province. Whether it was the tragic death of their great friend and leader, Piet Retief, which made them decide to return is not known. The journey back took four months and they suffered great hardships on the way. James Edwards died in 1840 but Ann with her six children continued living on the farm Post Retief. The widow, besides farming, also operated a small water-driven mill for grinding corn to supplement her income. A son of hers, Charles Richard Edwards (1831 - 1904) married Ann Gibbens in 1855. Margaret Edwards who married James Jay Eva Alwright, was a daughter of Charles Richard Edwards and Ann Gibbens. Margaret and James Jay Eva Allwright and their family "trekked" to the Thaba N'chu area of the Orange Free State late in 1902 and settled down to farming there successfully. In 1920 James and Margaret retired to Ladybrand. They did not stay there long, however and after spending a year on the Diamond Fields went to live with their daughter and her husband on their farm Glen Makopo near Hobhouse. Margaret died there in 1924 and James died while visiting Sam Rudman on his farm "Dawn" near Ladybrand in 1927. Both are buried on Glen Makopo (D.N.180/20173 and D.N.1658/69).(DWA)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1576] Darryl Allwright, "Their Blood in our Veins". [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-W9R4-D (Reliability: 3).