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 751 to 800 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth |
Person ID | ||
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| 751 |  Hamlin, Ian Maurice | 7 Jul 1916 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26731 |
| 752 | Hamlin, Guy Ralph | I26743 | ||
| 753 | Hamlin, Guy Herbert | 22 Jun 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26732 |
| 754 | Hamlin, Angela Clarissa | I26748 | ||
| 755 | Halstone, Leslie Montgomery | I179490 | ||
| 756 | Halstone, Leslie Carmel | I179492 | ||
| 757 | Halse, Taylor Michael | I180841 | ||
| 758 | Halliday, Olive Maud | I67753 | ||
| 759 | Hall, Lee Ann | I117792 | ||
| 760 | Hall, Debbie | I117791 | ||
| 761 | Hall, David Peter | I117793 | ||
| 762 | Hagemann, Sven Ray | I84942 | ||
| 763 | Hagemann, Rohan Frederick Desmond | I84943 | ||
| 764 | Gush, Samantha Elizabeth | I40912 | ||
| 765 | Gush, Roger Werndly | I40902 | ||
| 766 | Gush, Jennifer Anne | I40782 | ||
| 767 | Gush, Graham Norman | 30 Jan 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I40747 |
| 768 | Gush, Dennis Mervyn | I40706 | ||
| 769 | Grundy, Margaret Gladys | I2608 | ||
| 770 | Grove, Debra Leigh | I165303 | ||
| 771 | Grondein, John | I32413 | ||
| 772 | Groger, Kim Lyn | I26572 | ||
| 773 | Groger, Hedley Anthony | I26571 | ||
| 774 | Griffin, William George | 8 Apr 1851 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178627 |
| 775 | Griffin, Thomas Yates | 6 Jun 1849 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178605 |
| 776 | Griffin, Sarah Jane | 19 Jan 1848 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178602 |
| 777 | Griffin, Letitia Elizabeth | 8 Jun 1866 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178700 |
| 778 | Griffin, Leslie | 24 Mar 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130387 |
| 779 | Griffin, Henry James | 18 Aug 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178641 |
| 780 | Griffin, Geofrey | I130388 | ||
| 781 | Griffin, Frances Yates | 2 Jun 1851 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130357 |
| 782 | Griffin, Emma | 25 Oct 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178651 |
| 783 | Griffin, Edwin Bailie | 10 Oct 1856 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178642 |
| 784 | Griffin, Arthur Charles | 21 Oct 1857 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130372 |
| 785 | Grieve, Graham Robert Hugh | I30921 | ||
| 786 | Griessel, Susanna | I27296 | ||
| 787 | Greer, David Mark | I109637 | ||
| 788 | Greer, Barbara Jane | I109639 | ||
| 789 | Greene, Alice | 19 Sep 1856 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23912 |
| 790 | Green, Andrew Southey Malcolm | I7133 | ||
| 791 | Gray, Ryan Elton | I85585 | ||
| 792 | Gray, Jessie | Dec 1855 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130821 |
| 793 | Gray, Bruce James | I85582 | ||
| 794 | Graham, Sylvia Pamela | 20 Jun 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110555 |
| 795 | Graham, Meg | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110569 | |
| 796 | Graham, Josh Michael | I110568 | ||
| 797 | Graham, Basil Vernon | 2 Aug 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110554 |
| 798 | Gould, Elaine Mary | I53001 | ||
| 799 | Gotte, Evan Lindsay | I163057 | ||
| 800 | Gordon-Thompson, John David | I80993 | ||
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Matches 751 to 796 of 796
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751 | Bernard, Dorothy Ann | 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101435 |
| 752 | Bennetts, Benjamin Raymond | 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113805 |
| 753 | Bennett, Thomas Gibson | 16 Apr 1975 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177595 |
| 754 | Bennett, Mary Ethel | 11 Oct 1961 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177592 |
| 755 | Bellows, James Charles Michael | 11 Nov 1993 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120655 |
| 756 | Bell, Elizabeth Somerset | Jul 1982 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I21267 |
| 757 | Beckwith, Kate Heslop | 25 Apr 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I166808 |
| 758 | Batteson, Oswald Courtney | 16 Feb 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158289 |
| 759 | Bath, Dorothy Florence | 6 Nov 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I176350 |
| 760 | Bastard, Mary Ellen | 1 Aug 1959 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5821 |
| 761 | Basson, Doris Owen | 18 Sep 1957 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I83371 |
| 762 | Bartie, Alice Maria | 23 Jun 1989 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130742 |
| 763 | Barnes, Marion Evelyn | 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144720 |
| 764 | Barnes, Doris Maud | 1980 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98437 |
| 765 | Baragwanath, Emma (Thora) Lucy | 21 Jun 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67771 |
| 766 | Bannister, Jack Beurguer | 4 Mar 1973 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I66094 |
| 767 | Bailey, Raymond Purdon Cockcroft | 31 Oct 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108230 |
| 768 | Bailey, Purdon Herbert | 31 Oct 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108820 |
| 769 | Bailey, Mercia Hermina | 20 Jun 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108232 |
| 770 | Baikie, Ewan Lewis | 12 Nov 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I36791 |
| 771 | Bagnall, Harvey | 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I11136 |
| 772 | Baber, Miranda | 24 May 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I75590 |
| 773 | Austin, Evelyn Eardly Wilmot | 1 Sep 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113564 |
| 774 | Attwell, Melville Hamilton | 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67126 |
| 775 | Atherstone, Mary Elizabeth | 5 Oct 1939 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I226 |
| 776 | Ashburner, Ernest | 1 Jul 1939 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I35588 |
| 777 | Ash, Frances Doreen | 21 Apr 1954 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I136969 |
| 778 | Armstrong, Douglas Lorraine | 13 Mar 1997 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I84040 |
| 779 | Ardendorff, Gertrude Louise Marie | 3 Mar 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I138625 |
| 780 | Annear, Annie Eileen | 15 Nov 1971 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I25965 |
| 781 | Andrews, Elizabeth Anna | 26 Jun 1983 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I6376 |
| 782 | Anderson, William Webster | 15 Feb 1959 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I2582 |
| 783 | Anderson, Margaret Mary | 16 Aug 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115689 |
| 784 | Andersen, Gloria Patricia | 11 Apr 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157636 |
| 785 | Amm, Mary | 16 Sep 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177558 |
| 786 | Allen, Frederick Charles | 25 May 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70661 |
| 787 | Alexander, Muriel May | 6 Dec 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I48967 |
| 788 | Aldum, Lydia Ann | 22 May 1929 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I44877 |
| 789 | Aldridge, Hubert Wilfred | Abt 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I59758 |
| 790 | Alcock, Gilbert | 26 May 1986 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I125520 |
| 791 | Albertyn, Yvonne Olive | 24 Jul 1980 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I29145 |
| 792 | Addison, Margaret Alice | 26 Jun 1953 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5274 |
| 793 | Adamson, Edith Daphne | 30 Dec 1996 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174023 |
| 794 | Pamela | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I33693 | |
| 795 | Mary Agnes | 13 Jan 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I137271 |
| 796 | Kathleen Mary Anne | 16 Jul 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143064 |
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