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 251 to 300 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 251 |  Douglas, Naiomi Ann | I31729 | ||
| 252 | Dove, Jacklyn Teressia | I179493 | ||
| 253 | Dove, Shannon Lorraine | I179494 | ||
| 254 | Drexler, Judith Ann Mary | I173956 | ||
| 255 | Driver, Brandon Scott | I101918 | ||
| 256 | Driver, Colin David Stanford | I1495 | ||
| 257 | Driver, Rhys Thomas | I101919 | ||
| 258 | Driver, Warren Christopher | I101920 | ||
| 259 | Duncan-Brown, Lindsay | I75428 | ||
| 260 | Dyer, Joanne | I32048 | ||
| 261 | Dyer, Jonathan James | I32050 | ||
| 262 | Dyer, Rhys Stewart | I32049 | ||
| 263 | Eayrs, Denise Margaret | I62974 | ||
| 264 | Eayrs, Marilyn Ann | I62648 | ||
| 265 | Edmonstone, Joanne Amy | I179310 | ||
| 266 | Elliot, Marlene Rosalie | I109642 | ||
| 267 | Elliott, Amy | I101081 | ||
| 268 | Ellis, Margaret Alienor Anson | I99430 | ||
| 269 | Elston, John Vernon | 7 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104546 |
| 270 | Engel, Philip Jonathon | I109533 | ||
| 271 | Engel, Warren Mark | I109535 | ||
| 272 | Ennion, Ethel Frances | 5 Jan 1884 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143775 |
| 273 | Enslin, Rowan | I50560 | ||
| 274 | Enslin, Thomas | I50561 | ||
| 275 | Evans, Ann Julia | 9 Dec 1851 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I4869 |
| 276 | Evans, Claire Lynn | I45379 | ||
| 277 | Evans, Colleen Tracy | I129566 | ||
| 278 | Evans, Enid Norah Joan | Abt 1888 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15201 |
| 279 | Evens, Keith Lewis Morgan | 24 Dec 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I24631 |
| 280 | Fagan, Colleen Louis | I36271 | ||
| 281 | Farley, Alan Michael | I45384 | ||
| 282 | Farley, Brett Craig | I45386 | ||
| 283 | Farley, Karen Lisa | I45393 | ||
| 284 | Farley, Lindsay Ann | I45397 | ||
| 285 | Farley, Mark Andrew | I45398 | ||
| 286 | Farley, Sheilah Maureen | I45405 | ||
| 287 | Fay, Julia Louise | I81125 | ||
| 288 | Fenton, Cedric | 11 Jan 1913 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46122 |
| 289 | Ferguson, John Cross | 1 Nov 1909 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I117512 |
| 290 | Ferreira, Christo | I104727 | ||
| 291 | Ferreira, Peter | I102510 | ||
| 292 | Ferreira, Riette | I104728 | ||
| 293 | Flemming, Robynne Anne | I26024 | ||
| 294 | Flook, Alice Louisa | 16 Apr 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34903 |
| 295 | Flook, Debra Ann | I46046 | ||
| 296 | Flook, Doris Mabel | 6 Nov 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34884 |
| 297 | Flook, Edith | 16 Sep 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34904 |
| 298 | Flook, Gareth Victor | I46048 | ||
| 299 | Flook, George Edward | I46045 | ||
| 300 | Flook, Gregory George | I46047 | ||
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Gilbert, Lilian | 1984 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I154459 |
| 252 | Gilfillan, Valerie Nita | 21 Jun 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I21424 |
| 253 | Gillman, David Walter | 2 Feb 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I181081 |
| 254 | Glanz, Wilhelmina Helen | 30 Jun 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I150327 |
| 255 | Glass, Edward Lancelot | 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12932 |
| 256 | Glass, Herbert John | Abt 1975 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I22887 |
| 257 | Glass, Horace Walter | 5 Feb 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12921 |
| 258 | Gobey, Alexander Ernest | 23 Jan 1980 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182148 |
| 259 | Gobey, Blanche Beatrice | 26 Apr 1954 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182145 |
| 260 | Gobey, Sarah Elizabeth | Abt 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182135 |
| 261 | Gold, Alice Winifred | 20 Sep 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1732 |
| 262 | Goldswain, Clifford William Jeremiah | 4 Dec 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I13082 |
| 263 | Goodman, Alfred | 7 Oct 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I172769 |
| 264 | Goodricke, John | 26 Aug 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147219 |
| 265 | Goosen, Florence Maud | 11 Apr 1993 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I36707 |
| 266 | Goss, Patrick | 6 May 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93453 |
| 267 | Goss, Percy Pierton | 18 Jul 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93441 |
| 268 | Goulding, Ivon Kendrick | 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I164196 |
| 269 | Gradwell, Gladys Daisy | 22 Oct 1992 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I61213 |
| 270 | Graham, Arthur James Leonard | 15 May 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110548 |
| 271 | Graham, Sylvia Pamela | 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110555 |
| 272 | Grant, Mary Jane | 23 Jun 1939 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152974 |
| 273 | Greathead, Dorothy Charlotte | 15 Mar 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I3881 |
| 274 | Greathead, Joyce | 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113641 |
| 275 | Green, Caroline | 27 Jul 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I106675 |
| 276 | Greene, Agnes Edith | 23 Feb 1879 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23911 |
| 277 | Greene, Thomas | 21 Mar 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23898 |
| 278 | Grenfell, Margaret May | 19 Oct 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I77899 |
| 279 | Griffin, Elizabeth 1820 Settler | 22 Apr 1886 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I132667 |
| 280 | Griffin, Emma | 23 Jun 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178651 |
| 281 | Griffin, Henry James | 13 Oct 1853 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178641 |
| 282 | Griffin, Kenneth Thornton | 16 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178631 |
| 283 | Griffin, Norman Yates | 11 Dec 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I129306 |
| 284 | Griffin, Sarah 1820 Settler | 28 Sep 1907 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I132665 |
| 285 | Griffin, Sarah Ellen | 26 Feb 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130390 |
| 286 | Hacking, Seymour Hesketh Ernest | 13 Feb 1988 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I161499 |
| 287 | Halse, Clive Grey | 28 May 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119918 |
| 288 | Halse, Edmund George | 19 Mar 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119928 |
| 289 | Halse, Royden Henry | 16 Aug 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113591 |
| 290 | Halse, Thomas Henry | 25 Nov 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119995 |
| 291 | Hamlin, Frederick Pitt | 29 Apr 1911 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I25608 |
| 292 | Hamlin, Guy Herbert | 18 Sep 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26732 |
| 293 | Hamlin, Ian Maurice | 17 Sep 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26731 |
| 294 | Hamlin, Maurice Edwin | 7 Feb 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26725 |
| 295 | Hamlin, Percy Evans | 25 Jan 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26724 |
| 296 | Hamlin, Trevor | 20 May 1915 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I26730 |
| 297 | Hancock, Alice Rachel | 17 Jan 1990 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54711 |
| 298 | Hancock, Elizabeth McKenzie | 5 May 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I91195 |
| 299 | Hancock, George Sydney | 6 Feb 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54714 |
| 300 | Harding, Edna | 1982 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I57102 |
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| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | ||
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| 251 | Nel / Kirby | F49755 | ||
| 252 | Nell / Sterley | F41582 | ||
| 253 | Newnham / Freemantle | 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F12356 |
| 254 | Neytzell - Dewilde / Richardson | F17352 | ||
| 255 | Neytzell - Dewilde / Rogers | F17364 | ||
| 256 | Nicholson / Perry | F27200 | ||
| 257 | Nicol / van der Sandt | F39202 | ||
| 258 | Nicoll / Sterley | F41575 | ||
| 259 | Norton / Copley | 26 Jan 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F37736 |
| 260 | Norton / Macklin | 9 Jun 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F37858 |
| 261 | Norton / Taylor | F37781 | ||
| 262 | O'Leary / Scott | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F39853 | |
| 263 | Oberholzer / Dalziel | F61888 | ||
| 264 | Olive / Ogiilvie | F28717 | ||
| 265 | Olivier / Griffith | F7954 | ||
| 266 | Osbourn / Tyndall | 20 Aug 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F4796 |
| 267 | Page / | F62857 | ||
| 268 | Page / Daniel | F63795 | ||
| 269 | Palmer / Flook | 29 Oct 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F11994 |
| 270 | Parker / Byrne | F44994 | ||
| 271 | Parker / Cormac | F44991 | ||
| 272 | Parker / Lace | 6 Jan 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F43572 |
| 273 | Parker / Sharp | 24 Feb 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F43573 |
| 274 | Parrott / Angus | F29176 | ||
| 275 | Pattinson / Phippson | 8 Feb 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F3044 |
| 276 | Pearce / Martin | F42544 | ||
| 277 | Peckham / Getkate | F53382 | ||
| 278 | Pedlar / Banor | 30 Apr 1904 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F60692 |
| 279 | Peters / Matthews | F3924 | ||
| 280 | Petersen / Milton | F65731 | ||
| 281 | Petzer / Palm | 22 Jun 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F37071 |
| 282 | Piercy / Cato | 27 Feb 1895 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63422 |
| 283 | Pike / Clee | 19 Mar 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F35220 |
| 284 | Pike / Crause | F15435 | ||
| 285 | Pike / McGregor | 7 Jun 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F33758 |
| 286 | Pike / Pienaar | F53045 | ||
| 287 | Poseman / Dainty | F63943 | ||
| 288 | Povall / Kidson | 12 Apr 1892 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F44880 |
| 289 | Preller / Halse | F42904 | ||
| 290 | Preston / Pierrus | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F65728 | |
| 291 | Price / Cook | 6 Oct 1897 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F63407 |
| 292 | Purkiss / Stephenson | F11255 | ||
| 293 | Quinn / Bodley | F60710 | ||
| 294 | Quinn / Robinson | F58266 | ||
| 295 | Ramm / Williams | F31113 | ||
| 296 | Redgment / Hyndman | 30 Mar 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F39829 |
| 297 | Reece / Torr | F18581 | ||
| 298 | Rice / Henley | F62668 | ||
| 299 | Richards / Cato | 16 Jun 1861 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | F13648 |
| 300 | Richards / Pearse | F21159 | ||
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