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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

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
201 White, Bertram Egerton Bowker  12 Sep 1907Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I681
202 White, Augusta Maria  19 Jul 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I159964
203 White, Arthur Edward  7 Dec 1900Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69180
204 White, Anthony Damant   I73579
205 White, Alan Duthie  20 Aug 1918Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I33980
206 White, Adrian St Leger   I670
207 Whitaker, Philip  11 Apr 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132576
208 Whitaker, Charlotte  25 Oct 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132551
209 Wheeler, William Christiaan Jacob  26 Jun 1861Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89366
210 Wheeler, Peter  23 Sep 1825Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89218
211 Wheeler, James  Abt Nov 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I89219
212 Wheeldon, Sarah Louisa  Abt 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I142163
213 Wheeldon, Lillia Ada  Cal 1861Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I114579
214 Wheeldon, John David  17 Jul 1838Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47662
215 Wheeldon, James  30 Nov 1829Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I114576
216 Wheeldon, Elizabeth Ann  Abt 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I142161
217 Westcott, Maureen   I6986
218 West, Ronald Aubrey   I132079
219 West, Matilda Ann  Abt 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17981
220 West, Marianna Rosie Anna  10 May 1872Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I34511
221 West, Harriett Margaret  Abt 1823Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20828
222 West, Hannah Dorothea  12 Jun 1838Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21689
223 Wesson, Sarah Gordon  Abt 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I115884
224 Wesson, Robert Archibald William  11 Jun 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I129167
225 Wentworth, Ronald James Ashton  22 Jan 1928Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22058
226 Wentworth, Margaret Lillian   I170617
227 Wentworth, Leonard Leslie  28 Jun 1888Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I163937
228 Wentworth, Ernest Edwin  12 Dec 1919Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I170589
229 Wentworth, Edward Charles  24 Apr 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I170614
230 Welsh, Agnes Emily  6 May 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I151052
231 Wellington, Arthur Charles   I68618
232 Wellbeloved, William James Travers  3 Mar 1859Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138512
233 Wellbeloved, Sarah Jane  2 Jun 1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138540
234 Wellbeloved, Philip  12 Jun 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138543
235 Wellbeloved, Eliza  13 Sep 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138538
236 Wellbeloved, Edward  29 Jan 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138523
237 Welgemoed, Aletta Johanna  18 Jun 1815Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47834
238 Welch, Sarah  1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I146579
239 Weinand, Harriett Elizabeth Hart  1856Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I38382
240 Weeks, William  22 Aug 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36334
241 Weeks, Sarah Ann  1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36332
242 Wedderburn, William du Barry  11 Jul 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59148
243 Wedderburn, Stella Mary  25 Dec 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I13316
244 Wedderburn, son  12 Dec 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I106286
245 Wedderburn, Sarah Ann  4 Aug 1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I63869
246 Wedderburn, Richard Maxwell  1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59145
247 Wedderburn, Percy  11 Jun 1889Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59143
248 Wedderburn, Minnie Florence  15 Jul 1881Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40155
249 Wedderburn, Francis Alice  27 Apr 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I39710
250 Wedderburn, Christopher Charles  15 Mar 1891Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59134

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Christening

Matches 201 to 250 of 541

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID 
201 Norton, Effie Mackay  3 Feb 1887Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135385
202 Norden, Pierre David John  23 Jun 1946Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I91000
203 Nicholls, Charles Edward  7 May 1846Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128607
204 Newdigate, Elizabeth Anne   I889
205 Nelson, Thomas  25 Mar 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I100671
206 Nelson, Joseph E  25 Mar 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64368
207 Nelson, Benjamin  25 Mar 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I102098
208 Mitford-Barberton, Elaine   I499
209 McLean, Alexander Bingle or Bingwell  1 Jul 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65383
210 McGee, Thomas  10 Oct 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I183220
211 Marsh, George Alfred  9 Sep 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132556
212 Mardon, Winifred Charlotte Emma  9 Jan 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I123720
213 Mardon, William James  13 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122730
214 Mardon, John  13 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122729
215 Mardon, James  13 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122693
216 Long, Jessie Amelia  3 Jun 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I70212
217 Long, Emily Miriam  9 Oct 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I63867
218 Locke, Laura Tudhope  16 Sep 1877Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19005
219 Locke, George Grey  31 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48115
220 Locke, Emily Loxton  26 Mar 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I64551
221 Locke, Agnes  7 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I42425
222 Linton, Lilian Henrietta  1 Nov 1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I162111
223 Levey, Susannah  13 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122684
224 Levey, Joseph Henry  9 Jun 1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122652
225 Levey, Henry Joseph  13 Dec 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122731
226 Levey, Henry  11 Jun 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122679
227 Levey, Charles William  13 Dec 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122736
228 Levey, Benjamin James  13 Dec 1871Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I122732
229 Leppan, Susan Keen Rowles  13 Sep 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113683
230 Lee, Walter Griffiths  1832Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124989
231 Lee, Matilda Ann  27 Nov 1836Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69053
232 Lee, Louisa Ann  1828Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124987
233 Lee, Edwin Elisha  11 May 1845Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124635
234 Lee, Caroline  16 Oct 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124988
235 Leach, Susan Oxenham  1 Sep 1874Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I129630
236 Leach, Shepstone Dagmar  30 Mar 1884Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128402
237 Leach, Milton Leinster  22 Mar 1882Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128401
238 Leach, John Christian  13 Nov 1858Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I128492
239 King, Jessie Anne  8 Jul 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I33759
240 King, Caroline  26 Jan 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23852
241 Kew, James Stanley  16 Dec 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I124410
242 Kettles, James Boucher  23 Sep 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4938
243 Kestell, Nancy  23 Jul 1833Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174652
244 Kestell, Amelia Wenmouth  23 Jul 1833Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I174653
245 Kemp, Robert  4 Dec 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I37925
246 Kemp, Richard Graham   I25317
247 Kemp, Rachel  8 Mar 1860Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I118115
248 Kemp, Louisa  31 Aug 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I154078
249 Keightley, William Henry  18 Aug 1844Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I115701
250 Keen, Charlotte Amelia  9 Sep 1877Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113706

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Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
201 Wakeford, Benjamin Keen  21 Dec 1864Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I105236
202 Wadmore, Martha 1820 Settler  28 Jan 1842Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57294
203 WRIGHT then CRONWRIGHT, Samuel Cron  15 Jul 1888Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I66032
204 Vice, James 1820 Settler  Abt 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I61830
205 Vernon, Yardley  9 Jun 1969Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28873
206 Verity, John  12 Dec 1873Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I39729
207 Verburg, Mary Elizabeth  Jan 1926Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36800
208 Verburg, Emile Daniel Smuts  8 Jul 1946Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I36798
209 Venables, Thomas George  15 May 1915Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47881
210 Venables, Sarah 1820 Settler  15 Dec 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I47537
211 Venables, John Thomas  3 Jan 1938Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I163344
212 Venables, Elizabeth 1820 Settler  26 Sep 1890Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32901
213 Venables, Daniel 1820 Settler  5 Sep 1833Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45318
214 Venables, Christina Hendrina  26 Feb 1916Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I130156
215 Usher, James 1820 Settler  20 Mar 1862Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11517
216 Usher, Eliza Weymouth 1820 Settler  16 Jul 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21763
217 Usher, Charlotte  1 Jan 1901Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4990
218 Urry, Rhoda 1820 Settler  21 Jul 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49806
219 Urry, James 1820 Settler  3 Aug 1855Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49823
220 Upton, William  30 Aug 1850Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I151422
221 Upton, Caroline Elizabeth  5 Sep 1887Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5023
222 Tyson, Lettie May  21 Oct 1978Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21732
223 Tyrell, Catherine  10 Feb 1911Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I161639
224 Turvey, Louisa 1820 Settler  5 Apr 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I25303
225 Turvey, Edward Henry  3 Mar 1842Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I62469
226 Turvey, Edward 1820 Settler  24 Aug 1843Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I29736
227 Turner, Harriet 1820 Settler  31 Jul 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I155757
228 Turkington, William Henry  1848Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49759
229 Tubb, Phebe 1820 Settler  3 Aug 1837Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32979
230 Trower, Joseph  26 Nov 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137171
231 Trotter, Ann 1820 Settler  27 May 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68952
232 Trollip, Ina Fanny  12 Apr 1960Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22759
233 Trollip, George James  4 Mar 1986Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I131592
234 Trollip, Esther 1820 Settler  27 Sep 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I21793
235 Trollip, Elizabeth  30 May 1905Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I5894
236 Trollip, Benjamin 1820 Settler  19 Apr 1867Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20339
237 Trollip, Alice Belinda  28 Jun 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32618
238 Tribe, William Cobbett  22 Dec 1938Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16257
239 Tribe, William  24 Feb 1886Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164670
240 Tribe, James Daniel  10 Oct 1923Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164676
241 Toynbee, Elizabeth 1820 Settler  7 May 1854Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I44323
242 Toy, Elizabeth Mary 1820 Settler  28 Nov 1875Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2926
243 Townsend, Edward Joseph  4 Aug 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2761
244 Topper, Jemima Mary Ann  28 Aug 1879Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I131254
245 Timms, Albert James  18 Jun 1954Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I81701
246 Timm, Winifred Marion  22 Jun 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17364
247 Timm, Herbert Mortimer  15 Sep 1943Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17282
248 Timm, Florence Olive  18 Jun 1962Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17346
249 Timm, Fanny Maud May  16 Sep 1947Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16508
250 Timm, Ellen Gertrude  7 Jan 1961Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17359

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Marriage

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
201 Rowe / Cholwich  19 Jan 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44300
202 Rose / Zimmerman  6 Jan 1945Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F46650
203 Rogers / Goddard  22 Dec 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F53706
204 Robinson / Sargeant  23 Nov 1835Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F17040
205 Roberts / Shone  27 Mar 1849Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6556
206 Roberts / Mullins  1 Jan 1852Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F22214
207 Roberts / Harvey  3 Mar 1869Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F15739
208 Roberts / Booth  7 Jul 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F15814
209 Roberts / Aldum  16 Jan 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F15702
210 Roach / Elliott  14 Apr 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F13756
211 Rielly / Willows  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F48362
212 Rielly / Futter  6 Jan 1892Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F29004
213 Richardson / Horn  18 Feb 1831Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F19767
214 Richards / Crozier  22 Apr 1891Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F10602
215 Richards / Attwell  23 Sep 1824Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F4367
216 Reynolds / Walker  20 Feb 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F49285
217 Reynolds / Skiekala  17 Oct 1865Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F49266
218 Reynolds / Radcliffe  1 Feb 1827Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F16015
219 Reynolds / Page  29 Jul 1830Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F18235
220 Reynolds / Jeffrey  13 Jul 1853Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F28832
221 Reynolds / Fincham  5 Apr 1876Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F49248
222 Rex / Bain  2 Sep 1838Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1277
223 Reekie / Shone   F5161
224 Ray / Wills  12 Jun 1824Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F31479
225 Rawlins / Slater  10 Aug 1826Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F32944
226 Randall / Richards   F40940
227 Randall / Armstrong  1922Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F18353
228 Ralph / Sparks  13 May 1906Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F58180
229 Quinn / Gatonby  28 Jul 1870Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F57468
230 Quinn / Devine  22 Feb 1848Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F49706
231 Putterill / Knight  15 Sep 1909Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F38760
232 Purdon / Tyson  25 May 1927Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F7232
233 Purdon / Patterson  Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F35271
234 Purdon / Hamilton  1 Jun 1905Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6393
235 Purdon / Drew  1904Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F6515
236 Puchert / Verburg   F12711
237 Pringle / Stretch  26 Mar 1822Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1121
238 Pringle / Botha  8 May 1866Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1126
239 Priddle / King  1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F8696
240 Price / Bold  6 Feb 1821Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F21240
241 Preston / Lee  15 Sep 1851Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F44513
242 Powell / Hoole  9 Feb 1842Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F523
243 Powell / Honey  6 Mar 1839Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F23343
244 Poulton / Webster  1877Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F56172
245 Poultney / Sephton  17 Apr 1857Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F1498
246 Potgeiter / Delport  13 Oct 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F31252
247 Pote / Webber   F14283
248 Pote / Surmon  11 Aug 1880Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F45072
249 Pote / Hall  26 Jan 1843Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F18058
250 Pike / Wood  2 Jul 1924Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa F52959

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