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 601 to 650 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth |
Person ID | ||
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| 601 |  Klomfass, Wayne John | I32448 | ||
| 602 | Klomfass, Rene Ann | I32449 | ||
| 603 | Kirkman, Scott | I41066 | ||
| 604 | Kirkman, Herbert John | 30 Sep 1862 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168173 |
| 605 | Kirkman, Hannah Matilda | 15 Oct 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168169 |
| 606 | Kirkman, Gaye | I41064 | ||
| 607 | Kirkman, Frederick Joseph | 29 Mar 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I164912 |
| 608 | Kirkman, Alfred Newton | 12 Dec 1856 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168171 |
| 609 | Kirkman, Ada Emma | 13 Dec 1854 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168170 |
| 610 | Kingsbury-Ellis, Joyce Sally | I104051 | ||
| 611 | King, Nolene Cheryl | I27297 | ||
| 612 | Kimber, Briasn Roy | 29 May 1929 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177739 |
| 613 | Kidwell, Yuleleen Molly | I174566 | ||
| 614 | Kidwell, Wade | I174563 | ||
| 615 | Kidwell, Kerry Leigh | I46499 | ||
| 616 | Kidwell, Craig | I46498 | ||
| 617 | Kidd, Rodney James | I128881 | ||
| 618 | Kennedy, May Doreen | 27 Feb 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54697 |
| 619 | Kennedy, James Heathcote | 4 Sep 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74717 |
| 620 | Kemp, Gerard | I26569 | ||
| 621 | Keggie, Tyron Alexander | I102530 | ||
| 622 | Keggie, Jethro | I102533 | ||
| 623 | Keggie, Frank Brian | I102528 | ||
| 624 | Keggie, Doanld Andrew | 13 Jul 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102532 |
| 625 | Keggie, Deborah | I102531 | ||
| 626 | Keggie, Charlene Moira | I102529 | ||
| 627 | Kay, Kendall | I62793 | ||
| 628 | Kapp, Taine | I110314 | ||
| 629 | Joynt, Jennifer Elaine | I102559 | ||
| 630 | Joynt, Aubrey David Leslie | I102555 | ||
| 631 | Joyner, Thomas Hamilton | 15 May 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98527 |
| 632 | Joyner, Rita | I18261 | ||
| 633 | Jordan, Shirley Anne | I29317 | ||
| 634 | Jordan, Robert Jasper | I29316 | ||
| 635 | Jordan, Jennifer Lynn | I29318 | ||
| 636 | Jordan, Bernice Baymen | I103873 | ||
| 637 | Jones, Kathleen Gail | I104241 | ||
| 638 | Jones, Guy Andrew | I104240 | ||
| 639 | Johnson, Malcolm Douglas | I165269 | ||
| 640 | Johnson, Faith | I165273 | ||
| 641 | Jessop, Thomas Steve | I45412 | ||
| 642 | Jessop, Robert Craig | I131619 | ||
| 643 | Jessop, Julian Brian | I45411 | ||
| 644 | Jessop, Craig Anthony | I45410 | ||
| 645 | Jenkins, Jessie Leonore | 22 Jun 1906 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I75296 |
| 646 | Jay, Meridith Susan | I51778 | ||
| 647 | Jarvie, Phillipa Frances | I101927 | ||
| 648 | Jarvie, Donna Stanford | I101926 | ||
| 649 | James, Barbara | 30 Sep 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I129347 |
| 650 | Jagger, Neil | I32293 | ||
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
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| 601 | Eva, Nanette Yvonne | 29 May 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I111419 |
| 602 | Eva, Leslie Oswald | 21 Nov 1971 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112302 |
| 603 | Eva, Doris Alison | 18 May 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112019 |
| 604 | Eva, Bernard Wilfred Hendrik | 15 Jul 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110688 |
| 605 | Estment, Ronald | 6 Sep 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12668 |
| 606 | Erasmus, Willem Petrus | 5 May 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I40544 |
| 607 | Ente, Catherine Wilhelmina | 11 Oct 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178703 |
| 608 | Emms, Nesta Muriel | 29 Jun 1981 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1375 |
| 609 | Elston, John Vernon | 17 Feb 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104546 |
| 610 | Elsted, Gwendoline Lilian | 16 Nov 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I180870 |
| 611 | Egan, Norman Charles | 19 Jun 1984 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I146567 |
| 612 | Edwards, Edith Maria Ann | 17 May 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18147 |
| 613 | Edmonds, Mark Paxton | 18 May 1982 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I57285 |
| 614 | Eaton, Richard St John | 17 Jul 1953 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70837 |
| 615 | Eales, Colin Robert | 17 Nov 1963 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104183 |
| 616 | Eagle, Ernest Sinclair | 31 Mar 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107744 |
| 617 | Dyer, Edna Earle | 12 Aug 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119862 |
| 618 | Dyason, James Meyntjes | 3 May 1952 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12117 |
| 619 | Driver, William Gordon Stanford LLB, MBE | 1983 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I958 |
| 620 | Driver, Shirley Stanford | 13 Jul 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1505 |
| 621 | Driver, Margaret Elizabeth Stanford | 5 Dec 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1507 |
| 622 | Driver, Annie Thackwray | 14 Aug 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67132 |
| 623 | Douglas, Asthore Muriel | 26 Oct 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67764 |
| 624 | Doherty, Muriel May | 30 Jul 1971 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I142333 |
| 625 | Dodge, James Matthew | 6 Sep 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I9815 |
| 626 | Diering, Guy Louis Henderson | 13 Oct 1987 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I21329 |
| 627 | Dick, Charles Robert Seymour | 18 Feb 1981 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I31871 |
| 628 | Devlin, Robert Mylo | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I131795 | |
| 629 | Denny, Frederick William Ramsay | 19 Jun 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15287 |
| 630 | De Wayer, Susan Christine | 27 Jul 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I97324 |
| 631 | De Villiers, Gerhardus Francois | 1 Mar 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I37420 |
| 632 | Davie, William Ellis | 14 Sep 1988 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145005 |
| 633 | Dashwood, Frances Mary | 25 Apr 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160632 |
| 634 | Daniell, Rice Henry | 10 Apr 1884 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I125429 |
| 635 | Daniell, Charlotte | 2 Sep 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I141491 |
| 636 | Daniel, Wilfred Basil | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107395 | |
| 637 | Daniel, Robin | 2 Apr 2000 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I132644 |
| 638 | Daniel, Mabel Southwell | 19 Aug 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I148583 |
| 639 | Dale, Walter Harold | 8 Apr 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I128081 |
| 640 | Dale, Hilda Constance | 23 Dec 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I128110 |
| 641 | Curry, Henry Turnbull | 14 Apr 1987 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78465 |
| 642 | Curry, Clifford Allen | 8 May 1961 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78467 |
| 643 | Currin, Edwin Clarence | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I60530 | |
| 644 | Currin, Arthur Manning | 16 Mar 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I60513 |
| 645 | Cunningham, William John Rolland | 17 Apr 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152052 |
| 646 | Cumming, Wendy Louise | 17 Oct 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I31520 |
| 647 | Crossley, Kendall | 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I82612 |
| 648 | Crooks, Tebbutt Hill | 24 Aug 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I127389 |
| 649 | Cramer, Martha Jemima | 3 Jul 1997 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173106 |
| 650 | Cramer, Mabel Gloria | 30 Sep 1981 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173110 |
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