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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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Birth

Matches 551 to 600 of 3184

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
551 Roberts, Ruth Annie  12 Apr 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I44802
552 Carlisle, Frederick William  17 Apr 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59842
553 Wright, Richard  25 Apr 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I151930
554 Stokes, Hetty Cecil  10 May 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45071
555 Pippin, Mary Ann  24 May 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149994
556 Armstrong, George William  29 May 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I50784
557 Edwards, John Isaac  20 Jun 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107907
558 King, Emily Jane  23 Jun 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23899
559 King, Jeremiah  7 Jul 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I33737
560 Sephton, Thomas Hezekiah  14 Aug 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I56797
561 Smith, John Stringfellow Hancorn  25 Aug 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I67330
562 Lee, John Henry  1 Sep 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I63937
563 Barnes, Louisa Maria  7 Sep 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4258
564 Dold, Sarah Edith  17 Sep 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28416
565 Smith, John Richard  23 Sep 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I160284
566 Goulding, Reuben  25 Sep 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59217
567 Gardiner, Thomas Asko  27 Oct 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I177308
568 Elliott, Gilbert John  16 Nov 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I140224
569 Boardman, William John  17 Nov 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19400
570 Duffield, Ellen Ester  24 Nov 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12089
571 Webb, James  25 Nov 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I91223
572 Lee, James Barry  10 Dec 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68968
573 Venables, John Hunt  13 Dec 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47876
574 Cumming, Guybon  21 Dec 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I730
575 Clarke, Ellen Eliza  1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I140205
576 Derbyshire, James  1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I35505
577 Payne, Susanna Amelia  1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I171578
578 Green, John Albert  7 Jan 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48429
579 Dixon, Adelaide Catherine  29 Jan 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19478
580 Wellbeloved, Edward  29 Jan 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138523
581 Walker, Lawrence Edward  11 Feb 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I148317
582 Wakeford, Margaret Sophia  8 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135288
583 Sterley, Emma Francis  12 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I82937
584 Boardman, Mary Augusta  16 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19396
585 Godfrey, Maria  21 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I14913
586 Wall, Lavinia Ann  27 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17200
587 Egan, Mary Elizabeth  May 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124970
588 Weakley, Emma Kinton  9 May 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17597
589 Dell, Edward Richard  14 May 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58993
590 Bradfield, Mary  23 May 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16505
591 Freemantle, Charles  28 May 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16107
592 Calverley, Thomas William  Jun 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89230
593 Marais, Aletta Frederieka  Abt Jun 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89381
594 Barnes, Elizabeth Maria  20 Jun 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36479
595 Norden, Henry  26 Jun 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113542
596 Morgan, John Roberts  16 Jul 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I39506
597 Collett, Joseph  17 Jul 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20329
598 Harty, Martha Harriet  18 Jul 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135280
599 King, John Wesley  21 Jul 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11407
600 Streak, Sarah Elizabeth  11 Aug 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I167229

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Death

Matches 551 to 600 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
551 Barnes, William Hawkes  31 Aug 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I150364
552 Brislin, Louisa Ann  9 Sep 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174910
553 Currie, Henry Frederick  7 Oct 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I1010
554 Dogherty, Mary  4 Jan 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12637
555 McDougall, Alexander  7 Jan 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65300
556 Ingram, William Henry  19 Mar 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89957
557 Carr-Pitchers, Eliza Harriet  7 May 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I79135
558 Daniel, Walter Edwin  11 May 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135837
559 Jaffray, John Lockhart  11 Aug 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36405
560 Parker, Jane Penny  21 Sep 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28798
561 Openshaw, Ernest Edward  30 Sep 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I83519
562 Wood, James  25 Nov 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I171731
563 Lake, Hannah Francis Butt  2 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I37258
564 Venables, Sarah 1820 Settler  15 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47537
565 Campbell, William 1820 Settler  19 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I85299
566 Watson, Charles 1820 Settler  31 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I141876
567 Impey, Rev. Charles James Close  12 Jul 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5016
568 King, Andrew 1820 Settler  14 Jul 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23858
569 Crout, William Edward 1820 Settler  22 Sep 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I162344
570 Buckley, Sarah Ann  22 Oct 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49077
571 Stanton, Sarah Jane  Aft 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I156075
572 Paxton, Susanna Emma  3 Apr 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16121
573 Goodes, Charles  21 Aug 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I158631
574 Crawford, Jessie  11 Sep 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22173
575 Pote, Hon. Charles St Clair 1820 Settler  4 Oct 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58205
576 Hoole, Annette Elaine  2 Nov 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25125
577 Grimley, Mary  Dec 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132423
578 Dell, Edwin  1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64520
579 Hallam, Mary  6 May 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174868
580 Goulding, Maria  7 May 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I141505
581 Swan, John  25 May 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I162047
582 Stone, James John Henry  16 Aug 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I66459
583 Pitt, Jane  12 Sep 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I56097
584 Kettles, Sarah Ann  19 Sep 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57179
585 Haw, William Penn  27 Sep 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59365
586 Talbot, Charles Stuart 1820 Settler  9 Oct 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16915
587 Eastland, Cecelia Jane 1820 Settler  8 Nov 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24061
588 Winter, Mary Anne 1820 Settler  23 Apr 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36139
589 Duthie, Jane  22 Aug 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I249
590 Wood, George Samuel  29 Aug 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I923
591 Collen, William Thomas 1820 Settler  21 Sep 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69531
592 Hoole, George Edwin Godfrey  5 Oct 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I29341
593 Dugmore, William Frederick 1820 Settler  20 Dec 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3008
594 Rawlins, Mary Ann 1820 Settler  25 Dec 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I61327
595 Rudman, James William  2 Jul 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I61495
596 Daniel, Richard William  27 Jul 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135836
597 Bertram, Robert Louis  20 Sep 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124640
598 Marsh, Charles William  21 Oct 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57852
599 Webber, John Mitchell  21 Oct 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25572
600 Harper, Elizabeth 1820 Settler  7 Nov 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I54051

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Marriage

Matches 551 to 600 of 738

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
551 Zimmerman / Jennings  25 Jun 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F40546
552 Duncan-Brown / Wood  15 Jul 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F11148
553 Dobie / Pike  11 Nov 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F52980
554 Thomson / Ogilvie  15 Apr 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F5976
555 Aimetti / Currie  23 Apr 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F738
556 Crocker / Dicks  10 Sep 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F28575
557 Dicks / Rautenbach  23 Dec 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F30537
558 Purdon / Drew  1904Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6515
559 Purdon / Hamilton  1 Jun 1905Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6393
560 Timm / Brooke  1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F28449
561 Dallas / Greathead  9 Jan 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1536
562 Heather / Jennings  7 Feb 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F45628
563 Ralph / Sparks  13 May 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F58180
564 McNamee / McDougall  8 Sep 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23956
565 Ford / Currie  3 Apr 1907Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F676
566 South / Rhodes  7 Aug 1907Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23854
567 Slabbert / Wilmot  27 Mar 1908Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F27420
568 Bowker / MacLaren  28 Jul 1908Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F151
569 Wilmot / Emms  23 Sep 1908Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F27340
570 King / Webber  3 Oct 1908Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F9903
571 Keeton / Paddock  12 Jan 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F9963
572 Putterill / Knight  15 Sep 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F38760
573 Palmer / Seller  22 Sep 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F15162
574 Currie / Currie  15 Dec 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F739
575 Ebden / White  29 Dec 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F391
576 Currie / Scallan  1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F673
577 Pike / Wilkins  17 Nov 1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F52956
578 Cockcroft / Pike  15 Dec 1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F7213
579 Cockcroft / Smith  22 Dec 1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F38703
580 Westcott / Busse  23 Jan 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F63016
581 Gowar / Gowar  8 May 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F32376
582 Fraser / Galpin  12 Jul 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44903
583 Briers / Webber  21 Aug 1913Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F12693
584 Brent / Hayes  29 Oct 1913Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F17105
585 Elliott / Webber  8 Dec 1913Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F25298
586 Impey / Wood  12 Aug 1914Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F11183
587 Clarke / Currie  26 Apr 1915Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F684
588 Bowker / Anderson  1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F198
589 Zimmerman / Dickens  17 Feb 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F46643
590 Halse / Jennings  26 Apr 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F42913
591 Comley / Kean  21 Jun 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F30655
592 Patrick / Hart  26 Jul 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F40865
593 McLean / Clark  16 Sep 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23992
594 Staples / Buys  8 May 1917Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F64878
595 Bickford / Dredge  14 May 1917Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F52817
596 Fitchet / Jubb  19 Dec 1917Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F51405
597 Sparks / Hewetson  5 Mar 1918Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F50168
598 McLean / Waters  8 Sep 1920Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23934
599 Hockey / Gowar  15 Dec 1920Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F32743
600 Murray / Wicksteed  28 Apr 1921Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F31376

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