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 401 to 450 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth |
Person ID | ||
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| 401 |  O'Connor, Garth Verdum | I46431 | ||
| 402 | O'Connor, Danielle Anne | I46433 | ||
| 403 | O'Connor, Colleen Patricia | I46429 | ||
| 404 | O'Brien, Patrick Edward | 28 Nov 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45901 |
| 405 | O'Brein, Patrick Edward | 28 Nov 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I79880 |
| 406 | Nussey, Natalie Francis | I143065 | ||
| 407 | Norton, Raymond Gordon | I137662 | ||
| 408 | Norton, Lauren Judy | I105449 | ||
| 409 | Niddrie, Ronald David | I127737 | ||
| 410 | Nicolai, Frank Arthur | 19 Apr 1872 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103896 |
| 411 | Nicol, Roger Booth | I108804 | ||
| 412 | Nicol, Peter Ross | 13 Mar 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108802 |
| 413 | Nicol, Keith Gavin | I108803 | ||
| 414 | Nicol, Dawne Valerie | I108805 | ||
| 415 | Nicholson, Sibaya | I74540 | ||
| 416 | Nicholson, Sabrina | I74539 | ||
| 417 | Nicholson, Kylie | I74568 | ||
| 418 | Nicholson, Jenna-Lee | I74567 | ||
| 419 | Newberry, Ernest Edgar | 10 Apr 1884 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I56847 |
| 420 | Nelson, Peter James | I6909 | ||
| 421 | Nelson, Kenda Lynn | I6908 | ||
| 422 | Nelson, Grant Leigh | I164383 | ||
| 423 | Nelson, Carolyn | I6911 | ||
| 424 | Nelson, Barry Graham | I6910 | ||
| 425 | Nel, Mandy Gayle | I29247 | ||
| 426 | Nel, Ian Leslie | I94719 | ||
| 427 | Nel, Clive Shane | I29246 | ||
| 428 | Nel, Brian Gerard | 4 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I180879 |
| 429 | Neil-Ross, Jason Nicholas | I165266 | ||
| 430 | Neil-Ross, Brett Charles | I165267 | ||
| 431 | Neil, Gregory | I32389 | ||
| 432 | Neil, Donovan | I32390 | ||
| 433 | Neil, Christopher | I32391 | ||
| 434 | Neil, Bridget | I32388 | ||
| 435 | Naidoo, Renusha | I79197 | ||
| 436 | Murray, Penelope 'Penny' | I81474 | ||
| 437 | Murray, Ida Jean | I131187 | ||
| 438 | Murphy, Rodney Owen | 2 Aug 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157654 |
| 439 | Murphy, Nicholas Christopher | I157657 | ||
| 440 | Mundell, Reginald | I142989 | ||
| 441 | Mundell, John | I142985 | ||
| 442 | Mundell, Edward Hood | I142963 | ||
| 443 | Mundell, Barbara Ann | I6332 | ||
| 444 | Moult, Glennys Ann | 11 Aug 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I162525 |
| 445 | Moult, Allan James Brian | I162524 | ||
| 446 | Moore, Elsa | 25 Aug 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130320 |
| 447 | Moore, Eileen | 23 Aug 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130322 |
| 448 | Moore, Doris | 13 Sep 1893 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130317 |
| 449 | Moore, Alexander George | 6 Apr 1905 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I111299 |
| 450 | Moll, Phillipa Jane | I112031 | ||
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Matches 401 to 450 of 796
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Lane, Peter Shales | 22 Jun 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126751 |
| 402 | Landskroon Spruit, Jan Willem | 8 Sep 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174848 |
| 403 | Landsdell, George | 24 Aug 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23963 |
| 404 | Lamont, Kenneth Bertram | 15 Nov 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158760 |
| 405 | Lambert, Henry Edward | 23 Dec 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70414 |
| 406 | Lambert, Gerald | 24 Sep 1954 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70412 |
| 407 | Lake, Mary Florence | 22 Sep 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62509 |
| 408 | Kumm, Bernard Raymond | 23 Feb 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I87310 |
| 409 | Krige, Wininfred Joan | 10 Mar 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121197 |
| 410 | Krause, Elizabeth Erenstena | 1 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173086 |
| 411 | Knott, Ronald Ashton | 20 Jun 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I116692 |
| 412 | Knight, Helen Elizabeth Anne | 6 Apr 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I37575 |
| 413 | Kirkman, Sidney Edwin | 29 Aug 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168175 |
| 414 | Kirkman, Hannah Matilda | 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168169 |
| 415 | Kirkman, Alfred Newton | 14 Nov 1915 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168171 |
| 416 | Kirk, Clive Bailey Arnold | 7 Jun 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I131567 |
| 417 | King, Elizabeth 1820 Settler | 1887 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23859 |
| 418 | King, Eda | 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157530 |
| 419 | King, Clara Elvira | 3 Nov 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23875 |
| 420 | Killick, Robert Edward Lionel | 18 Jun 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I56051 |
| 421 | Kidwell, Lionel Thomas | Jan 1994 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46464 |
| 422 | Kidwell, Frederick Oswald Campbell | 18 Jun 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174561 |
| 423 | Kidwell, Candice | 16 Feb 1992 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174575 |
| 424 | Kidson, Minnie | 2 Dec 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I48705 |
| 425 | Kennelly, Elizabeth Caroline | 27 Jan 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158983 |
| 426 | Kennedy, Robert Alwyn Longlands | 24 Aug 1997 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152849 |
| 427 | Kennedy, Lynnette Anne | 2018 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I181936 |
| 428 | Kennedy, James Heathcote | 10 Mar 1859 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74717 |
| 429 | Kennedy, Andrew Brown | 5 Dec 1881 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74716 |
| 430 | Kelbe, Joyce Amy | 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145162 |
| 431 | Keightley, William Henry | 28 Jan 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115701 |
| 432 | Keggie, Doanld Andrew | 3 Jan 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102532 |
| 433 | Juckes, Edward | 8 Dec 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143782 |
| 434 | Joyner, Thomas Hamilton | 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98527 |
| 435 | Joyner, Ethel Clara | 4 Nov 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144831 |
| 436 | Joubert, Johanna Alletta | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I149316 | |
| 437 | Jordan, Martha Margaret | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I142316 | |
| 438 | Johnston, Gwendoline Irene | 14 Nov 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169649 |
| 439 | Jennings, Alfred Ernest | 3 Jun 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I128909 |
| 440 | Jenner, Peggy Jean Aylmer | 18 Jan 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130456 |
| 441 | Jeffries, Caroline | 5 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126639 |
| 442 | Jefferies, Cyril West | 23 Jul 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152191 |
| 443 | Jarman, Edwin Arthur | 31 Mar 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168849 |
| 444 | Jakins, Charles Cyril | Abt 1962 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I32756 |
| 445 | Impey, Maria Boyce | 11 Feb 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I2963 |
| 446 | Hutton, Joan Beevor | 1962 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121897 |
| 447 | Hutchins, Florence Gertrude | 31 Oct 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I35797 |
| 448 | Hunter, Peter | 25 Feb 1983 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I116241 |
| 449 | Humphris, Edith Elizabeth | 4 Dec 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26728 |
| 450 | Humphrey, Charles Hildesley | 30 Dec 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160379 |
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Matches 401 to 404 of 404
| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | ||
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| 401 | Andersen / Whittal | 27 Mar 1975 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F7117 |
| 402 | Allen / Beck | 29 Dec 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F25855 |
| 403 | Alberts / Webber | F50523 | ||
| 404 | / | 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F15345 |
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