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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa



 


Notes:
When it was visited by James Backhouse in December 1838 he wrote the following:



“On approaching Grahams Town, we were struck with the uninviting appearance of its site, which is in a naked country, at the foot of a low, rocky, sandstone ridge … The present town consists of a few streets, one of which is spacious, and serves as a market-place.

The streets are regularly laid out; and the houses are neat, and white, or yellow. The inhabitants are about 4,000, almost exclusively English. There are places of worship belonging to the Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists, and Independents. Adjacent to the town there are kraals or villages of Fingoes and Khoikhoi.”

Thomas Baines visited the town in March 1848 and reported that: “… we entered the town by New Street which seemed, by far, more prolific of canteens and … retail stores, than of private dwellings … (Graham’s Town) contained at the time of my arrival a population of six thousand persons, of whom one-fourth were coloured, and houses to the number of seven hundred and fifty. Its principal streets cross each other at right angles, and at their point of intersection is placed the English Church, a plain Gothic building…”

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Latitude: -33.3117, Longitude: 26.5318


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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1351 Dredge, Martha Jane  28 Feb 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135270
1352 Patrick, Edmund John  2 Mar 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69292
1353 Pote, Florence Blanche  22 Mar 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I70755
1354 Surmon, Alfred Payne  3 Apr 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138162
1355 Dicks, Samuel George  28 Apr 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I84139
1356 Brooks, Edward Alexander Richard Ganes  May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I14256
1357 Ayliff, Alfred John  30 May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28021
1358 Hill, Clement George  16 Jun 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24081
1359 Kidwell, Fanny Matilda  17 Jun 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32994
1360 Webster, Adelaide  1 Jul 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164290
1361 Wood, Harriet Jane Wood  13 Jul 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I924
1362 Barnes, Arthur Shaw  15 Jul 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25699
1363 Hartley, Joseph William  1 Aug 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13589
1364 Watson, Emily Eliza  3 Aug 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138819
1365 Patrick, William George  22 Aug 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135678
1366 Sampson, Kate Bazett  7 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I118906
1367 Goldswain, Emily  9 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13376
1368 Hartman, William  9 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19483
1369 Orsmond, Ida Amelia  21 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88635
1370 Thompson, Emily  25 Sep 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I96310
1371 Landy, John Edward  5 Oct 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I181458
1372 Hughes, Harriet Dickson  12 Oct 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107924
1373 Boyle, James  19 Oct 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174696
1374 Hulley, Charlotte Annie  25 Oct 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I14350
1375 Webster, Susannah  8 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I123979
1376 Brooks, Louise Emma  18 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I77889
1377 Green, Florence Ada  27 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5060
1378 Webber, William John  30 Nov 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I109864
1379 Dell, Arthur Hunt  8 Dec 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64493
1380 Brooks, Mary Elizabeth  Abt 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I117743
1381 Campbell, Fanny  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135866
1382 Carlisle, Agnes Mary  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I73892
1383 Carney, Thomas Ignatius  Abt 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I146839
1384 Cyrus, William Henry  Abt 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I148334
1385 Howell, Henry Benjamin  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I162693
1386 Jaffray, Anna  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I161331
1387 Mallett, Percy William  1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I148319
1388 Gunn, Charles Edward Walter  3 Feb 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I155815
1389 Jennings, Samuel George  4 Feb 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128176
1390 Richards, Joseph  8 Feb 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I92233
1391 Wood, John Henry  20 Feb 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I133978
1392 Tainton, Clifton Faunce Brooks  12 Mar 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3724
1393 Hyde, Emily Potter  8 Apr 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I265
1394 Franklin, Emily Louise  15 Apr 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3540
1395 Willmore, Louisa Emma  27 Apr 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16097
1396 Campbell, Douglas  5 May 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I147240
1397 Dold, Walter John  8 May 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28356
1398 Gaylard, William George  13 May 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135757
1399 Glass, Deborah Amy  30 May 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12974
1400 Chippendale, Louisa Jane  31 May 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I180630

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Death

Matches 1351 to 1400 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1351 Timm, Ellen Gertrude  7 Jan 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17359
1352 Wood, Mary Alice Boleka  23 Feb 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I133958
1353 Clark, Agnes Dalton  24 Mar 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I130974
1354 Lloyd, Norman Fletcher  7 Apr 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11585
1355 Rorke, May Inez Louisa  18 Apr 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I27928
1356 Jennings, Beatrice Adelaide  9 Jul 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99038
1357 Hall, Florence May  22 Aug 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57815
1358 Botha, Hermina Jacoba  17 Jan 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107995
1359 Cronwright, Mary Bazette  5 Feb 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11580
1360 Smith, Ivy May  7 Feb 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I108127
1361 Palmer, Leslie Edwin Albert  13 Mar 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I52490
1362 Colling, Minnie Kolo  21 May 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I62597
1363 Timm, Florence Olive  18 Jun 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17346
1364 Timm, Winifred Marion  22 Jun 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17364
1365 Hensley, Alroy Edgar  13 Jul 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I30354
1366 Halse, Neville Meyer  13 Aug 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I119971
1367 Ashby, Muriel  11 Sep 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I53545
1368 McNamara, Cecelia Josephine  21 Sep 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149550
1369 Holmes, Mary  21 Nov 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166425
1370 Willmore, Louis Fletcher  5 Dec 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11754
1371 Lloyd, Dennis Fletcher  6 Dec 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11583
1372 Cockcroft, Sarah Ann  7 Jan 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107639
1373 Gardiner, Lionel Cawood  25 Jan 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I29309
1374 Currie, Frances Caroline  7 Jun 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I73475
1375 McLean, Thomas Burnett  11 Jun 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65359
1376 Forbes, Jessie Sophia  16 Aug 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12826
1377 Gane, Percival  15 Oct 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I136914
1378 McLean, Arthur Charles  6 Dec 1963Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65362
1379 Seller, Ivy Constance  22 Feb 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48183
1380 Eaton, Harry Rowland  25 Mar 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I54608
1381 Wallace, Herbert Ivan  18 Apr 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25327
1382 Purdon, Keith Hamilton  14 Aug 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I98159
1383 Kidwell, Aubrey Ronald  6 Sep 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I33019
1384 Hayward, Athol Claude  11 Sep 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28229
1385 Archer, Thornton Cyril  16 Oct 1964Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I35915
1386 Jennings, Rhoda Albertine  1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99039
1387 King, Francis William  26 Mar 1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I50542
1388 Wood, Josephine Ethel Wood  4 Apr 1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I927
1389 McLean, Alice Maud  23 Apr 1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I120693
1390 Estment, Ethel Randall  3 May 1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12488
1391 Foxcroft, Sarah Grace  26 Jun 1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40196
1392 Ferreira, Marthinus Jacobus  17 Mar 1966Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I15503
1393 Godlonton, Maurice Glanville  25 May 1966Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I140103
1394 Purdon, Edwin Herbert  17 Jun 1966Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16255
1395 Wood, Albert Oliver  23 Aug 1966Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I150082
1396 Bell, Madge Somerset  25 Nov 1966Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21265
1397 Fitzhenry, Percival Overton  21 Apr 1968Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25871
1398 Wakeford, Jessie  31 Jul 1968Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49041
1399 Smith, Rupert Ebenezer  7 Sep 1968Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I77135
1400 Kent, George Cochrane  21 Oct 1968Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13121

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