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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 801 to 850 of 3184

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
801 Simpson, Elizabeth Louisa  1 Feb 1848Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I155783
802 Simpson, Annie  1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5039
803 Simes, Elizabeth Jane  Abt 1846Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12893
804 Short, Frederick Edward  1 Feb 1843Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58386
805 Short, Ella Susannah  4 Aug 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58414
806 Shone, Thomas Leopold Hamilton  13 Jun 1868Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16628
807 Shone, Sarah  24 Jun 1838Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13018
808 Shone, Justin Roland   I34828
809 Shone, George Clarkson  30 Apr 1842Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16703
810 Shepstone, John Wesly  29 Mar 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I10690
811 Shepperson, Marianne  2 Jun 1846Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45121
812 Shepperson, Jessie Baxter  1 May 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I160699
813 Shepperson, Fanny Winifred  17 Jan 1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I67121
814 Shepherd, William  25 Oct 1839Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88489
815 Shepherd, Catherine  25 Dec 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88490
816 Shaw, William Abercrombie  22 Jul 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138759
817 Shaw, Gertrude  3 Dec 1885Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138763
818 Shaw, Charlotte Dold  17 Oct 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138760
819 Shaw, Bennetta Rose  13 Dec 1883Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138762
820 Shaw, Barnabas James Dold  8 Dec 1877Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138758
821 Shaw, Barbara Wakinshaw  8 Dec 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138761
822 Shamrock, May Miriam  29 Jan 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135532
823 Sephton, Thomas Hezekiah  14 Aug 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I56797
824 Sephton, Sarah Jane  14 Oct 1825Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11058
825 Sephton, Elizabeth  22 Feb 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3771
826 Sephton, Anna Lawrence   I41424
827 Seller, Una Haywood  Abt 1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164319
828 Seller, Olive  5 Feb 1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17351
829 Seller, Ivy Constance  23 Oct 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48183
830 Seller, Hazel Maude 'Nixie'  23 Dec 1901Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I80914
831 Seller, Clarence James  1887Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I80911
832 Seller, Benetta Pomeroy  23 Jan 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I52489
833 Scrooby, William Walter  25 Jan 1824Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47863
834 Scott, William Henry Horatio  1822Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132717
835 Scott, Walter Henry  21 Nov 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I172980
836 Scott, Horace William  13 Oct 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I97938
837 Scott, Fitzroy Tufton Holt  4 Dec 1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I172982
838 Scott, Catherine Alicia  20 Sep 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I172981
839 Schwarz, Violet Gladys  21 Feb 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127666
840 Schwarz, Rosala Catharine  17 Sep 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127661
841 Schwarz, Robert Francis  27 Oct 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127664
842 Schwarz, Othilda Polina  28 Dec 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127665
843 Schwarz, Mary Ann Francis  1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28235
844 Schwarz, Julius  8 Nov 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127662
845 Schwarz, Charles Samuel  1 Dec 1874Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127659
846 Schwarz, Caroline Elizabeth Matilda  12 Feb 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127660
847 Schwarz, Barnarth  13 Mar 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I127663
848 Schwarz, Augusta Elvina  2 Oct 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128321
849 Schwartz, Roderick Harold  17 Jan 1932Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I108606
850 Schwartz, Lillian  14 Jan 1905Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I108090

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Death

Matches 801 to 850 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
801 Kaye, Sarah  28 Aug 1847Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137007
802 Juby, William  7 Apr 1893Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I175739
803 Juby, John White  1 Jul 1903Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I77931
804 Joseph, Frances Elouise  1835Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174764
805 Jonson, Elizabeth Martha  24 Jun 1913Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I167483
806 Jones, Charles Jenkin  11 Jul 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65936
807 Johnston, Alicia  30 Jun 1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I159962
808 Jessop, Marion  2004Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I43397
809 Jerome, Joseph  4 Feb 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137161
810 Jennings, Rhoda Albertine  1965Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99039
811 Jennings, Martha Maria  22 Dec 1921Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I50572
812 Jennings, Hilda Mary  15 May 1972Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99041
813 Jennings, Herbert John  4 Aug 1917Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128139
814 Jennings, Henry Thomas  5 Apr 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128938
815 Jennings, Elizabeth  1863Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128903
816 Jennings, Beatrice Adelaide  9 Jul 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99038
817 Jennings, Albert George  26 Mar 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I99042
818 Jenkinson, Hannah 1820 Settler  23 Dec 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32993
819 Jenkinson, George 1820 Settler  29 Sep 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I61438
820 Jenkins, Sarah Jane  7 May 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88270
821 Jeffries, Charles  7 Apr 1847Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I167496
822 Jarman, Thomas 1820 Settler  14 Jun 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I136015
823 Jameson, Middleton Julius  20 Oct 1990Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24991
824 James, Elizabeth Rhoda  9 Feb 1914Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22119
825 James, Eliza Caroline  20 May 1901Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I134853
826 James, Edward 'Ted'  29 Aug 1988Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I108093
827 Jakins, Maria Elizabeth  17 Jul 1927Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64122
828 Jakins, Albert Christopher Wesley  12 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32757
829 Jaffray, John Lockhart  11 Aug 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36405
830 Jackson, Joseph  17 Nov 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I171728
831 Iveson, Maria 1820 Settler  11 Apr 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I79404
832 Irving, Thomas Alfred  19 May 1945Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166177
833 Irving, Elizabeth Mary  21 Oct 1931Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166174
834 Insole, Helen  17 Nov 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166092
835 Ingram, William Henry  19 Mar 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89957
836 Ingram, Thomas 1820 Settler  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164008
837 Ingram, Nathaniel  29 Apr 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59080
838 Impey, Reverend William  25 Sep 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4900
839 Impey, Natalie  27 Sep 1902Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4899
840 Impey, Mary Ann  17 Jan 1873Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I31339
841 Impey, Rev. Charles James Close  12 Jul 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5016
842 Impey, Rev. Benjamin Shaw Horton  10 Jun 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5013
843 Hyde, Edward  5 Jun 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I154921
844 Hutton, William Pepperell  7 Jun 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I120688
845 Hutton, June Lorie  4 Sep 1972Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I71873
846 Hutton, Augustus Fortescue  19 Mar 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I120687
847 Hutton, Adah Louise  22 Jun 1917Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3589
848 Hutchinson, Thomas William  17 Jun 1873Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I116793
849 Hutchinson, Thomas Francis  22 Nov 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I116791
850 Hutchinson, Frances Ann 1820 Settler  29 Aug 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12206

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