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Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa



 


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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: 31.0259636


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Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
151 Thorpe, Trevor Patrick   I128116
152 Thorpe, Charlene Wendy   I128118
153 Thorns, Brigid Helen   I51706
154 Thorns, Alastair William Ross   I51705
155 Thompson, Peter Cresswell   I26390
156 Thompson, Carol Elizabeth   I32242
157 Theron, Susan   I131381
158 Theron, Lovell   I36499
159 Thackwray, Jade Roxanne   I119191
160 Taylor, Rogan Drummond   I109645
161 Taylor, Paul Brendan   I109647
162 Taylor, Melvyn Douglas   I27229
163 Taylor, Harold George   I56617
164 Taylor, Denzil   I111233
165 Tarr, Raymond Graham   I83329
166 Talbot, Thomas Nobel  5 May 1903Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I159046
167 Talbot, Stuart Peter   I45441
168 Talbot, Stephen James   I45440
169 Talbot, Matthew Sean   I45439
170 Tainton, Margaret Elizabeth Blanche  7 Apr 1876Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58795
171 Symonds, Jacqueline Gail   I181193
172 Swift, James Hugo   I31828
173 Swart, Tracy-Lee   I124321
174 Swart, Candice-Louise   I124320
175 Sussens, Ian Robert  1 Feb 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I135046
176 Sturgess, Sarah Jane   I58170
177 Sturgess, Megan Grace   I58169
178 Sturgess, Frank   I57720
179 Sturgess, Blake Charles   I58168
180 Stuart, Mary Burgess  7 Apr 1874Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I78448
181 Strydom, Patricia Joyce  12 May 1943Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I126660
182 Stretch, Maria Elizabeth  9 Oct 1853Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I161268
183 Stott, Diana Florence  3 Sep 1935Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I120163
184 Stone, Vaughn Cyril   I46543
185 Stone, Gavin John   I81032
186 Stone, Eric  4 Nov 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I103837
187 Stone, Emma Casey   I80977
188 Stone, Colin Daniel   I81033
189 Stone, Caitlin Kayla   I81034
190 Stokoe, Thomas Colville   I25439
191 Steyn, Deborah   I22399
192 Stewart, Margaret Moraig   I86028
193 Steward, Michael   I130661
194 Steward, Beverley   I130660
195 Sterley, William Edward Henley  6 Dec 1958Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I116222
196 Sterley, Wayne John Henley   I116217
197 Sterley, Vance Edward Henley   I116218
198 Sterley, Raymond Henley   I116215
199 Sterley, Mark James   I115959
200 Sterley, Lancelot Wilfred  10 Aug 1939Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I116219

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
151 Smith, Margery Ann  21 Dec 1969Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23502
152 Smith, Johanna Susan Jacoba (Annie Susan)  2 Jun 1963Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34880
153 Smith, Harriet Mary-Ann Louisa  16 Nov 1999Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I177981
154 Smith, Harold George  27 Dec 1998Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I41525
155 Smith, Alfred Kenneth  1975Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I67838
156 Smedley, Basil Biggs  22 Mar 1942Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I5844
157 Sissons, Richard  3 Dec 1946Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I17363
158 Sissison, John Campbell Faulding  29 Jul 2008Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I152851
159 Simpson, Granville Kenneth  29 Jun 1991Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I7401
160 Simpson, Eric Percy  5 May 1995Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I51030
161 Siddle, Edna Melita  1937Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I70800
162 Siddle, Charles  14 Jun 1931Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I70684
163 Shuttleworth, William Colling  3 Sep 1956Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I62763
164 Shuttleworth, Richard Henry  10 Dec 1974Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I62764
165 Shuttleworth, Claribel May  11 Sep 1972Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I62760
166 Shuttleworth, Arthur French (Maj) DFC  20 Oct 1985Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I62766
167 Shuttleworth, Arthur Frederick  22 Jun 1972Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I70065
168 Shone, Oscar Archibald  6 Nov 1963Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I13253
169 Shiels, Arnold Renny  6 Jul 1974Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I59760
170 Shepstone, Theophilus Havelock  4 Sep 1960Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58639
171 Shepstone, Poppy Gloria  8 Oct 2007Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58890
172 Shepstone, Lulie Alice  15 Jul 1922Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58848
173 Shepstone, Henrique Charles  17 Oct 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58625
174 Sheppard, Harry Kenneth  29 Apr 1946Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I113589
175 Sheppard, Beryl  3 Nov 2002Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I120114
176 Sharp, Annie Brown  24 Apr 1952Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I121985
177 Sephton, William Thomas Hezakia  1950Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I61693
178 Selby, Mervyn Clitheroe  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I51980
179 Seaton, Frank William  27 Mar 1981Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I107790
180 Seaton, Dulcie  29 Oct 1969Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I107788
181 Seago, Doreen  8 Jul 1980Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I108728
182 Scrooby, Norman Lovell  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145214
183 Scrooby, Noel Darcy  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145215
184 Scrooby, Ivy Ethel  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145209
185 Scrooby, Edmund Algernon  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145208
186 Scrooby, Dorothy Sybil  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145212
187 Scrooby, Algeny Howsen  Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I145210
188 Scott, Emilie  30 May 1949Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I28610
189 Scott, Elizabeth Maria Henrietta  25 Aug 1965Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174650
190 Saunders, Denham William  2 Jul 2008Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I112825
191 Röffer, Elfrieda Anna  11 Nov 1982Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I32452
192 Russel, Joan Rosamund Ayers  1959Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I74110
193 Rudd, Winifred Dorothy  30 May 1995Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I78390
194 Rudd, Johannes Stephanus  Abt 1990Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I90230
195 Rubidge, Dorothy Annie  6 Jul 1940Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I5803
196 Royston, Marion  3 Apr 1945Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58941
197 Rowlands, Leo  9 Apr 1972Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I102470
198 Rowland, Gwendoline  1965Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I143032
199 Rosslee, James Robert  15 Nov 1938Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I102522
200 Ross, John  5 Oct 1971Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I107942

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Marriage

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
151 Neytzell - Dewilde / Richardson   F17352
152 Newnham / Freemantle  1951Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F12356
153 Nell / Sterley   F41582
154 Nel / Kirby   F49755
155 Nel / Hayter   F34230
156 Nel / Cummings   F10515
157 Neil / Stephenson   F11254
158 Murphy / Matthews   F55752
159 Mundell / Laing   F51148
160 Mostert / Cleenwerk   F58532
161 Montgomery / Pedlar  20 Sep 1930Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F61308
162 Mitchley / Cadwell  Abt 1950Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F19126
163 Mina / Stephenson   F11259
164 Miller / Williams   F31117
165 Miller / McNeil   F59409
166 Miller / Hutton  24 Jan 1931Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59405
167 Miller / Flemming   F57589
168 Millar / Schoeman   F37478
169 Merrick / du Toit-Westly   F25636
170 Merrick / Atkinson   F25637
171 Melville / Frölich   F36770
172 Melville / Chaning-Pearce   F36775
173 Melvill / Lawson   F33378
174 Melvill / Ford   F33375
175 McMullen / Morillion   F37105
176 McMaster / Tait   F9840
177 McMaster / Kingsbury-Ellis   F37316
178 McGlone / McPherson   F61770
179 McEwan / Bronte - Stewart   F22569
180 McDonald-Sinclair / Deacon   F36792
181 McCabe / Labuschagne   F3367
182 McAllister / Impey  16 Oct 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47057
183 Maytham / Baragwanath  20 Sep 1853Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59356
184 Matthews / Tasker   F10587
185 Matthews / Emslie   F55743
186 Marais / Hamlin   F9723
187 Mallet / Hesselman  2 Jun 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F56459
188 Maier / Whitfield   F29673
189 MacNeillie / Holliday   F11226
190 Lutman / King  1842Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F8693
191 Longmore / Reen   F31183
192 Lombard / Curry   F28623
193 Loftie-Eaton / Schoeman  30 Jan 1952Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F26367
194 Lloyd / McLeod  19 Jan 1929Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F5834
195 Little / Bowker  26 Aug 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41822
196 Lillywhite / Bowker  23 Aug 1944Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41831
197 Licence / Parker   F44992
198 Lester / Walters  6 Oct 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47061
199 Lester / Walker   F47728
200 Lester / Strydom   F45177

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