William Henry Tapson

1856 - 1940  (83 years)

• Name	William Henry Tapson  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Oct 1856	Horden, Goodhurst, Kent, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1940  [2]
  Person ID	I96317	master
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Emily Thompson,   b. 25 Sep 1857, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 21 Jan 1956 (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1883	St Paul's Anglican Church, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Violet Tapson   d. Assumed Deceased + 2. Elaine Tapson   d. Assumed Deceased + 3. Royden Tapson + 4. John Tapson + 5. Hugh Glyde Tapson,   b. 27 Jan 1894, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1 Jul 1954, Sinoia, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) (Age 60 years) + 6. Rupert Ross Tapson + 7. Laurie Tapson
  Family ID	F34704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2018

  
  

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  Marriage - 9 Aug 1883 - St Paul's Anglican Church, Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Henry TAPSON was born on 2nd October 1856 in Horden near Goudhurst, Kent, England. He arrived in South Africa with his parents and siblings at the age of 7. After leaving school he earned his living both as a transport rider and a farmer. Henry was an extremely tall man (6 ft 41/2 ") and somewhere along the line lost an eye, allegedly poked out by an ox and thereafter had a glass eye. He died at the age of 84 in East London on the 4th January 1940. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1423] Beal Preston, Wendy, "Story of a Frontier Family", (ISBN 0 620 07998 3), p 298. [S2538] Lewer, Morag (Reliability: 2). [S3798] SA Anglican Parish Registers 1801-2004, Cape Marriages [LDS], (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2338744), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SXQK (Reliability: 3).