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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 1401 to 1450 of 3184

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1401 McLean, Merlyn Dennis   I65489
1402 McLean, Eleanor Jane  26 Jul 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65353
1403 McLean, Arthur Edward Hamish  24 Jan 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I92868
1404 McIntyre, Violet Frances Margaret  26 Jul 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I74832
1405 McGregor, James  Abt 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149947
1406 McGeer, Mary Ann  1847Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I173818
1407 McGeer, Henry  Jul 1839Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I183287
1408 McGeer, George  19 Aug 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I173817
1409 McGee, William Charles  12 Apr 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I182914
1410 McGee, Laura May Birdie  17 Jan 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I182916
1411 McGee, Ethel Mary Molly  17 Sep 1891Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I182915
1412 McGee, Ernest  29 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I182920
1413 McGee, Arthur James "Bobby"  19 Sep 1893Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I182919
1414 McDougall, Winifred Sybil  12 Jun 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65442
1415 McDougall, Lesley Lionel Butt  3 Feb 1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65443
1416 McDonald, Harriet Emily  7 Nov 1832Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I6963
1417 McDonald, Alexander Campbell  29 Apr 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5901
1418 McCarthy, Vernon Herbert  10 Mar 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16242
1419 McCarthy, Teliza   I129294
1420 Matthews, Dawson Edward   I30816
1421 Mather-Pike, Richard Arthur   I102178
1422 Mather-Pike, Peter Anthony   I102177
1423 Mather-Pike, Patrick Stephen   I102176
1424 Mather-Pike, Glynis Anne   I102179
1425 Mather-Pike, Gayle Anthony  8 Mar 1925Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I38095
1426 Martin, Robyn Sarah   I128683
1427 Martin, Emma Jeanne   I128663
1428 Marshall, William James  8 Sep 1846Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I66430
1429 Marshall, Lynette   I22742
1430 Marshall, Karen Lynn   I98992
1431 Marshall, Harriet Hester  11 Dec 1823Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23025
1432 Marshall, George Henry   I22884
1433 Marshall, Elizabeth Harriet  9 May 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I70054
1434 Marshall, Eliza Jane  10 Jul 1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48124
1435 Marshall, Dougal Nathan   I98990
1436 Marshall, Benjamin Evelyn 'Sammy'   I22883
1437 Marshall, Benjamin D'Urban  27 May 1835Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23024
1438 Marsh, Robert James  1845Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132558
1439 Marsh, Henrietta  Est 1861Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57855
1440 Marsh, Emily  Est 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57853
1441 Marsh, Agness Crawford  17 Aug 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20642
1442 Marmetschke, Emily Mary  12 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I133988
1443 Marillier, Dame Mary Louisa  11 Nov 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113119
1444 Marillier, Henry Currie  2 Jul 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113116
1445 Maree, Carol Lynn   I80986
1446 Mardon, Winifred Charlotte Emma  15 Dec 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I123720
1447 Mardon, William James  28 Apr 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122730
1448 Mardon, John  8 Feb 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122729
1449 Mardon, James  18 Feb 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122693
1450 Mardon, Charlotte Amelia (Lotte)  1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49216

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Death

Matches 1401 to 1450 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1401 Bradfield, Rodger  Abt 1948Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I73366
1402 Bradfield, John Brent  8 Oct 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18556
1403 Bradfield, Effie Isabel  5 Oct 1938Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18341
1404 Bradfield, Edmund Arthur  18 Aug 1919Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18504
1405 Bradfield, Ashton Seymour  19 Dec 1944Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16573
1406 Bowles, Myrtle Eugenie  8 May 1956Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25683
1407 Bowles, Letitia Ann  26 Jul 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I145271
1408 Bowles, Joseph  26 Jan 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I67212
1409 Bowles, Elizabeth Sarah  15 Dec 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12681
1410 Bowles, Alice Edith  24 Oct 1942Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I26967
1411 Bowker, Nancy Edith Bertram  9 Jun 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I308
1412 Bowker, Kathline  1 Nov 1921Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I106403
1413 Bowker, Henry Mitford Duthie  5 Jan 1932Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I251
1414 Bowker, Francis William Monkhouse  15 Mar 1994Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I1242
1415 Bowker, Charles Lennox Stretch  12 May 1935Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I283
1416 Bowker, Bourchier  24 May 1891Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I171
1417 Botten, Eleanor Louisa  23 Aug 1936Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I152137
1418 Botha, Hermina Jacoba  17 Jan 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I107995
1419 Booth, Sarah 1820 Settler  4 Sep 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I37616
1420 Booth, Emma Mortimer  31 Oct 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45078
1421 Booth, Edward  28 Dec 1888Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I147979
1422 Booth, Benjamin 1820 Settler  28 Apr 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I44327
1423 Bolton, Julia 1820 Settler  1 Dec 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I29735
1424 Bodill, Joseph  7 Sep 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I154372
1425 Bode, Alice Mary  1980Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17835
1426 Boardman, John Ashton 1820 Settler  28 Jan 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19413
1427 Blancke, Caroline  17 Mar 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135822
1428 Blackbeard, Luke  4 Sep 1920Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I70088
1429 Bisset, Sidney William  1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2844
1430 Birt, Rhona Kathleen  1973Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166430
1431 Birt, Francis John  8 May 1932Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166427
1432 Binnington, Ann  21 Apr 1848Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127609
1433 Binfield, Ann 1820 Settler  11 Feb 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16108
1434 Biggs, John 1820 Settler  27 Sep 1833Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I56767
1435 Biggar, Georgina 1820 Settler  22 Jul 1847Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I78418
1436 Biddulph, Sibella Louisa 1820 Settler  21 Apr 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57307
1437 Bertram, Robert Louis  20 Sep 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124640
1438 Berry, William 1820 Settler  23 Jul 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I39719
1439 Berry, Sarah Elizabeth  21 May 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I50574
1440 Berry, Louisa Miriam  7 Sep 1927Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48223
1441 Berry, Henry John  21 Dec 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I150492
1442 Berry, Ellen Sophia  6 Jan 1910Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I61244
1443 Benyon, William John  17 Jun 1970Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I55027
1444 Benyon, John Housby  16 Oct 1956Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149575
1445 Benyon, Frank James  4 Oct 1956Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149579
1446 Bennett, Thomas  29 Aug 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36412
1447 Bennett, Rollo Worthy  Abt 1975Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I140038
1448 Bennett, James  28 Dec 1878Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21023
1449 Bennett, Ellen  25 Sep 1893Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36403
1450 Bennett, Annie  29 Jan 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36410

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