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.
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Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
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751 | Nicholson, Jenna-Lee | I74567 | ||
752 | Nicholson, Kylie | I74568 | ||
753 | Nicholson, Sabrina | I74539 | ||
754 | Nicholson, Sibaya | I74540 | ||
755 | Nicol, Dawne Valerie | I108805 | ||
756 | Nicol, Keith Gavin | I108803 | ||
757 | Nicol, Peter Ross | 13 Mar 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108802 |
758 | Nicol, Roger Booth | I108804 | ||
759 | Nicolai, Frank Arthur | 19 Apr 1872 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103896 |
760 | Niddrie, Ronald David | I127737 | ||
761 | Norton, Lauren Judy | I105449 | ||
762 | Norton, Raymond Gordon | I137662 | ||
763 | Nussey, Natalie Francis | I143065 | ||
764 | O'Brein, Patrick Edward | 28 Nov 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I79880 |
765 | O'Brien, Patrick Edward | 28 Nov 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45901 |
766 | O'Connor, Colleen Patricia | I46429 | ||
767 | O'Connor, Danielle Anne | I46433 | ||
768 | O'Connor, Garth Verdum | I46431 | ||
769 | O'Connor, Kevin Patrick | I46430 | ||
770 | O'Connor, Leanne Jane | I46432 | ||
771 | O'Connor, Verdun Stanley | 22 May 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46427 |
772 | O'Leary, Scott | I111337 | ||
773 | Odendaal, Natalie | I112341 | ||
774 | Odendaal, Tanya | I112340 | ||
775 | Olivier, Gavin John | I21371 | ||
776 | Olivier, John Clifford Standing | I21370 | ||
777 | Ollis, Clinton | I111231 | ||
778 | Ollis, Craig | I111230 | ||
779 | Orsmond, Andrew | I25879 | ||
780 | Orsmond, David | I25878 | ||
781 | Orsmond, Kingsley Patrick | I157228 | ||
782 | Osborne, Eileen Sarah | I84899 | ||
783 | Osborne, Jeanette Ida | I84901 | ||
784 | Packer, Eva | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110553 | |
785 | Palmer, Louise Margaret Rose | 26 Jul 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23457 |
786 | Parfitt, Courtenay Royston | 13 Jan 1899 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58938 |
787 | Parker, Allan | I122461 | ||
788 | Parker, Annie Miriam | I126410 | ||
789 | Parker, Eva Mildred | 12 Oct 1918 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I122460 |
790 | Parker, Phyllis Mabel | I126412 | ||
791 | Parrott, Carol Linda | I80218 | ||
792 | Paterson, Adrian | I73558 | ||
793 | Paterson, Neil | I22393 | ||
794 | Pearse, Ronald Shepstone | 31 May 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58637 |
795 | Pearse, Vera Joan | I58635 | ||
796 | Perks, Bjorn | I85888 | ||
797 | Petersen, Karen Leigh | I181503 | ||
798 | Petersen, Warren Mark | I181504 | ||
799 | Pettit, Beverley Ann | I84511 | ||
800 | Pettit, Dawn Glynnis | I84513 |
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Matches 751 to 796 of 796
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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751 | White, Ellen Lucie Margaret | 14 Aug 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112899 |
752 | White, Oliver Griffin | 27 Sep 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130396 |
753 | White, Pemberton Holmes | 27 Jan 1927 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I130391 |
754 | Whitfield, Everton Llewellyn | 9 Feb 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46414 |
755 | Whitfield, George Robert | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I87944 | |
756 | Whitfield, Owen Kenneth | 31 Dec 2012 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I87939 |
757 | Whiting, Mary | 16 Nov 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I14441 |
758 | Whittal, Ann Elizabeth | 19 Aug 1958 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18244 |
759 | Whittal, Arthur | 23 Sep 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45562 |
760 | Whittal, John Francis Annan | 10 Jul 1939 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18146 |
761 | Whittal, Reuben Cliffort | 22 Jun 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18157 |
762 | Whittal, Reuben Richard | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45544 | |
763 | Whittal, Sydney King | 26 Jul 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18160 |
764 | Whittle, James Mortimer | 15 Nov 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I140523 |
765 | Wiggill, Eric James Victor | 15 May 1983 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115433 |
766 | Wiggill, Gladys | 28 Jun 1973 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I88582 |
767 | Wiggill, Olive Ames | 20 Sep 1973 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I115487 |
768 | Williams, Alan Couts | 15 Sep 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I38362 |
769 | Williams, Edna Elizabeth Elsie | 30 Oct 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I135870 |
770 | Williams, Henry Murray Chawner | 7 Sep 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I3816 |
771 | Williams, Lilian Margaret | 31 Oct 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I142962 |
772 | Williams, Martin Vincent | 10 Jul 1981 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108853 |
773 | Willmore, Edna Ethel Rex | 6 Mar 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I22842 |
774 | Wilmot, Alexander William | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I66053 | |
775 | Wilmot, Selina Maud | 24 May 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58282 |
776 | Wilson, Alister Boswell | 30 Dec 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67768 |
777 | Wilson, Eileen Jessie | 17 Jun 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67769 |
778 | Wilson, Robert (Robby) Hogarth | 30 May 1987 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67767 |
779 | Wilson, William Buchanan (Billy) | 27 Aug 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67763 |
780 | Woods, Charles Aldridge | 24 Sep 1961 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I56949 |
781 | Woods, Frederick Theodore | 24 May 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I156977 |
782 | Wright, Basil Eric | 21 Jul 1977 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102548 |
783 | Wright, Hilda Mabel | 29 Jul 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102499 |
784 | Wright, Hugh Clarence | 20 Feb 1964 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102503 |
785 | Wright, Joseph Cecil Llewellyn Alexis | 1 May 1967 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I27261 |
786 | Wright, Joseph Sydney | 7 Jul 1971 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102501 |
787 | Wright, Muriel Florence | 5 Jan 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I102521 |
788 | Wright, Woodley Boscawen | 28 Aug 1934 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I166715 |
789 | Yakles, Charlotte | Abt Feb 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78494 |
790 | Zimmerman, Valerie Mary | 28 Mar 1979 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12709 |
791 | de Jager, Bertha Olive Agnes | 5 Jun 1966 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108202 |
792 | de Witt, Emmet Walton | Abt 1978 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103538 |
793 | van Blommenstein, Agatha Wilhelmina | 20 Apr 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121005 |
794 | van Gend, Michael Eric | 13 Jul 1988 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113214 |
795 | van Onselen, Maria Magdalena | 1941 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177726 |
796 | van den Heuvel, Hendrik Frederik Johannes | 7 Sep 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112932 |
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