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.
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 201 |  Brickhill, Esme Joyce | 1 Jan 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121813 |
| 202 | Hope-Bailie, Alexander Thomas Archibald | 14 Feb 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108888 |
| 203 | Scrooby, Norman Lovell | 20 Feb 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145214 |
| 204 | Capstick, Denis Ernest | I103832 | ||
| 205 | Lester, Douglas Henry | I134200 | ||
| 206 | Pearse, Ronald Shepstone | 31 May 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58637 |
| 207 | Gordon, Ronald Keith | I107972 | ||
| 208 | Graham, Basil Vernon | 2 Aug 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110554 |
| 209 | Mitchley, Lawrence Frederick | 16 Oct 1921 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I106532 |
| 210 | Allen, Audrey Mary | I70662 | ||
| 211 | Allen, Audrey Mary | I134217 | ||
| 212 | Haynes, Arthur Maurice | 23 Feb 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175934 |
| 213 | Harris, Kenneth Walter | 21 Jun 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I110803 |
| 214 | Douglas, Asthore Muriel | 6 Sep 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67764 |
| 215 | Hoy, Leslie Lionel | I109602 | ||
| 216 | Mathee, Daphne Stella | 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I125074 |
| 217 | Scrooby, Noel Darcy | 24 Jan 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145215 |
| 218 | Lester, Phyllis Eileen | I134201 | ||
| 219 | Flook, Alice Louisa | 16 Apr 1923 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34903 |
| 220 | Brickhill, Joan Mavis | 6 Mar 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121814 |
| 221 | Whittal, Arthur | May 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45562 |
| 222 | O'Connor, Verdun Stanley | 22 May 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46427 |
| 223 | Lander, Gloria Charlotte | I165259 | ||
| 224 | Parker, Allan | I122461 | ||
| 225 | Haynes, Irene Alice | 9 Nov 1924 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175935 |
| 226 | Lester, William James | I134204 | ||
| 227 | Allen, Anthony Hugh Ami | I70674 | ||
| 228 | Allen, Anthony Hugh Ami | I134218 | ||
| 229 | Turnbull, Pauline | I108797 | ||
| 230 | Lester, Ronald Clarence | I134202 | ||
| 231 | Scott, Pamela Kathleen | I102382 | ||
| 232 | Ward, Dorothy Cicily | I55036 | ||
| 233 | Squires, Edward | I102543 | ||
| 234 | Dee, Sybil Clara Frances | 8 Nov 1925 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I51996 |
| 235 | Le Roux, Susanna Johanna Magrieta | I36625 | ||
| 236 | Stewart, Margaret Moraig | I86028 | ||
| 237 | Lelong, Louis Edmond | 19 Oct 1926 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I175986 |
| 238 | Milbank, Phyllis - Ada | I53887 | ||
| 239 | Wynne, Nina Gladys Dorothea | I75585 | ||
| 240 | Lester, Vincent | I134205 | ||
| 241 | Forbes, Derrick Ivan | 2 May 1927 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12872 |
| 242 | McNeil, Kathleen | I169014 | ||
| 243 | Usher, Jessie | I143358 | ||
| 244 | Scrooby, Hazel Maureen | I145216 | ||
| 245 | Botterill, Edna Ruth | 17 Jan 1928 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I125066 |
| 246 | Cooper, Catherine Margaret | 14 Feb 1928 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I31666 |
| 247 | Carlisle, Reginald Godfrey | 6 Apr 1928 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74099 |
| 248 | Wright, Albert Anthony Dudlyke | I112795 | ||
| 249 | Matthews, Gerald James | 27 Jun 1928 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157635 |
| 250 | Ardren, Denis Bernard | 9 Aug 1928 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178251 |
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Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Tarr, Selina Clifford | 23 Mar 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15310 |
| 202 | Massey-Hicks, Forbes Hercules | 25 Mar 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I101301 |
| 203 | Eagle, Ernest Sinclair | 31 Mar 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107744 |
| 204 | Griffin, Emma | 23 Jun 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178651 |
| 205 | Moore, Violet Beatrice | 6 Jul 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182057 |
| 206 | Kathleen Mary Anne | 16 Jul 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143064 |
| 207 | Hockly, Lilian Jemima | 23 Aug 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I65287 |
| 208 | Pringle, Elizabeth Hepburn | 6 Sep 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I29986 |
| 209 | Goldswain, Clifford William Jeremiah | 4 Dec 1943 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I13082 |
| 210 | Brunox, Louise Marie | 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I94366 |
| 211 | Mary Agnes | 13 Jan 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I137271 |
| 212 | Paterson, Victoria | 21 Feb 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78970 |
| 213 | Gardner, Edmund Perks | 3 Apr 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I156930 |
| 214 | Lloyd, Gertrude Olivia | 3 Apr 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I12342 |
| 215 | Morrow, Ellen Elizabeth | 5 Dec 1944 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182326 |
| 216 | Royston, Marion | 3 Apr 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58941 |
| 217 | Holloway, Mary Eleanor | 24 Apr 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I167736 |
| 218 | Webber, Lucy Hilda | 13 May 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I27267 |
| 219 | Glanz, Wilhelmina Helen | 30 Jun 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I150327 |
| 220 | Lovemore, Harry Carrington | 31 Dec 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15434 |
| 221 | Gobey, Sarah Elizabeth | Abt 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I182135 |
| 222 | Hulley, Isaac Edgar | 19 Feb 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I14549 |
| 223 | Sheppard, Harry Kenneth | 29 Apr 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113589 |
| 224 | Goss, Percy Pierton | 18 Jul 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93441 |
| 225 | Ogden, Vivian John Airedale | 14 Aug 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160240 |
| 226 | Joyner, Ethel Clara | 4 Nov 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144831 |
| 227 | Sissons, Richard | 3 Dec 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I17363 |
| 228 | Juckes, Edward | 8 Dec 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I143782 |
| 229 | Cunningham, William John Rolland | 17 Apr 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152052 |
| 230 | Riggien, Amy Myrtle | 24 Apr 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I53023 |
| 231 | White, Ellen Lucie Margaret | 14 Aug 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112899 |
| 232 | Futter, Neilda Kathleen | 26 Apr 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I45453 |
| 233 | Goss, Patrick | 6 May 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I93453 |
| 234 | Bodington, Robert Charles | 5 Aug 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I27120 |
| 235 | Cramer, Alfred Benjamin | 19 Aug 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173104 |
| 236 | Melvill, Carlton (Bob) | 28 Sep 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I85767 |
| 237 | Ente, Catherine Wilhelmina | 11 Oct 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I178703 |
| 238 | Grenfell, Margaret May | 19 Oct 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I77899 |
| 239 | Humphrey, Charles Hildesley | 30 Dec 1948 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I160379 |
| 240 | Read, Mary Edith | 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I151935 |
| 241 | Ardendorff, Gertrude Louise Marie | 3 Mar 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I138625 |
| 242 | Thomson, Edmund Antrobus | 27 Mar 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15195 |
| 243 | Scott, Emilie | 30 May 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I28610 |
| 244 | Wayland, Frederick Augustus Montague | 8 Jul 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I144475 |
| 245 | Harvey, Charles Brand | 5 Oct 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I135544 |
| 246 | Trower, Laurence Elijah | 5 Dec 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I137199 |
| 247 | Sephton, William Thomas Hezakia | 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I61693 |
| 248 | Turner, Mary Agnes Louise | 23 Mar 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I9634 |
| 249 | Krause, Elizabeth Erenstena | 1 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I173086 |
| 250 | Best, Edith Jane | 11 Jun 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70628 |
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