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.
Matches 1 to 50 of 1168
Matches 1 to 46 of 46
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Christening | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kidwell, Hayley | I174567 | ||
2 | Fouche, Charmaine | I126344 | ||
3 | Ritson, Hilton Edwin | I126728 | ||
4 | Addison, Anthony Overend | 21 Dec 1957 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5268 |
5 | Cornish, Janet Clair | I177266 | ||
6 | Ritson, Darryl Neil | I126729 | ||
7 | Cornish, Irene Rose | I177264 | ||
8 | Cornish, Carol Anne | I177265 | ||
9 | Ritson, Heather Lorraine | I126727 | ||
10 | Fouche, André | I126345 | ||
11 | Harvey, Lynne Eleanor Graham | I166969 | ||
12 | Strydom, Patricia Joyce | 10 Jul 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126660 |
13 | Morty, Arthur Oliver | I167222 | ||
14 | Shepstone, Denise Margaret | I127428 | ||
15 | De Waal, Elsie Catharina | I62889 | ||
16 | Cumming, Donald Francis | I117474 | ||
17 | Goldswain, Shirley Mavis | 1 Sep 1935 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I13187 |
18 | Shepstone, Helen Louise | I127427 | ||
19 | Parker, Lawrence Charles William | I122459 | ||
20 | Honey, Cecil Claude Mitford | I152062 | ||
21 | Parker, Allan | I122461 | ||
22 | Parker, Eva Mildred | 26 Jan 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I122460 |
23 | Allen, Vivian Lester | I134211 | ||
24 | Allen, Phyllis Monica | I134213 | ||
25 | Allen, Iris Gaenor | I134212 | ||
26 | Licence, Stanley Douglas | I126411 | ||
27 | Parker, Phyllis Mabel | I126412 | ||
28 | Bransgrove, Doris Marian | 17 Aug 1905 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I153349 |
29 | Lester, Georgina Natalie | 6 May 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I125584 |
30 | Scott, Violet | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169283 |
31 | Scott, Symon Buller | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169292 |
32 | Scott, Ruby | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169281 |
33 | Scott, Robert | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169293 |
34 | Scott, Lucretia | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169282 |
35 | Scott, Ethel | 12 Jan 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I169284 |
36 | Griffin, Charles Oliver | 12 Feb 1868 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178702 |
37 | Griffin, Letitia Elizabeth | 5 Aug 1866 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178700 |
38 | Rudd, Arthur Ernest | 17 Jun 1866 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78382 |
39 | Shuter, John David | 24 Jul 1864 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175930 |
40 | Griffin, Walter Watts | 25 Jan 1863 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178672 |
41 | Griffin, Emma | 26 Dec 1858 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178651 |
42 | Stretch, Maria Elizabeth | 9 Feb 1854 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I161268 |
43 | Griffin, Thomas Yates | 18 Jul 1849 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178605 |
44 | Welch, James | 19 Mar 1848 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I146581 |
45 | Knight, Sarah Ann | 22 Jun 1843 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I16298 |
46 | Malone, Dudley Arthur Joseph | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78816 |
Matches 1 to 50 of 796
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross, Isobel Winsome | 17 Jan 2019 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174562 |
2 | Biggs, Christopher Munro | 23 Oct 2018 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I139629 |
3 | Walker, Anthony David Mortimer | 17 Sep 2018 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I103688 |
4 | Kennedy, Lynnette Anne | 2018 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I181936 |
5 | Miller, Russel Sydney | 26 Jul 2017 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I154157 |
6 | Lelong, Louis Edmond | 4 Jul 2017 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175986 |
7 | Niewoudt, Elizabeth | 7 Nov 2016 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175989 |
8 | Bosch, Samuel Stefanus | 11 Oct 2016 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175234 |
9 | Wallace, Cora Marie | 11 Feb 2016 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I154158 |
10 | McKenzie, Margaret Stuart | 2016 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I166409 |
11 | McKenzie, Doreen Beatrice | 2015 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I166408 |
12 | Musto, Linda Lillian | 27 Nov 2014 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I179088 |
13 | Cloete, Ann | 2014 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173268 |
14 | Brent, Alan Charlton | 5 Aug 2013 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I82221 |
15 | Price, Jennifer Gwynith | 13 Apr 2013 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175953 |
16 | Whitfield, Owen Kenneth | 31 Dec 2012 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I87939 |
17 | Sissison, John Campbell Faulding | 29 Jul 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152851 |
18 | Saunders, Denham William | 2 Jul 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112825 |
19 | Graham, Sylvia Pamela | 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110555 |
20 | Shepstone, Poppy Gloria | 8 Oct 2007 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58890 |
21 | Mardon, Kingsley Joseph | 11 Feb 2007 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I49224 |
22 | van den Heuvel, Hendrik Frederik Johannes | 7 Sep 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112932 |
23 | Bradfield, Beatrice May | 3 May 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173855 |
24 | Bodley, Richard John Robert | 18 Mar 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I164398 |
25 | Krige, Wininfred Joan | 10 Mar 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121197 |
26 | Olive, Leonard Frederick | 2006 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78748 |
27 | Thompson, Douglas Vernon | 9 Oct 2005 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160445 |
28 | Fourie, Elsje Amarentia Maria | 12 Aug 2005 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112355 |
29 | Reynolds, Neville Graham | 1 Aug 2005 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I90155 |
30 | Dale, Hilda Constance | 23 Dec 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I128110 |
31 | Kidwell, Frederick Oswald Campbell | 18 Jun 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174561 |
32 | Willmore, Edna Ethel Rex | 6 Mar 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I22842 |
33 | Stott, Halley Harwin | 2004 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120164 |
34 | Lane, Peter Shales | 22 Jun 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126751 |
35 | Erasmus, Willem Petrus | 5 May 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I40544 |
36 | Breuer, Theodora Johanna Christina | 8 Feb 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120722 |
37 | Morwood, Kathleen Maud Elizabeth | 17 Jan 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12669 |
38 | Sturgess, Beatrice | 12 Jan 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I57132 |
39 | Wilson, Alister Boswell | 30 Dec 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67768 |
40 | Sheppard, Beryl | 3 Nov 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120114 |
41 | Horwitz, Zena Sonja | 21 Aug 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I4731 |
42 | Makings, Hercules Ingoldsby | 12 Jun 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101414 |
43 | Cawood, Frances Julia | 31 May 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I123764 |
44 | Halse, Clive Grey | 28 May 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119918 |
45 | Bowker, Ronald James | 18 Mar 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120872 |
46 | Bosch, Daniel Johannes Paulus | 8 Jan 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175231 |
47 | Lloyd, Gavin Rick | 19 Nov 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I133275 |
48 | Williams, Edna Elizabeth Elsie | 30 Oct 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I135870 |
49 | Driver, Shirley Stanford | 13 Jul 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I1505 |
50 | Martin, Brian Edward | 4 Jul 2001 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I158679 |
Matches 1 to 28 of 28
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Burial | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Breuer, Theodora Johanna Christina | 14 Feb 2003 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120722 |
2 | Harrild, Lilian Annie | Jul 1988 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101134 |
3 | Phillips, Baden Powell | 1976 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I79861 |
4 | Muller, Dorothea Johanna Wilhemina | 1968 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121643 |
5 | Konigkramer, Phyllis Irene | Jan 1955 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46123 |
6 | Royston, Marion | 5 Apr 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58941 |
7 | Yakles, Charlotte | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78494 | |
8 | Whittal, John Francis Annan | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18146 | |
9 | Vermaak, John Henry | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18118 | |
10 | Sutherland, George William | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I17883 | |
11 | Reed, Kathleen Constance | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78926 | |
12 | Reed, George Thomas | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78908 | |
13 | Reed, George Thomas | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78963 | |
14 | Reed, Dorothy Augusta Milbank | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78927 | |
15 | Peckham, Melissa Claire | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I41282 | |
16 | Paterson, Victoria | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78970 | |
17 | Melville, Lt.Teigmouth | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78928 | |
18 | Marshall, Alma Florence | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45167 | |
19 | Hogsett, Joan Dorothy | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120654 | |
20 | Hewitt, Annie Reed | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78924 | |
21 | Futter, Gladys Gwendoline | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45457 | |
22 | Evans, Minnie | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I17884 | |
23 | Edwards, Edith Maria Ann | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I18147 | |
24 | Driver, John Ogilvie Stanford | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I956 | |
25 | Daniel, Wilfred Basil | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107395 | |
26 | Botha, Louisa Johanna Emilia | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I14546 | |
27 | Addison, Margaret Alice | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5274 | |
28 | Pamela | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I33693 |
Matches 1 to 4 of 4
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jessop, Craig Anthony | I45410 | ||
2 | Evans, Claire Lynn | I45379 | ||
3 | Calder, William Shepstone | 7 Aug 1897 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58877 |
4 | Shepstone, Lulie Alice | Est 1879 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58848 |
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greathead, Joyce | 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113641 |
2 | Halse, Royden Henry | 16 Aug 1970 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113591 |
3 | Sheppard, Harry Kenneth | 29 Apr 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113589 |
Matches 1 to 39 of 39
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Departure | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Makings, Hercules Ingoldsby | Abt 10 Jun 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101414 |
2 | Stott, Diana Florence | 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120163 |
3 | Cippico, Stephen Daniel | I119816 | ||
4 | Coe, Trevor Nicholas | I101386 | ||
5 | Coe, Stanley | I101388 | ||
6 | Anderson, Jean | I101387 | ||
7 | Massey-Hicks, Sheila Ann | I101428 | ||
8 | Massey-Hicks, Mervyn Burgoyne | 27 Mar 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101299 |
9 | Jeffrey, James | 10 Jun 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101235 |
10 | Forbes, Jessie Florence | 10 Jun 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101234 |
11 | Halse, Eric Harvey | 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119934 |
12 | Short, Thelma Iris | 15 May 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101225 |
13 | Hollister, Charles Percival | May 1933 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101339 |
14 | Harrild, Lilian Annie | 21 Mar 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101134 |
15 | Jordan, James | 16 Mar 1930 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101135 |
16 | Jordan, Cecil James | Abt 15 May 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101128 |
17 | Massey-Hicks, Maude Cressida (Twin) | 2 Feb 1913 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101304 |
18 | Thompson, Janet | I101521 | ||
19 | Sheppard, Gladys Beryl Myra | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I118244 | |
20 | Sheppard, Esme Estelle | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I118246 | |
21 | McConnell, Lynda Winifred | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120059 | |
22 | Lamb, Helen Margaret | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120032 | |
23 | Houghton, Edith Joan | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120013 | |
24 | Halse, Stephan Lancaster | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119989 | |
25 | Halse, Nigel Everard Temple | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119972 | |
26 | Halse, Madge LaVon | I119966 | ||
27 | Halse, Leslie Rundel | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113598 | |
28 | Halse, Lesley Dawn | I119961 | ||
29 | Halse, Hilary Frances Temple | I98351 | ||
30 | Halse, Florence Mary | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119939 | |
31 | Halse, Erica Elizabeth Rosemary | I119936 | ||
32 | Halse, Charles Neville | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119914 | |
33 | Halse, Beryl Elizabeth | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119910 | |
34 | Greathead, Elizabeth Mai | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119884 | |
35 | Glazebrook, Paul Kirkland | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119878 | |
36 | Du Plessis, Madge Maude | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119859 | |
37 | Dallas, Lorna Elaine | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I3915 | |
38 | Bernard, Dorothy Ann | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101435 | |
39 | Allison, Conrad Mayne | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119778 |
Matches 1 to 4 of 4
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Emigration | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | McPherson, Sarah Diana | I31902 | ||
2 | McPherson, Emma Elizabeth | I31900 | ||
3 | McPherson, David Roy | I8349 | ||
4 | Lorimer, Lucy Diana | I31899 |
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Hometown | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maher, Charles | I81294 | ||
2 | Howard, Bronwen | I46971 | ||
3 | Bawden, Carryn Florence | I46442 |
Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Occupation | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jordan, Peter John | I101126 | ||
2 | Jordan, Peter John | I101126 | ||
3 | Jordan, Peter John | I101126 | ||
4 | Halse, Terence John Conroy | 1936 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I119993 |
5 | Vosloo, Brian | I45689 |
Matches 1 to 9 of 9
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Residence | Person ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bowker, John Bourchier | I86311 | ||
2 | Longlands, Gertrude Elizabeth | 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147218 |
3 | Long, Sarah Elizabeth | 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70049 |
4 | Bruton, Laura Frances | 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147107 |
5 | Attwell, George Edward Fielding | 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145700 |
6 | Adcock, Eleanor Frances | 1920 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145558 |
7 | Wilmot, Cecil Rivers | 26 Sep 1919 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58274 |
8 | Pike, Herbert James | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I65183 | |
9 | Hintze, Lorimar | I54895 |
Matches 1 to 50 of 404
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Family | Divorced | Family ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bowker / Veen | F659 | ||
2 | Sherratt / Hoole | F11277 | ||
3 | Maree / Bell | F7931 |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
Family | Engaged | Family ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jordan / Sparks | F36302 | ||
2 | Robinson / Thewils | F28166 |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
Family | Ω Residence:RESI | Family ID | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vosloo / Ras | F16211 | ||
2 | Hall / Hudson | F19059 |
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