Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa


 


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.

Latitude: -29.8586227, Longitude: 31.0259636


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Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Barbara Ruth  I178939
2 Adams, William Anthony Douglas  I36220
3 Addison, Anthony Overend  12 Nov 1957I5268
4 Airth, George Rennie  1867I130395
5 Aitchison, Viola Catherine  I109525
6 Alberts, Jacobus  I141125
7 Alexander, William Garth  9 Dec 1913I26496
8 Allen, Anthony Hugh Ami  I70674
9 Allen, Anthony Hugh Ami  I134218
10 Allen, Audrey Mary  I70662
11 Allen, Audrey Mary  I134217
12 Allen, Frederick Charles  8 Sep 1893I70661
13 Allen, John Peter  I134219
14 Allen, Vivian Lester  I134211
15 Alves, Joao  I85403
16 Alves, Marco  I85404
17 Andersen, Gloria Patricia  22 Mar 1935I157636
18 Andersen, Jens Erik  I45968
19 Andersen, Nils Christian  I45969
20 Anderson, Allen Webster  I2587
21 Andre, Earl Charles  I179295
22 Andrews, Brian Albert  I85411
23 Angus, Hilton  I79667
24 Anthony, Ian David  I70025
25 Ardren, Denis Bernard  9 Aug 1928I178251
26 Armstrong, Althea Myra Lorraine  30 May 1946I84041
27 Arter, James Brian  I165275
28 Arter, Kerry Ann  I165278
29 Ash, Errol Lindsay Vacy  1912I175582
30 Ash, Vyrell Linnington  8 Dec 1910I175581
31 Ashton, Molly Howarth  I31383
32 Atkinson, Marilyn Denise  I70032
33 Attwell, Peter Robert  I165705
34 Ayres, Elaine Margaret Anne  I29044
35 Baber, Charles Anthony Wynne  I75591
36 Baber, Miranda  23 May 1964I75590
37 Baber, Rupert Alfred Alexander  I75592
38 Bailey, Arthur William  I40365
39 Baker, Lionel Dunbar  14 Dec 1904I72533
40 Bannister, Susan Jane  I116028
41 Barbour, Nicole Lynn  I110508
42 Barnes, Hazel  I43399
43 Barnes, Helen Beatrice  I109917
44 Barnes, Trevor John  I116320
45 Barrett, Louise Elizabeth  I35246
46 Bath, Dorothy Florence  22 Oct 1900I176350
47 Bauman, Eothan  I81001
48 Baxter, Joyce Russell  I104707
49 Beard, Robyn Beverley  I175950
50 Beck, Amy  5 Oct 1897I70660

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Christening

Matches 1 to 46 of 46

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID 
1 Addison, Anthony Overend  21 Dec 1957I5268
2 Allen, Iris Gaenor  I134212
3 Allen, Phyllis Monica  I134213
4 Allen, Vivian Lester  I134211
5 Bransgrove, Doris Marian  17 Aug 1905I153349
6 Cornish, Carol Anne  I177265
7 Cornish, Irene Rose  I177264
8 Cornish, Janet Clair  I177266
9 Cumming, Donald Francis  I117474
10 De Waal, Elsie Catharina  I62889
11 Fouche, André  I126345
12 Fouche, Charmaine  I126344
13 Goldswain, Shirley Mavis  1 Sep 1935I13187
14 Griffin, Charles Oliver  12 Feb 1868I178702
15 Griffin, Emma  26 Dec 1858I178651
16 Griffin, Letitia Elizabeth  5 Aug 1866I178700
17 Griffin, Thomas Yates  18 Jul 1849I178605
18 Griffin, Walter Watts  25 Jan 1863I178672
19 Harvey, Lynne Eleanor Graham  I166969
20 Honey, Cecil Claude Mitford  I152062
21 Kidwell, Hayley  I174567
22 Knight, Sarah Ann  22 Jun 1843I16298
23 Lester, Georgina Natalie  6 May 1900I125584
24 Licence, Stanley Douglas  I126411
25 Malone, Dudley Arthur Joseph  I78816
26 Morty, Arthur Oliver  I167222
27 Parker, Allan  I122461
28 Parker, Eva Mildred  26 Jan 1919I122460
29 Parker, Lawrence Charles William  I122459
30 Parker, Phyllis Mabel  I126412
31 Ritson, Darryl Neil  I126729
32 Ritson, Heather Lorraine  I126727
33 Ritson, Hilton Edwin  I126728
34 Rudd, Arthur Ernest  17 Jun 1866I78382
35 Scott, Ethel  12 Jan 1900I169284
36 Scott, Lucretia  12 Jan 1900I169282
37 Scott, Robert  12 Jan 1900I169293
38 Scott, Ruby  12 Jan 1900I169281
39 Scott, Symon Buller  12 Jan 1900I169292
40 Scott, Violet  12 Jan 1900I169283
41 Shepstone, Denise Margaret  I127428
42 Shepstone, Helen Louise  I127427
43 Shuter, John David  24 Jul 1864I175930
44 Stretch, Maria Elizabeth  9 Feb 1854I161268
45 Strydom, Patricia Joyce  10 Jul 1943I126660
46 Welch, James  19 Mar 1848I146581

Death

Matches 1 to 50 of 802

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Kathleen Mary Anne  16 Jul 1943I143064
2 Mary Agnes  13 Jan 1944I137271
3 A'Bear, Sidney Arthur George  27 Oct 1977I168721
4 Adamson, Edith Daphne  30 Dec 1996I174023
5 Addison, Margaret Alice  26 Jun 1953I5274
6 Albertyn, Yvonne Olive  24 Jul 1980I29145
7 Alcock, Gilbert  26 May 1986I125520
8 Aldridge, Hubert Wilfred  Abt 1995I59758
9 Aldum, Lydia Ann  22 May 1929I44877
10 Alexander, Muriel May  6 Dec 1964I48967
11 Allen, Frederick Charles  25 May 1942I70661
12 Amm, Mary  16 Sep 1900I177558
13 Andersen, Gloria Patricia  11 Apr 1999I157636
14 Anderson, Margaret Mary  16 Aug 1970I115689
15 Anderson, William Webster  15 Feb 1959I2582
16 Andrews, Elizabeth Anna  26 Jun 1983I6376
17 Annear, Annie Eileen  15 Nov 1971I25965
18 Ardendorff, Gertrude Louise Marie  3 Mar 1949I138625
19 Armstrong, Douglas Lorraine  13 Mar 1997I84040
20 Ash, Frances Doreen  21 Apr 1954I136969
21 Ashburner, Ernest  1 Jul 1939I35588
22 Atherstone, Helen Mary  9 Jun 2013I3625
23 Atherstone, Mary Elizabeth  5 Oct 1939I226
24 Attwell, Melville Hamilton  1974I67126
25 Austin, Evelyn Eardly Wilmot  1 Sep 1978I113564
26 Baber, Miranda  24 May 1964I75590
27 Bagnall, Harvey  1919I11136
28 Baikie, Ewan Lewis  12 Nov 1966I36791
29 Bailey, Mercia Hermina  20 Jun 1966I108232
30 Bailey, Purdon Herbert  31 Oct 1976I108820
31 Bailey, Raymond Purdon Cockcroft  31 Oct 1976I108230
32 Bannister, Jack Beurguer  4 Mar 1973I66094
33 Baragwanath, Emma (Thora) Lucy  21 Jun 1998I67771
34 Barnes, Doris Maud  1980I98437
35 Barnes, Marion Evelyn  1968I144720
36 Bartie, Alice Maria  23 Jun 1989I130742
37 Basson, Doris Owen  18 Sep 1957I83371
38 Bastard, Mary Ellen  1 Aug 1959I5821
39 Bath, Dorothy Florence  6 Nov 1985I176350
40 Batteson, Oswald Courtney  16 Feb 1968I158289
41 Beckwith, Kate Heslop  25 Apr 1942I166808
42 Bell, Elizabeth Somerset  Jul 1982I21267
43 Bellows, James Charles Michael  11 Nov 1993I120655
44 Bennett, Mary Ethel  11 Oct 1961I177592
45 Bennett, Thomas Gibson  16 Apr 1975I177595
46 Bennetts, Benjamin Raymond  1995I113805
47 Bernard, Dorothy Ann  1998I101435
48 Best, Edith Jane  11 Jun 1950I70628
49 Best, Melita Isabella  1935I70629
50 Biggs, Christopher Munro  23 Oct 2018I139629

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Burial

Matches 1 to 29 of 29

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID 
1 Addison, Margaret Alice  I5274
2 Bond, Steve  2 Apr 2009I33688
3 Botha, Louisa Johanna Emilia  I14546
4 Breuer, Theodora Johanna Christina  14 Feb 2003I120722
5 Daniel, Wilfred Basil  I107395
6 Driver, John Ogilvie Stanford  I956
7 Edwards, Edith Maria Ann  I18147
8 Evans, Minnie  I17884
9 Futter, Gladys Gwendoline  I45457
10 Harrild, Lilian Annie  Jul 1988I101134
11 Hewitt, Annie Reed  I78924
12 Hogsett, Joan Dorothy  I120654
13 Konigkramer, Phyllis Irene  Jan 1955I46123
14 Marshall, Alma Florence  I45167
15 Melville, Lt.Teigmouth  I78928
16 Muller, Dorothea Johanna Wilhemina  1968I121643
17 Paterson, Victoria  I78970
18 Peckham, Melissa Claire  I41282
19 Phillips, Baden Powell  1976I79861
20 Reed, Dorothy Augusta Milbank  I78927
21 Reed, George Thomas  I78908
22 Reed, George Thomas  I78963
23 Reed, Kathleen Constance  I78926
24 Royston, Marion  5 Apr 1945I58941
25 Smith, Irene Patricia  I33693
26 Sutherland, George William  I17883
27 Vermaak, John Henry  I18118
28 Whittal, John Francis Annan  I18146
29 Yakles, Charlotte  I78494

Birth

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Calder, William Shepstone  7 Aug 1897I58877
2 Evans, Claire Lynn  I45379
3 Jessop, Craig Anthony  I45410
4 Shepstone, Lulie Alice  Est 1879I58848

Death

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Greathead, Joyce  1999I113641
2 Halse, Royden Henry  16 Aug 1970I113591
3 Sheppard, Harry Kenneth  29 Apr 1946I113589

Departure

Matches 1 to 39 of 39

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Departure    Person ID 
1 Allison, Conrad Mayne  I119778
2 Anderson, Jean  I101387
3 Bernard, Dorothy Ann  I101435
4 Cippico, Stephen Daniel  I119816
5 Coe, Stanley  I101388
6 Coe, Trevor Nicholas  I101386
7 Dallas, Lorna Elaine  I3915
8 Du Plessis, Madge Maude  I119859
9 Forbes, Jessie Florence  10 Jun 1938I101234
10 Glazebrook, Paul Kirkland  I119878
11 Greathead, Elizabeth Mai  I119884
12 Halse, Beryl Elizabeth  I119910
13 Halse, Charles Neville  I119914
14 Halse, Eric Harvey  1938I119934
15 Halse, Erica Elizabeth Rosemary  I119936
16 Halse, Florence Mary  I119939
17 Halse, Hilary Frances Temple  I98351
18 Halse, Lesley Dawn  I119961
19 Halse, Leslie Rundel  I113598
20 Halse, Madge LaVon  I119966
21 Halse, Nigel Everard Temple  I119972
22 Halse, Stephan Lancaster  I119989
23 Harrild, Lilian Annie  21 Mar 1930I101134
24 Hollister, Charles Percival  May 1933I101339
25 Houghton, Edith Joan  I120013
26 Jeffrey, James  10 Jun 1938I101235
27 Jordan, Cecil James  Abt 15 May 1921I101128
28 Jordan, James  16 Mar 1930I101135
29 Lamb, Helen Margaret  I120032
30 Makings, Hercules Ingoldsby  Abt 10 Jun 1960I101414
31 Massey-Hicks, Maude Cressida (Twin)  2 Feb 1913I101304
32 Massey-Hicks, Mervyn Burgoyne  27 Mar 1956I101299
33 Massey-Hicks, Sheila Ann  I101428
34 McConnell, Lynda Winifred  I120059
35 Sheppard, Esme Estelle  I118246
36 Sheppard, Gladys Beryl Myra  I118244
37 Short, Thelma Iris  15 May 1933I101225
38 Stott, Diana Florence  1960I120163
39 Thompson, Janet  I101521

Emigration

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Emigration    Person ID 
1 Lorimer, Lucy Diana  I31899
2 McPherson, David Roy  I8349
3 McPherson, Emma Elizabeth  I31900
4 McPherson, Sarah Diana  I31902

Hometown

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Hometown    Person ID 
1 Bawden, Carryn Florence  I46442
2 Howard, Bronwen  I46971
3 Maher, Charles  I81294

Occupation

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID 
1 Halse, Terence John Conroy  1936I119993
2 Jordan, Peter John  I101126
3 Jordan, Peter John  I101126
4 Jordan, Peter John  I101126
5 Vosloo, Brian  I45689

Residence

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
1 Adcock, Eleanor Frances  1920I145558
2 Attwell, George Edward Fielding  1920I145700
3 Bowker, John Bourchier  I86311
4 Bruton, Laura Frances  1920I147107
5 Hintze, Lorimar  I54895
6 Long, Sarah Elizabeth  1920I70049
7 Longlands, Gertrude Elizabeth  1920I147218
8 Pike, Herbert James  I65183
9 Wilmot, Cecil Rivers  26 Sep 1919I58274

Marriage

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
1 /   1967F15345
2 Alberts / Webber  F50523
3 Allen / Beck  29 Dec 1919F25855
4 Andersen / Whittal  27 Mar 1975F7117
5 Andre / Fowlie  F64194
6 Andrews / Ridinger  26 Mar 1927F43374
7 Armstrong / Bakker  F40139
8 Arter / Vial  F58280
9 Ashington / Wilkinson  F8393
10 Attwell / Tyndale  F58427
11 Baikie / Pypers  F12704
12 Barbour / Weakley  F39560
13 Barker / Wakeling  F35062
14 Barnard / Bruce  3 Mar 1921F62384
15 Barnard / Francis  30 Dec 1912F53309
16 Beard / Ridinger  F43375
17 Beckwith / Coltman  19 Feb 1929F41801
18 Behrens / Baxter  F37539
19 Bell / Mitchell  4 Aug 1951F62808
20 Bellows / Hogsett  3 Aug 1946F43085
21 Bennett / Futter  F29433
22 Billson / Joubert  18 Jun 1955F42545
23 Billson / Vial  F58289
24 Blaine / Brinton  8 Jan 1948F47687
25 Blamey / Lyon  10 Mar 1944F37774
26 Bond / Jackson  F11614
27 Borland / Hedding  24 Sep 1932F38265
28 Botha / Burckard  F56146
29 Botha / King  F9909
30 Botha / McCarthy  F46021
31 Botha / Weakley  F39559
32 Bothma / McMaster  F9835
33 Bourke / James  27 Aug 1942F63462
34 Bouttell / Robinson  F27774
35 Bowker / Brett  16 Aug 1949F36857
36 Bowker / Harcombe  F41834
37 Bracey / Lutman  Mar 1865F8714
38 Brandon / Sissing  1918F22965
39 Breakspear / Sterley  F41393
40 Bresler / Bloemhof  1 Aug 1936F45606
41 Brice / Beck  1920F25851
42 Browne / Roberts  F36806
43 Brune / Larkin  F33499
44 Budd / Simpson  F56163
45 Buhr / Holden  F9933
46 Butler / Paterson  F9510
47 Campbell / Waudby  17 Jul 1918F52368
48 Carr / Loose  24 Feb 1900F55762
49 Cato / Bousfield  18 Jul 1864F63415
50 Cato / Gansden  25 May 1902F63423

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Divorce

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Family    Divorce    Family ID 
1 Goddard / Winstanley  F16509

Divorced

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Family    Divorced    Family ID 
1 Bowker / Veen  F659
2 Maree / Bell  F7931
3 Sherratt / Hoole  F11277

Engaged

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Family    Engaged    Family ID 
1 Jordan / Sparks  F36302
2 Robinson / Thewils  F28166

Married

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Family    Married    Family ID 
1 Jessop / Oates  F16053
2 Talbot / Oates  F16056

Ω Residence:RESI

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Family    Ω Residence:RESI    Family ID 
1 Hall / Hudson  F19059
2 Vosloo / Ras  F16211

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