Notes:
Durban - a short history
In 1822 Lieutenant James King, captain of the ship Salisbury, together with Lt. Francis George Farewell, both ex-Royal Navy officers from the Napoleonic Wars, were engaged in trade between the Cape and Delagoa Bay. On a return trip to the Cape in 1823 they were caught in a very bad storm and decided to risk the Bar and anchor in the Bay of Natal. The crossing went off well and they found safe anchor from the storm. Lt. King decided to map the Bay and named the "Salisbury and Farewell Islands". In 1824 Lt. Farewell together with a trading company called J.R.Thompson & Co. decided to open trade relations with Shaka the Zulu King and establish a trading station at the Bay. Henry Francis Fynn, another trader at Delagoa Bay was also involved in this venture. Fynn left Delagoa Bay and sailed for The Bay of Natal on the brig Julia while Farewell followed six weeks later on the Antelope. Between them they had 26 possible settlers, but only 18 stayed. On a visit to King Shaka, Henry Francis Fynn was able to befriend the King by helping him recover from a stab wound suffered as a result of an assassination attempt by one of his half-brothers. As a token of Shaka’s gratitude, he granted Fynn a “25-mile strip of coast a hundred miles in depth.” On 7 August 1824 they concluded negotiations with King Shaka for a cession of land, including the Bay of Natal and land extending ten miles south of the Bay, twenty-five miles north of the Bay and one hundred miles inland. Farewell took possession of this grant and raised the Union Jack with a Royal Salute, which consisted of 4 cannon shots and twenty musket shots. Of the original 18 would be settlers, only 6 remained, and they can be regarded as the founding members of Port Natal as a British colony. These 6 were joined by Lt. James Saunders King and Nathaniel Isaacs in 1825.
The modern city of Durban thus dates from 1824 when the settlement was established on the northern shores of the bay near today's Farewell Square.
During a meeting of 35 European residents in Fynn's territory on 23 June 1835, it was decided to build a capital town and name it "d'Urban" after Sir Benjamin d'Urban, then governor of the Cape Colony.
Latitude: -29.8586227, Longitude: 31.0259636Matches 351 to 400 of 1168
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Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 351 |  Geithrie, Colin Reginald | I36265 | ||
| 352 | Geithrie, Phyllis Elizabeth | I36261 | ||
| 353 | Getkate, Lynn Robyn | I150769 | ||
| 354 | Giddy, Henry John | I57439 | ||
| 355 | Giddy, Linda Joy | I57448 | ||
| 356 | Giddy, Megan Michelle | I57450 | ||
| 357 | Giddy, Peter Wesley | I57455 | ||
| 358 | Giddy, Priscilla Jane | 14 Oct 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I39936 |
| 359 | Gifford, Grant Bruce | I67779 | ||
| 360 | Gifford, Wayne Robert | I67778 | ||
| 361 | Gilbert, Ena | I2541 | ||
| 362 | Gill, Anthony John | I57119 | ||
| 363 | Gill, Susan Fay | I57121 | ||
| 364 | Glaister, Joseph Leslie Younie | Abt 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I151253 |
| 365 | Goddard, Denise Barbara | I99693 | ||
| 366 | Goodricke, Doreen Vivienne Charlotte Penderel | 15 Oct 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147222 |
| 367 | Goodricke, Gertrude Gwynneth Penderel | 24 Aug 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147221 |
| 368 | Goodricke, John | Abt 1852 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147219 |
| 369 | Gordon, Ronald Keith | I107972 | ||
| 370 | Gordon-Thompson, John David | I80993 | ||
| 371 | Gotte, Evan Lindsay | I163057 | ||
| 372 | Gould, Elaine Mary | I53001 | ||
| 373 | Graham, Basil Vernon | 2 Aug 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110554 |
| 374 | Graham, Josh Michael | I110568 | ||
| 375 | Graham, Meg | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110569 | |
| 376 | Graham, Sylvia Pamela | 20 Jun 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110555 |
| 377 | Gray, Bruce James | I85582 | ||
| 378 | Gray, Jessie | Dec 1855 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130821 |
| 379 | Gray, Ryan Elton | I85585 | ||
| 380 | Green, Andrew Southey Malcolm | I7133 | ||
| 381 | Greene, Alice | 19 Sep 1856 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23912 |
| 382 | Greer, Barbara Jane | I109639 | ||
| 383 | Greer, David Mark | I109637 | ||
| 384 | Griessel, Susanna | I27296 | ||
| 385 | Grieve, Graham Robert Hugh | I30921 | ||
| 386 | Griffin, Arthur Charles | 21 Oct 1857 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130372 |
| 387 | Griffin, Edwin Bailie | 10 Oct 1856 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178642 |
| 388 | Griffin, Emma | 25 Oct 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178651 |
| 389 | Griffin, Frances Yates | 2 Jun 1851 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130357 |
| 390 | Griffin, Geofrey | I130388 | ||
| 391 | Griffin, Henry James | 18 Aug 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178641 |
| 392 | Griffin, Leslie | 24 Mar 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130387 |
| 393 | Griffin, Letitia Elizabeth | 8 Jun 1866 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178700 |
| 394 | Griffin, Sarah Jane | 19 Jan 1848 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178602 |
| 395 | Griffin, Thomas Yates | 6 Jun 1849 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178605 |
| 396 | Griffin, William George | 8 Apr 1851 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178627 |
| 397 | Groger, Hedley Anthony | I26571 | ||
| 398 | Groger, Kim Lyn | I26572 | ||
| 399 | Grondein, John | I32413 | ||
| 400 | Grove, Debra Leigh | I165303 | ||
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Hutton, Joan Beevor | 1962 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121897 |
| 352 | Impey, Maria Boyce | 11 Feb 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I2963 |
| 353 | Jakins, Charles Cyril | Abt 1962 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I32756 |
| 354 | Jarman, Edwin Arthur | 31 Mar 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168849 |
| 355 | Jefferies, Cyril West | 23 Jul 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152191 |
| 356 | Jeffries, Caroline | 5 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126639 |
| 357 | Jenner, Peggy Jean Aylmer | 18 Jan 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130456 |
| 358 | Jennings, Alfred Ernest | 3 Jun 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I128909 |
| 359 | Johnston, Gwendoline Irene | 14 Nov 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169649 |
| 360 | Jordan, Martha Margaret | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I142316 | |
| 361 | Joubert, Johanna Alletta | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I149316 | |
| 362 | Joyner, Ethel Clara | 4 Nov 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144831 |
| 363 | Joyner, Thomas Hamilton | 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98527 |
| 364 | Juckes, Edward | 8 Dec 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143782 |
| 365 | Keggie, Doanld Andrew | 3 Jan 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102532 |
| 366 | Keightley, William Henry | 28 Jan 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115701 |
| 367 | Kelbe, Joyce Amy | 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145162 |
| 368 | Kennedy, Andrew Brown | 5 Dec 1881 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74716 |
| 369 | Kennedy, James Heathcote | 10 Mar 1859 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74717 |
| 370 | Kennedy, Lynnette Anne | 2018 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I181936 |
| 371 | Kennedy, Robert Alwyn Longlands | 24 Aug 1997 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152849 |
| 372 | Kennelly, Elizabeth Caroline | 27 Jan 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158983 |
| 373 | Kidson, Minnie | 2 Dec 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I48705 |
| 374 | Kidwell, Candice | 16 Feb 1992 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174575 |
| 375 | Kidwell, Frederick Oswald Campbell | 18 Jun 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174561 |
| 376 | Kidwell, Lionel Thomas | Jan 1994 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46464 |
| 377 | Killick, Robert Edward Lionel | 18 Jun 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I56051 |
| 378 | King, Clara Elvira | 3 Nov 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23875 |
| 379 | King, Eda | 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157530 |
| 380 | King, Elizabeth 1820 Settler | 1887 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23859 |
| 381 | Kirk, Clive Bailey Arnold | 7 Jun 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I131567 |
| 382 | Kirkman, Alfred Newton | 14 Nov 1915 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168171 |
| 383 | Kirkman, Hannah Matilda | 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168169 |
| 384 | Kirkman, Sidney Edwin | 29 Aug 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168175 |
| 385 | Knight, Helen Elizabeth Anne | 6 Apr 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I37575 |
| 386 | Knott, Ronald Ashton | 20 Jun 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I116692 |
| 387 | Krause, Elizabeth Erenstena | 1 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173086 |
| 388 | Krige, Wininfred Joan | 10 Mar 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121197 |
| 389 | Kumm, Bernard Raymond | 23 Feb 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I87310 |
| 390 | Lake, Mary Florence | 22 Sep 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62509 |
| 391 | Lambert, Gerald | 24 Sep 1954 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70412 |
| 392 | Lambert, Henry Edward | 23 Dec 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70414 |
| 393 | Lamont, Kenneth Bertram | 15 Nov 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158760 |
| 394 | Landsdell, George | 24 Aug 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23963 |
| 395 | Landskroon Spruit, Jan Willem | 8 Sep 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174848 |
| 396 | Lane, Peter Shales | 22 Jun 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126751 |
| 397 | Lane, Ronald Shales | 1992 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I154232 |
| 398 | Lane, William John | 2 Jun 1971 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58266 |
| 399 | Lavender, William | 19 Nov 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I32432 |
| 400 | Lee, Alice Victoria (Punch) | 8 Oct 1994 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I124985 |
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| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | ||
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| 351 | Twine / Link | F25600 | ||
| 352 | Ubsdell / White | 9 Feb 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F48128 |
| 353 | Umpleby / Ridinger | 25 Jan 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F43373 |
| 354 | Usher / | 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F51255 |
| 355 | Varney / Daniel | F64056 | ||
| 356 | Varnfield / Marron | F45541 | ||
| 357 | Venter / Rosslee | F36787 | ||
| 358 | Vial / Grove | F58291 | ||
| 359 | Viljoen / Driver | F36584 | ||
| 360 | Vorster / Lee | 3 Mar 1954 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F44511 |
| 361 | Walker / Pike | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F51378 | |
| 362 | Wall / Reith | 25 Aug 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F47287 |
| 363 | Wallace / Elsted | 2 Aug 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F65483 |
| 364 | Wallace / McDivett | 4 Aug 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F65484 |
| 365 | Ward / Davidson | F9744 | ||
| 366 | Wardle / Roberts | F36808 | ||
| 367 | Warren / Venter | F36789 | ||
| 368 | Watermeyer / Comber | F43278 | ||
| 369 | Watson / Tee | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F49928 | |
| 370 | Watters / Johnson | 4 May 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F41877 |
| 371 | Webber / Starkey | F9456 | ||
| 372 | Webber / Wadley | F50521 | ||
| 373 | Webster / Da Silva | F45007 | ||
| 374 | Webster / Grehan | F60219 | ||
| 375 | Webster / Grobler | F60229 | ||
| 376 | Webster / Langois | F60220 | ||
| 377 | Webster / Siddle | F25885 | ||
| 378 | Wentworth / Gracie | F59980 | ||
| 379 | Westcott / Louwrens | 30 Jan 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63028 |
| 380 | White / Blakey | 31 Jul 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63445 |
| 381 | Whitfield / Berry | F29632 | ||
| 382 | Whitfield / Sefton | F16469 | ||
| 383 | Whittal / | F7053 | ||
| 384 | Whittal / Ridinger | F7145 | ||
| 385 | Whittal / van der Merwe | F16368 | ||
| 386 | Whittle / Ward | 1 Dec 1961 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F55512 |
| 387 | Wiblin / Moore | 26 Jan 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63418 |
| 388 | Wiggill / Tarr | F31625 | ||
| 389 | Wigley / Milton | F65741 | ||
| 390 | Wilkin / Impey | 10 Jul 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F47055 |
| 391 | Williams / Childs | F31109 | ||
| 392 | Williams / Goodman | 15 Jun 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63453 |
| 393 | Williams / Kidson | 19 Jun 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F44879 |
| 394 | Wilmot / Featherstone | 30 May 1907 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F24229 |
| 395 | Wilson / Bergh | F24789 | ||
| 396 | Wilson / Douglas | 28 May 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F24786 |
| 397 | Wilson / Heming | F24781 | ||
| 398 | Woods / Davies | F10935 | ||
| 399 | Wright / Formund | Abt 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F36779 |
| 400 | Wright / Wallis | F36782 | ||
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