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Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa



 


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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: 31.0259636


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Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
51 Forrest, Ellen Isabella  18 Jan 1865Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144899
52 Leech, Joe  12 May 1865Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I143764
53 Cato, Frances Elizabeth  12 Jul 1865Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130315
54 Dorkin, Richard James Bernard  18 Mar 1866Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I117484
55 Griffin, Letitia Elizabeth  8 Jun 1866Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I178700
56 Chapman, Alice Jex  24 Sep 1866Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I166444
57 Airth, George Rennie  1867Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130395
58 Leech, Thomas Spencer  8 Feb 1867Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I165459
59 Wade, Rhoda Martha  Jan 1869Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23954
60 Raw, Constance Fanny Mary  8 Aug 1869Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I15404
61 Pike, Annie Sarah  7 Dec 1869Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I164809
62 Forrest, Albert James  31 Mar 1871Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I162752
63 Ridsdale, Alfred  Abt 1872Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I143675
64 Cook, Margaret Elizabeth  21 Mar 1872Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I166418
65 Nicolai, Frank Arthur  19 Apr 1872Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I103896
66 Forrest, Ernest Arthur Lloyd  7 Oct 1873Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I162751
67 Cato, George Porter  1874Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130335
68 Stuart, Mary Burgess  7 Apr 1874Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I78448
69 Pithey, Alice May Beatrice  Abt 1876Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I149997
70 Tainton, Margaret Elizabeth Blanche  7 Apr 1876Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58795
71 Cato, Spensley  1877Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130338
72 Shepstone, Lulie Alice  Est 1877Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58848
73 Milne, Florence Hope  15 Nov 1880Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I157409
74 Loose, Edith Elizabeth  Cal 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I157675
75 Turner, Frederick  4 Feb 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I163067
76 Heathcote, Emma Katherine  Aug 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I74150
77 Loose, Caroline  Cal 1882Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I157670
78 Cook, Beatrice Naomi  19 Jun 1882Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I166406
79 Young, George William  18 Sep 1882Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I5827
80 Gadsden, Faith Vivian  27 Feb 1883Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I54710
81 Pittaway, Mary Emily Smith  6 Nov 1883Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I158099
82 Ennion, Ethel Frances  5 Jan 1884Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I143775
83 Blakey, Ada Sarah  7 Mar 1884Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130403
84 Newberry, Ernest Edgar  10 Apr 1884Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I56847
85 Shepstone, Dorothy Vera  25 Jun 1886Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58633
86 Evans, Enid Norah Joan  Abt 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I15201
87 Shepstone, Denis Gem (Hon)  7 Feb 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58734
88 Holden, Ernest Gordon  2 Mar 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I12090
89 Scott, Violet  16 Aug 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I169283
90 Scott, Symon Buller  19 Nov 1889Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I169292
91 Comrie, Ethel Hepburn  6 Jan 1890Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I54723
92 Scott, Lucretia  Abt 1891Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I169282
93 Lovemore, Marjorie Mary Baillie  12 Apr 1892Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I15405
94 Scott, Ruby  1893Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I169281
95 Cowey, Harry Ingram  8 Jun 1893Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I2242
96 Allen, Frederick Charles  8 Sep 1893Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I70661
97 Moore, Doris  13 Sep 1893Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130317
98 Sinclair, Dorothy Lovell  Abt 1895Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I152760
99 Scott, Ethel  15 Jul 1895Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I169284
100 Brittain, Samuel James  1896Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I12345

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
51 Cato, George Joseph  5 Sep 1877Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130313
52 Towning, Frederick Thomas  12 Jan 1879Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I89554
53 Greene, Agnes Edith  23 Feb 1879Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23911
54 Forrest, John  21 Jul 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I113885
55 Kennedy, Andrew Brown  5 Dec 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I74716
56 Daniell, Rice Henry  10 Apr 1884Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I125429
57 Griffin, Elizabeth 1820 Settler  22 Apr 1886Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I132667
58 King, Elizabeth 1820 Settler  1887Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23859
59 Forrest, Catherine  24 Jun 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144897
60 Cadle, Harriet Catherine  8 Jun 1891Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I113870
61 Richards, Kate  1892Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130307
62 Brickhill, James Alexander  27 Nov 1892Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144745
63 Cato, George Christopher  1893Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I132680
64 Leech, William  7 Jan 1896Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I165457
65 Reed, George Thomas  15 Apr 1897Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I78908
66 Crossley, Kendall  1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I82612
67 Forrest, James Pringle  5 Jan 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144896
68 Amm, Mary  16 Sep 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I177558
69 Cato, Sarah Frances  26 Sep 1901Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I39771
70 Pike, Joseph  14 Jan 1902Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I143668
71 Greene, Thomas  21 Mar 1903Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23898
72 Williams, Henry Murray Chawner  7 Sep 1903Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I3816
73 Morris, Eliza  Feb 1904Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23901
74 Chapman, John Jex  3 Nov 1904Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I136201
75 Cato, Frances Elizabeth  9 Jun 1905Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130315
76 Griffin, Sarah 1820 Settler  28 Sep 1907Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I132665
77 Forrest, Joseph Alexander  13 Nov 1907Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174707
78 Cook, Nicholas Thomas John  22 Jun 1908Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I136207
79 Landskroon Spruit, Jan Willem  8 Sep 1908Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174848
80 Richards, Harry  1909Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I130308
81 Crooks, Tebbutt Hill  24 Aug 1909Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I127389
82 Stone, Alexander Blackwood  23 Jul 1910Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I14439
83 Hamlin, Frederick Pitt  29 Apr 1911Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I25608
84 Cato, Orlando William  14 Jun 1912Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I160366
85 Putterill, Thomas Oliver  31 Jul 1912Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I161795
86 Solomon, Laurie Miriam  31 Jul 1912Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I56866
87 Ogilvie, Flora Alfrida  26 Feb 1913Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I15194
88 Botha, Louisa Johanna Emilia  25 Aug 1913Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I14546
89 Philipps, Temple Scott  1914Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I74146
90 Hamlin, Trevor  20 May 1915Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I26730
91 Kirkman, Alfred Newton  14 Nov 1915Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I168171
92 Welch, Mary  24 Jul 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I146584
93 Field, Joseph James  11 Sep 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I164820
94 Keightley, William Henry  28 Jan 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I115701
95 Penny, Aubrey  23 Feb 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I72868
96 Forrest, John  12 Jul 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174706
97 Landsdell, George  24 Aug 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I23963
98 Shepstone, Henrique Charles  17 Oct 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I58625
99 Tucker, Edward George Curlewis  25 Dec 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I11228
100 Hamlin, Guy Herbert  18 Sep 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I26732

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Marriage

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
51 Cawood / Stoward  8 May 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F15785
52 Ridsdale / Pike  19 Sep 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F51344
53 McAllister / Impey  16 Oct 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47057
54 Zeeman / Scott  24 Dec 1901Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59514
55 Cato / Gansden  25 May 1902Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F63423
56 Williams / Kidson  19 Jun 1902Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F44879
57 Sheldon / Vogler  31 May 1903Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59959
58 Hulley / Shaw  4 Sep 1903Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F5688
59 Pedlar / Banor  30 Apr 1904Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F60692
60 Smith / Fuller  16 May 1904Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F1462
61 Humphris / Hamlin  14 Dec 1904Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F9720
62 Sheppard / Wemyss  9 Aug 1905Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F42970
63 Wilmot / Featherstone  30 May 1907Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F24229
64 Cawood / Caine  9 Sep 1909Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F4102
65 Collins / Pike  23 Dec 1909Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F51342
66 Hofmeyr / Clarence  6 Sep 1910Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F14341
67 Barnard / Francis  30 Dec 1912Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F53309
68 Little / Bowker  26 Aug 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41822
69 Parker / Lace  6 Jan 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F43572
70 Brandon / Sissing  1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F22965
71 Ubsdell / White  9 Feb 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F48128
72 Gammie / Bowman  24 Apr 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F53219
73 Pike / McGregor  7 Jun 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F33758
74 Campbell / Waudby  17 Jul 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F52368
75 Gordon / Cockcroft  31 Aug 1918Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F38649
76 White / Blakey  31 Jul 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F63445
77 Osbourn / Tyndall  20 Aug 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F4796
78 Lester / Walters  6 Oct 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47061
79 Allen / Beck  29 Dec 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F25855
80 Brice / Beck  1920Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F25851
81 Wilkin / Impey  10 Jul 1920Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47055
82 Harper / Wellbeloved  4 Sep 1920Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F49603
83 Griffin / Smith  4 Dec 1920Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F62791
84 Hodgson / Warren  15 Dec 1920Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F46914
85 Wiblin / Moore  26 Jan 1921Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F63418
86 Barnard / Bruce  3 Mar 1921Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F62384
87 van Rooyen / Moore  20 Apr 1922Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F63419
88 Foxcroft / O'Sullivan  22 Jun 1922Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F17707
89 Richmond / Turvey  27 Aug 1923Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F50781
90 Field / Secker  4 Jun 1924Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F58844
91 Mallet / Hesselman  2 Jun 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F56459
92 Smedley / Rubidge  12 Nov 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F2336
93 Usher /   1926Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F51255
94 Wall / Reith  25 Aug 1926Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47287
95 Andrews / Ridinger  26 Mar 1927Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F43374
96 Beard / Ridinger   F43375
97 Davidson / Ridinger  7 Jul 1928Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F43370
98 Lloyd / McLeod  19 Jan 1929Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F5834
99 Beckwith / Coltman  19 Feb 1929Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41801
100 Umpleby / Ridinger  25 Jan 1930Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F43373

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