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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

Matches 301 to 350 of 3184

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
301 Parr, Eliza Ellen  17 Oct 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I163665
302 Wiggill, James  18 Oct 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20418
303 Staples, Charles Wesley  27 Oct 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22532
304 McMaster, Charles Alexander  29 Oct 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25610
305 Ogilvie, John Clarke  7 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3225
306 Lee, Edward Trotter  9 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68965
307 Mandy, Joseph  11 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I82062
308 Muir, Julia Ann  15 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I140865
309 Wheeldon, James  30 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I114576
310 Freemantle, Lois  7 Dec 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16101
311 Halse, Edward William  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113582
312 Hanger, Martha Caroline  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135894
313 Harty, John Michael  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135287
314 Jaffray, Georgeana Bennett  Abt 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I75488
315 Latham, Charles Potgieter  Abt 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I136737
316 Mountfort, Margaret  Abt 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59813
317 Norton, John Louis  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89026
318 Sanders, William Smith  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I54557
319 Weeks, Sarah Ann  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36332
320 Bowles, Elizabeth Sarah  9 Jan 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12681
321 Streak, Mary Ann Rebecca  12 Jan 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135654
322 Cock, Deborah  29 Jan 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2938
323 Estment, Sarah  31 Jan 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12689
324 Leathern, Mary Ann  Abt Feb 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69325
325 Edkins, Henry  20 Feb 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16430
326 Fitchet, Jean  8 Mar 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I142443
327 Whitaker, Philip  11 Apr 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132576
328 Booth, Emma Mortimer  27 May 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45078
329 Hill, Sarah Agnes  27 May 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24062
330 Surmon, Anne  4 Jun 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137931
331 Smith, Harriet Amelia  8 Jun 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I160283
332 Lee, Caroline  22 Jun 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124988
333 Rawlins, Mary  Abt Jul 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I101039
334 Wright, Joseph Saunders  2 Jul 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25621
335 Weeks, William  22 Aug 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36334
336 Griffith, Colonel Charles Duncan  5 Sep 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I9848
337 Duffield, Christopher  18 Oct 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12056
338 Dixon, Ellen  7 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19475
339 Trollip, Alfred James  7 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20409
340 Flooks, John George  15 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I34885
341 Reynolds, James Mathew  16 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69209
342 Featherstone, John Henry  19 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I54733
343 Rieken, Clarissa  25 Nov 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I86936
344 Vice, George  19 Dec 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I83492
345 Brown, Isabella  Abt 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I172053
346 Chadwick, Elizabeth Mary  Abt 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I147400
347 Hanger, Edward Samuel  Abt 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135895
348 Hayter, Samuel  1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138690
349 Humphreys, William  Abt 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I148666
350 James, Sarah  1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I71042

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Christening

Matches 301 to 350 of 541

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID 
301 Currie, Helen Hester Mitford  27 May 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89037
302 Jennings, John William  11 Jun 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I129396
303 McLean, Alexander Bingle or Bingwell  1 Jul 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65383
304 Gafney, John Henderson  17 Jul 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I104842
305 Wood, Eleanor Kiell Wood  4 Sep 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I926
306 Ayliff, John  18 Sep 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28026
307 Hill, John Horatio  26 Oct 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24084
308 Locke, Emily Loxton  26 Mar 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64551
309 Green, Arthur George  30 Jul 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48464
310 Sampson, Elizabeth Catherine Baxett  14 Aug 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137475
311 Bertram, Edith Rose (Rosa)  30 Sep 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124698
312 Weatherhead, William John  24 Jan 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I34961
313 Stone, Alice Olivia  8 May 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I66051
314 Thomas, James William  5 Aug 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I110786
315 Wheeler, Richard Henry  12 Aug 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89367
316 Ayliff, Alice Mary  30 Sep 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28028
317 Reynolds, Albert John  12 Nov 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I79112
318 Elliott, Agnes  30 Dec 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48985
319 Dashwood, Sarah  1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17468
320 Reynolds, Edward Henry  15 Feb 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137578
321 Zimmerman, Emma Elizabeth  18 Feb 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I130011
322 Locke, Agnes  7 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I42425
323 Bertram, Adolph James  18 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124701
324 Bertram, Edwin George Stewart  18 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124700
325 Pringle, John Elliott Boog  25 Jun 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49332
326 Harper, Edward Howison  24 Jul 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166510
327 Streak, Milton Alfred  28 Jan 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65372
328 Richards, Alfred  15 Mar 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I92238
329 Weatherhead, Emily Caroline  31 May 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I34964
330 Bertram, Robert Maxwell  29 Jul 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124699
331 Reynolds, Arthur James  10 Dec 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I79113
332 Carlisle, Edmund Lindsay  10 Feb 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I74119
333 Poulton, Charles Edward D'Urban  2 Mar 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17253
334 Reynolds, Albert James  21 May 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137579
335 Stone, Cecil Livingstone  11 Aug 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I71454
336 Rogers, John Omar William  21 Nov 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I83804
337 Bertram, Jessie Louisa  9 May 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124702
338 Weatherhead, Mary Jane  31 Aug 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I34965
339 Cawood, Albert  21 Sep 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11415
340 Reynolds, Alice Brunetta  22 Sep 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137580
341 Cawood, Sarah Alice  13 Oct 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I180836
342 Cronwright, Arthur Ebenezer  11 Jan 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17629
343 Hoole, Sarah Roberta Godlonton  22 Jan 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25121
344 Timm, Fanny Maud May  4 Apr 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16508
345 Poulton, John Richard Sutton  30 May 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17254
346 Webb, George  8 Jun 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58286
347 Glass, Herbert Arthur  8 Aug 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12938
348 Ayliff, Henry Kiell  20 Aug 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28029
349 Bertram, Otto  31 Aug 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124703
350 Pike, Bertha Ann  4 Sep 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I117453

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Death

Matches 301 to 350 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
301 Rudd, David  10 Jan 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I14069
302 Rhodes, Harriet Maria  11 Feb 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I903
303 Kew, Sarah Elizabeth  26 Mar 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124420
304 Dogherty, Margaret  1 May 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I146862
305 Reynolds, William  1 Jun 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137320
306 Johnston, Alicia  30 Jun 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I159962
307 Wilmot, William George 1820 Settler  5 Aug 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23181
308 Wood, Edwin Able  8 Aug 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32086
309 Powell, William  13 Sep 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I134599
310 Doyle, Matilda Jane  28 Nov 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88506
311 Rowley, Ann 1820 Settler  Aft 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47597
312 Norton, Caroline Elizabeth 1820 Settler  10 Jan 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128428
313 Watson, Ann  28 Jan 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I102933
314 Cave, Anne 1820 Settler  19 Feb 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17880
315 Knott, Kemp 1820 Settler  1 May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I71145
316 Trotter, Ann 1820 Settler  27 May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68952
317 Shepperson, Benjamin Murrell  28 May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45238
318 Hyde, Edward  5 Jun 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I154921
319 Campbell, Edward Andrews 1820 Settler  26 Jun 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I85300
320 Dogherty, Neil  7 Jul 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I81937
321 Wright, William 1820 Settler  22 Aug 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I947
322 Atkins, Sarah Ann 1820 Settler  30 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45261
323 Dugmore, Isaac 1820 Settler  30 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3005
324 Quail, Ann 1820 Settler  2 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21775
325 Latham, Joseph Henry 1820 Settler  15 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I67075
326 Robinson, Mary Agnes  17 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I82078
327 Wood, James Garbett  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32087
328 Ingram, Nathaniel  29 Apr 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59080
329 Murray, Ralph Patrick  11 Jul 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I170246
330 Whitnall, Robert Matson  23 Aug 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64224
331 Lowe, Ann 1820 Settler  22 Sep 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2941
332 Feagan, Frances Maria 1820 Settler  27 Sep 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I44795
333 Finaughty, John Henry 1820 Settler  21 Oct 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13462
334 Hughes, Joseph  Abt 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122704
335 Nelson, Thomas Hay  14 Feb 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I15746
336 Reynolds, Sarah Frances  8 Mar 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137473
337 Couper, Elizabeth Ann Blanche  25 Apr 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I125053
338 Crake, Mary Ann 1820 Settler  15 May 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I15786
339 Potter, William 1820 Settler  20 Jun 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68951
340 Barnes, Emily Rebecca  26 Jun 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4267
341 Philipps, Thomas 1820 Settler  1 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2991
342 Walker, Thomas  12 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138480
343 Crouch, Richard 1820 Settler  25 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I38377
344 Lee, Frederick 1820 Settler  30 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68945
345 Cummins, Sarah 1820 Settler  2 Oct 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I44772
346 Cyrus, Samuel 1820 Settler  6 Nov 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I54420
347 Cock, Celia Asenath  10 Nov 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49472
348 Watson, Jemima Ann  21 Nov 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174870
349 Smith, William 1820 Settler  25 Nov 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19420
350 Bisset, Sidney William  1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2844

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Marriage

Matches 301 to 350 of 738

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
301 Norton / Freemantle  14 Jun 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F55330
302 Wedderburn / Whiting  18 Jun 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F4080
303 Koch / Rowles  31 Jul 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F47251
304 Brooks / Birt  1 May 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44183
305 Gunn / Denton  14 Aug 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F55155
306 Wright / McMaster  5 Sep 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F9369
307 Kettles / Purvis  17 Oct 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F19446
308 Fuller / Liddle  14 Nov 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F26014
309 Fuller / Whittle  14 Nov 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F26061
310 Penny / Fuller  14 Nov 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F26044
311 Webster / Pitt  5 May 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F19652
312 Haw / Slater  14 Aug 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F21584
313 Preston / Lee  15 Sep 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44513
314 Roberts / Mullins  1 Jan 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F22214
315 Collins / Blackbeard  4 Feb 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F25717
316 Irving / Cock  24 Jun 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1194
317 de Beer / Lee  5 Aug 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44512
318 Biggs / Wheeldon  10 Aug 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F24413
319 Nelson / Loxton  29 Dec 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6174
320 Gush / Davies  1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F13781
321 Penny / Hewson  26 Jan 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F54446
322 Hart /   29 Mar 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F54670
323 Gardner / Cousins  21 Apr 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1245
324 Goddard / Healey  13 Jun 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F52278
325 Reynolds / Jeffrey  13 Jul 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F28832
326 Kent / Gradwell  10 Aug 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F4309
327 Payne / Hanger  23 Aug 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F60740
328 Strickland / Biggar  1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F28595
329 Webster / Gibson  10 Jan 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F35554
330 Naylor / Payne  10 Apr 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F58089
331 Green / Ogilvie  1 Jun 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1309
332 Marshall / McLean  27 Jun 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F15827
333 McCormick / Manley  27 Jun 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F17705
334 Smith / Reynolds  12 Dec 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F36907
335 Whelan / Brooks  28 Jan 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F48734
336 Hewson / Pike  13 Mar 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23082
337 Davidson / Seymore  22 Jun 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F66301
338 Barrable / Flooks  27 Aug 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F12018
339 McLean / Sullivan  24 Oct 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F19795
340 Smith / Smith  31 Oct 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F24713
341 Hyman / Dold  6 Nov 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F10279
342 Webb / Murray  26 Dec 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F14481
343 Wright / Gardner  4 Mar 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6337
344 Freemantle / Miller  5 Mar 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6319
345 Bowles / Rowley  14 Mar 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F24606
346 Marshall / Hodgman  9 May 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F16310
347 Bate / Wright  16 Jul 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F552
348 Hoole / Cock  3 Feb 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F487
349 Orsmond / Grubb  11 Mar 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F59539
350 Poultney / Sephton  17 Apr 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1498

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