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 501 to 550 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 501 |  Hoy, Leslie Lionel | I109602 | ||
| 502 | Hulley, Anthony Wallace | 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I47284 |
| 503 | Hulley, Brandon Roderick | I55605 | ||
| 504 | Hulley, Brian | Jun 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I55543 |
| 505 | Hulley, Candice | I55593 | ||
| 506 | Hulley, David | I55544 | ||
| 507 | Hulley, Kurt Brangan | I55594 | ||
| 508 | Hume, Joan Caroline | I142337 | ||
| 509 | Hunter, Rachel | I50472 | ||
| 510 | Hutley, Daniel Laurence | I81335 | ||
| 511 | Hyde, Patricia Langford | 9 Oct 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I36324 |
| 512 | Impey, Neil David | I32217 | ||
| 513 | Isaacs, Alison Victoria | I32506 | ||
| 514 | Jackson, Charles | I33695 | ||
| 515 | Jackson, Kevin | I32409 | ||
| 516 | Jackson, Marjory Langley | 14 Aug 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I25794 |
| 517 | Jackson, Martin | I32408 | ||
| 518 | Jackson, Meagan | I33696 | ||
| 519 | Jagger, Neil | I32293 | ||
| 520 | James, Barbara | 30 Sep 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I129347 |
| 521 | Jarvie, Donna Stanford | I101926 | ||
| 522 | Jarvie, Phillipa Frances | I101927 | ||
| 523 | Jay, Meridith Susan | I51778 | ||
| 524 | Jenkins, Jessie Leonore | 22 Jun 1906 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I75296 |
| 525 | Jessop, Craig Anthony | I45410 | ||
| 526 | Jessop, Julian Brian | I45411 | ||
| 527 | Jessop, Robert Craig | I131619 | ||
| 528 | Jessop, Thomas Steve | I45412 | ||
| 529 | Johnson, Faith | I165273 | ||
| 530 | Johnson, Malcolm Douglas | I165269 | ||
| 531 | Jones, Guy Andrew | I104240 | ||
| 532 | Jones, Kathleen Gail | I104241 | ||
| 533 | Jordan, Bernice Baymen | I103873 | ||
| 534 | Jordan, Jennifer Lynn | I29318 | ||
| 535 | Jordan, Robert Jasper | I29316 | ||
| 536 | Jordan, Shirley Anne | I29317 | ||
| 537 | Joyner, Rita | I18261 | ||
| 538 | Joyner, Thomas Hamilton | 15 May 1908 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I98527 |
| 539 | Joynt, Aubrey David Leslie | I102555 | ||
| 540 | Joynt, Jennifer Elaine | I102559 | ||
| 541 | Kapp, Taine | I110314 | ||
| 542 | Kay, Kendall | I62793 | ||
| 543 | Keggie, Charlene Moira | I102529 | ||
| 544 | Keggie, Deborah | I102531 | ||
| 545 | Keggie, Doanld Andrew | 13 Jul 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102532 |
| 546 | Keggie, Frank Brian | I102528 | ||
| 547 | Keggie, Jethro | I102533 | ||
| 548 | Keggie, Tyron Alexander | I102530 | ||
| 549 | Kemp, Gerard | I26569 | ||
| 550 | Kennedy, James Heathcote | 4 Sep 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74717 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
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| 501 | Neville, Robert Henry | 4 Aug 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70828 |
| 502 | Newnham, William | 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I35824 |
| 503 | Newton, Madeline Blanche | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54252 | |
| 504 | Newton, Molly Gwendolyn | 28 Sep 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70019 |
| 505 | Niewoudt, Elizabeth | 7 Nov 2016 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175989 |
| 506 | Noël, Joseph Roger | 10 Apr 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93939 |
| 507 | Noël, Merrill Lynn | 28 Dec 1987 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93940 |
| 508 | O'Brein, Patrick Edward | 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I79880 |
| 509 | O'Brien, Patrick Edward | 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45901 |
| 510 | O'Connor, Verdun Stanley | 20 Jan 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46427 |
| 511 | Oakes, Edit Maria | 14 Aug 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158761 |
| 512 | Ogden, Vivian John Airedale | 14 Aug 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160240 |
| 513 | Ogilvie, Charles Lovemore | 26 May 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15200 |
| 514 | Ogilvie, Flora Alfrida | 26 Feb 1913 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15194 |
| 515 | Olive, Leonard Frederick | 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78748 |
| 516 | Orsmond, Harold Charles Henry | 29 Apr 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108415 |
| 517 | Packer, Eva | Abt 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110553 |
| 518 | Page, Jessie Elizabeth | 12 Dec 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115772 |
| 519 | Painter, Claris Louisa | 28 Nov 1959 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I171882 |
| 520 | Painter, Kathleen Joan | 25 Aug 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I171825 |
| 521 | Palmer, George Clarence | 14 May 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34874 |
| 522 | Parker, Edith Lilian | 18 Aug 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174020 |
| 523 | Parker, Eva Mildred | 20 Aug 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I122460 |
| 524 | Parker, Johannes Petrus | 6 Aug 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126651 |
| 525 | Parker, William Daniel | 25 Aug 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126408 |
| 526 | Parker, William Thomas | 7 Jan 1952 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121981 |
| 527 | Parkin, Amelia | 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I81522 |
| 528 | Paterson, Victoria | 21 Feb 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78970 |
| 529 | Payne, Herbert Shepperson | Feb 1980 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I7222 |
| 530 | Pearce, John Bolton | 10 Apr 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108614 |
| 531 | Pearse, Charles Ormerod Cato | 28 May 1953 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58634 |
| 532 | Pedlar, Ada Matilda | 5 Apr 1952 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I172680 |
| 533 | Pedlar, Samuel Clyde | 26 Jul 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I133264 |
| 534 | Penny, Aubrey | 23 Feb 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I72868 |
| 535 | Penny, Ivy Binetta | 1996 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I84037 |
| 536 | Penny, Leslie Mortimer | 18 Sep 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102500 |
| 537 | Penny, Marjorie Ellen | 7 Jul 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I50311 |
| 538 | Petzer, Colleen | Abt 1952 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103361 |
| 539 | Philipps, Augusta Euphine | 2 May 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74145 |
| 540 | Philipps, Emma 1820 Settler | 20 Jul 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I3000 |
| 541 | Philipps, Temple Scott | 1914 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74146 |
| 542 | Phillips, Baden Powell | 30 Mar 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I79861 |
| 543 | Phillips, Kathleen Eileen Eliza | 12 Oct 1973 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12924 |
| 544 | Phillips, Sophia Maria | 13 Nov 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I104806 |
| 545 | Phillips, Theo | 17 Feb 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175988 |
| 546 | Pierrus, Doreen Theresa | 29 Aug 1973 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I181488 |
| 547 | Pike, Clifford Gordon | 24 Sep 1993 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I22843 |
| 548 | Pike, Edith Mary | 2 Sep 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143672 |
| 549 | Pike, Emmeline Helen | 15 Jul 1939 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143681 |
| 550 | Pike, Ernest Joseph | 11 Nov 1957 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143671 |
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