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 101 to 150 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 101 |  Piercy, George Brian | 1896 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130332 |
| 102 | Mallet, Algernon Crause Bathurst | 5 Nov 1896 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I19548 |
| 103 | Lester, Lily May | 6 Dec 1896 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I132194 |
| 104 | Beck, Amy | 5 Oct 1897 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70660 |
| 105 | Scott, Robert | 1898 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169293 |
| 106 | Leech, Florence Emma | 10 May 1898 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143765 |
| 107 | Mallet, Alexandra Thelma | 4 Nov 1898 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I19549 |
| 108 | Parfitt, Courtenay Royston | 13 Jan 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58938 |
| 109 | Moore, Elsa | 25 Aug 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130320 |
| 110 | Short, Thelma Iris | 18 Oct 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101225 |
| 111 | Sewell, Wilfred | 7 Dec 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I142334 |
| 112 | Elston, John Vernon | 7 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104546 |
| 113 | Sussens, Ian Robert | 1 Feb 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I135046 |
| 114 | Longlands, George Montague Penderel | 8 Feb 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147215 |
| 115 | Leech, Loyal Victor | 7 Aug 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143773 |
| 116 | Goodricke, Gertrude Gwynneth Penderel | 24 Aug 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147221 |
| 117 | Vogel, Johann Christiaan | 6 Sep 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26116 |
| 118 | Bath, Dorothy Florence | 22 Oct 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I176350 |
| 119 | Stone, Eric | 4 Nov 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103837 |
| 120 | Piercy, Dora Mary | 1901 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130333 |
| 121 | Clarke, William | 4 Mar 1901 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I27366 |
| 122 | Mackay, Violet Frances | 19 May 1901 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I117030 |
| 123 | Mitford-Barberton, Thane Renshaw | 2 Jul 1901 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I266 |
| 124 | Brayshaw, Bertram Maclear | 24 May 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1256 |
| 125 | Lester, Joseph George | Abt Aug 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126840 |
| 126 | Moore, Eileen | 23 Aug 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130322 |
| 127 | Goodricke, Doreen Vivienne Charlotte Penderel | 15 Oct 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147222 |
| 128 | Talbot, Thomas Nobel | 5 May 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I159046 |
| 129 | Sheldon, Herbert Arnold | 27 Jun 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101488 |
| 130 | Michler, Walter Fletcher | 6 Sep 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169377 |
| 131 | Hillary, Harry White | 4 Oct 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108835 |
| 132 | Longlands, Florence Amy Constance | 23 Oct 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54730 |
| 133 | Hill, John Burns | 4 Mar 1904 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103970 |
| 134 | Bransgrove, Doris Marian | 25 Mar 1904 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I153349 |
| 135 | Baker, Lionel Dunbar | 14 Dec 1904 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I72533 |
| 136 | Piercy, Ivan Cato | 1905 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130334 |
| 137 | Moore, Alexander George | 6 Apr 1905 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I111299 |
| 138 | Copley, Helen Rosemund | 31 Oct 1905 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I105319 |
| 139 | Jenkins, Jessie Leonore | 22 Jun 1906 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I75296 |
| 140 | Weldon, Francis Joseph | 2 Sep 1906 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104038 |
| 141 | Lawson, Constance Jeanne | 4 Aug 1907 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I9890 |
| 142 | McLeod, Vera Edna | 7 Nov 1907 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I14900 |
| 143 | Joyner, Thomas Hamilton | 15 May 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98527 |
| 144 | Jackson, Marjory Langley | 14 Aug 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I25794 |
| 145 | Glaister, Joseph Leslie Younie | Abt 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I151253 |
| 146 | Kennedy, May Doreen | 27 Feb 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54697 |
| 147 | Victor, Victor Roberts | 16 Apr 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I89996 |
| 148 | Ferguson, John Cross | 1 Nov 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I117512 |
| 149 | Gale, Thomas Percy | 12 Jan 1910 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I105417 |
| 150 | Lambeth, Phillip Alan | I26377 | ||
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Bagnall, Harvey | 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I11136 |
| 102 | van Blommenstein, Agatha Wilhelmina | 20 Apr 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121005 |
| 103 | Denny, Frederick William Ramsay | 19 Jun 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15287 |
| 104 | Hilton, Sarah Jemima | 9 Nov 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I179661 |
| 105 | Parkin, Amelia | 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I81522 |
| 106 | Price, Thomas Nutter | 23 Jan 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130295 |
| 107 | McGillewie, William Shaw | 2 Mar 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I22724 |
| 108 | Francis, Henry James | 21 Jun 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I28735 |
| 109 | Lutman, Andrew | 26 Jun 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23905 |
| 110 | Lloyd, Walter Edward | 31 Jul 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I151804 |
| 111 | Flook, Edith | 12 Sep 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34904 |
| 112 | Shepstone, Lulie Alice | 15 Jul 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58848 |
| 113 | Green, Caroline | 27 Jul 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I106675 |
| 114 | Forrest, Ann | 4 Oct 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144901 |
| 115 | Kirkman, Sidney Edwin | 29 Aug 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I168175 |
| 116 | Jeffries, Caroline | 5 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126639 |
| 117 | Whittal, Arthur | 23 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45562 |
| 118 | Wade, Eliza Jane | 24 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23951 |
| 119 | Webster, Elizabeth Christiana | 31 Oct 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143651 |
| 120 | Flook, Alice Louisa | 11 Nov 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34903 |
| 121 | Griffin, Sarah Ellen | 26 Feb 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130390 |
| 122 | Leech, Thomas Spencer | 28 Apr 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I165459 |
| 123 | Whittal, Reuben Cliffort | 22 Jun 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18157 |
| 124 | King, Clara Elvira | 3 Nov 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23875 |
| 125 | Flooks, James Cornelius | 17 Nov 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34876 |
| 126 | McMaster, Edith Winifred | 26 Mar 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182192 |
| 127 | Stone, Robert Cunningham | 24 Apr 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54679 |
| 128 | Wade, Emily | 2 Nov 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23908 |
| 129 | White, Pemberton Holmes | 27 Jan 1927 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130391 |
| 130 | Bowker, Katherine Mitford | 25 Feb 1927 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I187 |
| 131 | McKenzie, James Stewart | 27 Sep 1927 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I166407 |
| 132 | Aldum, Lydia Ann | 22 May 1929 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I44877 |
| 133 | Webb, James | 30 Aug 1929 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I44878 |
| 134 | Hart, Frances Jane Perkins | 15 Dec 1929 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I69068 |
| 135 | Parker, Johannes Petrus | 6 Aug 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126651 |
| 136 | White, Oliver Griffin | 27 Sep 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130396 |
| 137 | Siddle, Charles | 14 Jun 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70684 |
| 138 | Goodricke, John | 26 Aug 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147219 |
| 139 | Stanton, William Walter | 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I16730 |
| 140 | Moore, Doris | 21 Aug 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130317 |
| 141 | Fluke, Mabel Maude | 11 Apr 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104180 |
| 142 | Brownlee, William Thomson | 27 Apr 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5054 |
| 143 | Philipps, Augusta Euphine | 2 May 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74145 |
| 144 | Pittaway, Mary Emily Smith | 26 May 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158099 |
| 145 | Forrest, Andrew Benjamin | 12 Jul 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144895 |
| 146 | Pike, Sophia Elizabeth Usher | 18 Oct 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143669 |
| 147 | Franklin, Amy Muriel | 8 Mar 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I3561 |
| 148 | Loose, Edith Elizabeth | 13 Mar 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157675 |
| 149 | Hancock, Elizabeth McKenzie | 5 May 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I91195 |
| 150 | Potgieter, Johanna Maria | 6 Aug 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I38661 |
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| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | ||
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| 101 | Montgomery / Pedlar | 20 Sep 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F61308 |
| 102 | Hulley / Hurst | 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F19905 |
| 103 | Miller / Hutton | 24 Jan 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F59405 |
| 104 | Kennedy / Longlands | 4 Apr 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F19760 |
| 105 | Whittal / Ridinger | F7145 | ||
| 106 | Elliott / Garland | 31 Mar 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F64359 |
| 107 | Borland / Hedding | 24 Sep 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F38265 |
| 108 | Palmer / Flook | 29 Oct 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F11994 |
| 109 | Sterley / van Rooyen | 28 Dec 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F41574 |
| 110 | Wallace / McDivett | 4 Aug 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F65484 |
| 111 | Ridsdale / Pike | 2 Mar 1935 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F51343 |
| 112 | Halse / Pardy | 25 Feb 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F42930 |
| 113 | Corbitt / Wilson | 8 Apr 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F24791 |
| 114 | Bresler / Bloemhof | 1 Aug 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F45606 |
| 115 | Ford / Adamson | 7 Nov 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F61155 |
| 116 | Hamlin / Wylie | F9721 | ||
| 117 | Wright / Formund | Abt 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F36779 |
| 118 | Behrens / Baxter | F37539 | ||
| 119 | Fenton / Konigkramer | 1 Feb 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F16333 |
| 120 | Tweedie / Yuill | F43718 | ||
| 121 | Hayter / Dickman | 1 May 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F883 |
| 122 | Lagesse / Bruce | F62389 | ||
| 123 | Eva / Tarr | F28554 | ||
| 124 | Preller / Halse | F42904 | ||
| 125 | Squires / Bosch | F43712 | ||
| 126 | Parker / Cormac | F44991 | ||
| 127 | Lester / Allen | F47727 | ||
| 128 | Sullivan / Cock | 18 Jun 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63569 |
| 129 | Harris / Kincaid | F21743 | ||
| 130 | Wiggill / Tarr | F31625 | ||
| 131 | Licence / Parker | F44992 | ||
| 132 | Fouche / Parker | F44965 | ||
| 133 | Norton / Copley | 26 Jan 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F37736 |
| 134 | Parker / Sharp | 24 Feb 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F43573 |
| 135 | Wilson / Douglas | 28 May 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F24786 |
| 136 | Bennett / Futter | F29433 | ||
| 137 | Cockcroft / MacLeod | 3 Dec 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F38905 |
| 138 | Pike / Crause | F15435 | ||
| 139 | Wallace / Elsted | 2 Aug 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F65483 |
| 140 | Reece / Torr | F18581 | ||
| 141 | Pearce / Martin | F42544 | ||
| 142 | Squires / Heutschel | F43713 | ||
| 143 | Bourke / James | 27 Aug 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63462 |
| 144 | Venter / Rosslee | F36787 | ||
| 145 | Erikson / Chapman | 23 Jan 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F45915 |
| 146 | McMullen / Morillion | F37105 | ||
| 147 | Hamlin / Rogers | F9722 | ||
| 148 | Kanes / Heath | 16 Aug 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F62113 |
| 149 | Rice / Henley | F62668 | ||
| 150 | Blamey / Lyon | 10 Mar 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F37774 |
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