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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa



 


Notes:
When it was visited by James Backhouse in December 1838 he wrote the following:



“On approaching Grahams Town, we were struck with the uninviting appearance of its site, which is in a naked country, at the foot of a low, rocky, sandstone ridge … The present town consists of a few streets, one of which is spacious, and serves as a market-place.

The streets are regularly laid out; and the houses are neat, and white, or yellow. The inhabitants are about 4,000, almost exclusively English. There are places of worship belonging to the Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists, and Independents. Adjacent to the town there are kraals or villages of Fingoes and Khoikhoi.”

Thomas Baines visited the town in March 1848 and reported that: “… we entered the town by New Street which seemed, by far, more prolific of canteens and … retail stores, than of private dwellings … (Graham’s Town) contained at the time of my arrival a population of six thousand persons, of whom one-fourth were coloured, and houses to the number of seven hundred and fifty. Its principal streets cross each other at right angles, and at their point of intersection is placed the English Church, a plain Gothic building…”

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Latitude: -33.3117, Longitude: 26.5318


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Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1351 Hoole, Jane Elizabeth Fitz  10 Jan 1821Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I912
1352 Hoole, Janet Cotterell  21 Jun 1891Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I878
1353 Hoole, Jean Emmeline   I25314
1354 Hoole, Joan Godlonton  28 May 1918Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25312
1355 Hoole, Jonathan Garnet   I902
1356 Hoole, Joseph Arthur Sidney  22 Jul 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25057
1357 Hoole, Josephine Evelyn  4 Jan 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I880
1358 Hoole, Karin Tilitha   I29428
1359 Hoole, Lillith Veronica  7 Oct 1914Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2010
1360 Hoole, Margaret Lynn   I29393
1361 Hoole, Mary Jane Cotterell  28 Oct 1848Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24477
1362 Hoole, Michael Jonathan   I29394
1363 Hoole, Michael Ross   I29427
1364 Hoole, Norah Patricia   I25316
1365 Hoole, Oliver Percival Porter  15 Jan 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25055
1366 Hoole, Patricia Mary   I7100
1367 Hoole, Paul Robert   I29425
1368 Hoole, Percival Walter  27 Jan 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28160
1369 Hoole, Robert Godlonton  26 Apr 1874Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16219
1370 Hoole, Robert Hart   I985
1371 Hoole, Robyn Frances Anne   I29395
1372 Hoole, Sarah Roberta Godlonton  5 Dec 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25121
1373 Hoole, Thomas Tamplin  21 Aug 1887Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I876
1374 Hoole, Thomas Trevor   I901
1375 Hoole, Trevor Tamplin   I29392
1376 Hoole, Valerie Doreen   I25315
1377 Hoole, William Ayliff  23 Dec 1878Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25124
1378 Hoole-Jonker, Jenny Dorothy   I29274
1379 Hope, Edit Grace Hope  23 Jan 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I160654
1380 Hope, Peter Rosthern  1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40179
1381 Horne, Eliza Jane  16 Jan 1835Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18756
1382 Horne, Henry  Abt 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135485
1383 Horne, John  2 Apr 1832Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135488
1384 Howard, Charles  12 Mar 1832Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I136045
1385 Howard, Elizabeth  16 Feb 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I87890
1386 Howarth, Ernest William  31 Mar 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I114755
1387 Howarth, Louisa Charlotte  4 Feb 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138322
1388 Howarth, Nancy Hamilton   I25330
1389 Howarth, William Henry  29 Aug 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138321
1390 Howell, Henry Benjamin  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I162693
1391 Howse, Hugh  20 Sep 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I100765
1392 Howse, James Early  Abt 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I167277
1393 Howse, Mariane Elizabeth  25 Feb 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I100764
1394 Howse, Mary Ann  8 Mar 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I100770
1395 Hudson, Benjamin  16 Jul 1835Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89054
1396 Hudson, John  27 Nov 1838Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I10129
1397 Hudson, Thomas Andries  14 Dec 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88798
1398 Hughes, Charles Isaac  1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107922
1399 Hughes, Edward James  1861Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107918
1400 Hughes, Harriet Dickson  12 Oct 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107924

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Death

Matches 1351 to 1400 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1351 Walker, John  18 Jun 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I120715
1352 Walker, Marion Hart  9 Oct 1941Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18832
1353 Walker, Thomas  12 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138480
1354 Walker, William  24 Oct 1915Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45087
1355 Wall, William John  Abt 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132964
1356 Wallace, Beryl Marian  1985Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I6573
1357 Wallace, Daphne Doreen  20 Aug 1982Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64868
1358 Wallace, Herbert Ivan  18 Apr 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25327
1359 Wallis, George Alfred  5 Oct 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I143005
1360 Wallis, George Claridge  8 Jun 1893Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88358
1361 Walls, Mary Ann  25 Jun 1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I98944
1362 Walsh, Sarah Ann  13 Mar 1912Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I181938
1363 Warder, Harriet  28 Dec 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I155681
1364 Warren, Jessie Elizabeth  11 Mar 1969Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I53193
1365 Wathall, Sarah Smith  13 Apr 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57268
1366 Wathall, William Frederick  19 Jun 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I176000
1367 Watkins, Lilian Bertha  2 Jun 1985Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132817
1368 Watson, Ann  28 Jan 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I102933
1369 Watson, Charles 1820 Settler  31 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I141876
1370 Watson, Charles Benjamin  13 Jul 1929Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138817
1371 Watson, Christina  28 Nov 1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I142455
1372 Watson, Deborah 1820 Settler  30 Nov 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13042
1373 Watson, Ellen Jane  10 Jul 1921Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138816
1374 Watson, George 1820 Settler  15 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21771
1375 Watson, Jemima Ann  21 Nov 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174870
1376 Weakley, Emma Kinton  10 Oct 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17597
1377 Weakley, Joseph 1820 Settler  27 May 1863Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17387
1378 Weakley, Rhoda  27 Mar 1905Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17507
1379 Webb, Alice Amelia  14 May 1950Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I42442
1380 Webb, Alice Maud  5 Jul 1942Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49317
1381 Webb, Amy  7 Apr 1942Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107630
1382 Webb, Dr. Charles 1820 Settler  30 Sep 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28771
1383 Webb, Christopher 1820 Settler  10 Dec 1863Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40224
1384 Webb, Christopher Shaw  4 Oct 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I106330
1385 Webb, Emily Jane  4 Feb 1923Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I91252
1386 Webb, George  30 Jan 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58286
1387 Webb, Henrietta Wilhelmina  26 Jan 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124945
1388 Webb, John  25 Jun 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40225
1389 Webb, Kezia  16 Nov 1939Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107597
1390 Webb, Lilian Edith  13 Aug 1956Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12791
1391 Webb, Mary  24 Aug 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127992
1392 Webb, Mary Hannah  4 Jan 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I41713
1393 Webb, Oliver Rupert  8 Apr 1944Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124757
1394 Webb, Phoebe  15 Oct 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I86898
1395 Webb, Richard Harvey  1839Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I86896
1396 Webb, Richard Thomas Gush  24 Oct 1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I41714
1397 Webb, William  30 Nov 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I41716
1398 Webb, Winifred Jane  11 Jun 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I178791
1399 Webber, Albert Ernest  19 Aug 1940Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25676
1400 Webber, Alma Nora  20 Oct 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I27274

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