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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 
201 Dale, Debra Phyllis Hilda   I53003
202 Dale, Gavin Alan Peter   I53004
203 Dale, Jennifer Anne   I128282
204 Dale, Neil Clive   I128286
205 Dale, Peter Kenneth   I53000
206 Dale, Robyn Lee   I53002
207 Dale, Shaun Hadley   I53021
208 Daniel, Alison   I19883
209 Daniel, Craig Andrew   I2554
210 Daniel, Edward Robert   I29269
211 Daniel, George Ernest   I2637
212 Daniel, Helen Kathleen   I28838
213 Daniel, Robin John   I19881
214 Daniel, Wendy Ann   I19880
215 Darroch, Allison Leslie   I46521
216 Darroch, Andrew David   I46520
217 Darroch, Fiona Jane   I46519
218 Davidson, Greer   I104049
219 Davidson, Gregory   I104048
220 Davie, Elissa Anne   I60140
221 Davies, Elizabeth Mary Hughes   I39935
222 Davis, Brenda Joan   I53342
223 Davis, Jacqueline   I126688
224 Davis, Mark   I126684
225 Davis, Roy   I126686
226 De Marillac, Theodore David Andre Mari   I160431
227 Deacon, Diane Patricia   I102541
228 Deacon, Patrick Addison   I102538
229 Deacon, Shaun Lee   I102539
230 Deane, Christopher Graham   I4123
231 Dee, Sybil Clara Frances  8 Nov 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I51996
232 Dell, Rosemary Florence   I177424
233 Denny, Gill   I50556
234 Denyssen, Marius Petrus   I100676
235 Dick, Charles John   I31873
236 Dick, Elizabeth Joan   I31874
237 Dick, Hugh Robert   I31876
238 Dick, Jill Margaret   I31875
239 Dick, Peter James   I31877
240 Dickason, Andrew Bruce   I63510
241 Dickason, Denis Brian   I162220
242 Dickason, Eden leigh   I162223
243 Dickason, Iain Robert   I63509
244 Dickman, Ethel Annie  12 Feb 1915Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I90407
245 Dickson, Judith Frances   I156038
246 Dolbey, Michael Douglas   I103964
247 Dolbey, Theresa Anne   I103965
248 Dorkin, Richard James Bernard  18 Mar 1866Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I117484
249 Douglas, Asthore Muriel  6 Sep 1922Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I67764
250 Douglas, Luke James   I31728

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
201 Farr, Leonard George  1996Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I74420
202 Ferris, Grace Marcia  24 Dec 1990Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I120820
203 Field, Joseph James  11 Sep 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I164820
204 Fielding, Ernest  1978Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I151919
205 Fisher, Alice  20 Aug 1970Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I103863
206 Fletcher, Hilary Mary  27 Jul 1993Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I163065
207 Flook, Alice Louisa  11 Nov 1924Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34903
208 Flook, Doris Mabel  1 Aug 1995Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34884
209 Flook, Edith  12 Sep 1921Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34904
210 Flook, George Edward  12 Jul 1987Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34879
211 Flook, Grace Eileen  26 Dec 1999Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34875
212 Flook, James Richard  8 Mar 1982Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34881
213 Flooks, James Cornelius  17 Nov 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I34876
214 Fluke, Mabel Maude  11 Apr 1933Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I104180
215 Forbes, Derrick Ivan  23 Aug 1959Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I12872
216 Forbes, Henry Edwin  27 Aug 1993Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I12870
217 Forbes, Jeanette Doreen  16 Jun 1974Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I108729
218 Ford, Errol  22 Jan 1978Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174024
219 Forrest, Andrew Benjamin  12 Jul 1933Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144895
220 Forrest, Ann  4 Oct 1922Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144901
221 Forrest, Catherine  24 Jun 1888Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144897
222 Forrest, James Pringle  5 Jan 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I144896
223 Forrest, John  21 Jul 1881Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I113885
224 Forrest, John  12 Jul 1917Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174706
225 Forrest, Joseph Alexander  13 Nov 1907Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I174707
226 Forrester, Joseph 'Athol'  1980Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I11725
227 Forrester, Miriam Grace  12 Oct 1977Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I111437
228 Forrester, Violet  23 Jul 1988Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I52287
229 Fourie, Elsje Amarentia Maria  12 Aug 2005Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I112355
230 Foxcroft, Ernest Darby  12 Jun 1968Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I47722
231 Francis, Arthur Alfred Dalton  2 Jan 1985Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I107863
232 Francis, Henry James  21 Jun 1921Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I28735
233 Franklin, Amy Muriel  8 Mar 1934Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I3561
234 Freemantle, Lois May  Aug 1959Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I35715
235 Freemantle, Phyllis Ida  Dec 1973Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I35713
236 Fuller, Alfred Allan  4 Jun 1969Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I126811
237 Futter, Constance Caroline  16 Feb 1964Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I45446
238 Futter, Gladys Gwendoline  Jan 1987Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I45457
239 Futter, Neilda Kathleen  26 Apr 1948Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I45453
240 Fynn, Henry Francis  20 Sep 1861Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I6014
241 Gardner, Alfred  20 Jan 1941Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I26997
242 Gardner, Douglas Walter  26 May 1976Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I78158
243 Gardner, Edmund Perks  3 Apr 1944Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I156930
244 Garstang, Anthony  30 Apr 1995Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I112916
245 Gaskill, Ethel  24 Dec 1934Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I149204
246 George, Lawrence Charles  24 Feb 1971Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I158354
247 George, Philip Henry  4 Apr 1960Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I157801
248 Gibbs, Oscar Fred  26 Jun 1955Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I38831
249 Gibson, Malcolm Christopher Keen  22 Sep 1961Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I113665
250 Giddy, Jessie Jocelyn Atherstone  21 May 1960Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa I5426

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Marriage

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
201 Leech / Drew  22 Jan 1862Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F58344
202 Leech / Pike  28 Jul 1897Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F51370
203 Lester / Allen   F47727
204 Lester / Berg  3 May 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F44952
205 Lester / Strydom   F45177
206 Lester / Walker   F47728
207 Lester / Walters  6 Oct 1919Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47061
208 Licence / Parker   F44992
209 Lillywhite / Bowker  23 Aug 1944Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41831
210 Little / Bowker  26 Aug 1916Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F41822
211 Lloyd / McLeod  19 Jan 1929Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F5834
212 Loftie-Eaton / Schoeman  30 Jan 1952Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F26367
213 Lombard / Curry   F28623
214 Longmore / Reen   F31183
215 Lutman / King  1842Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F8693
216 MacNeillie / Holliday   F11226
217 Maier / Whitfield   F29673
218 Mallet / Hesselman  2 Jun 1925Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F56459
219 Marais / Hamlin   F9723
220 Matthews / Emslie   F55743
221 Matthews / Tasker   F10587
222 Maytham / Baragwanath  20 Sep 1853Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59356
223 McAllister / Impey  16 Oct 1900Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F47057
224 McCabe / Labuschagne   F3367
225 McDonald-Sinclair / Deacon   F36792
226 McEwan / Bronte - Stewart   F22569
227 McGlone / McPherson   F61770
228 McMaster / Kingsbury-Ellis   F37316
229 McMaster / Tait   F9840
230 McMullen / Morillion   F37105
231 Melvill / Ford   F33375
232 Melvill / Lawson   F33378
233 Melville / Chaning-Pearce   F36775
234 Melville / Frölich   F36770
235 Merrick / Atkinson   F25637
236 Merrick / du Toit-Westly   F25636
237 Millar / Schoeman   F37478
238 Miller / Flemming   F57589
239 Miller / Hutton  24 Jan 1931Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F59405
240 Miller / McNeil   F59409
241 Miller / Williams   F31117
242 Mina / Stephenson   F11259
243 Mitchley / Cadwell  Abt 1950Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F19126
244 Montgomery / Pedlar  20 Sep 1930Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa F61308
245 Mostert / Cleenwerk   F58532
246 Mundell / Laing   F51148
247 Murphy / Matthews   F55752
248 Neil / Stephenson   F11254
249 Nel / Cummings   F10515
250 Nel / Hayter   F34230

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