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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 701 to 750 of 3184

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
701 Cory, Sarah  1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I154579
702 Estment, John Walter  1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12573
703 Hewson, Elizabeth Ann  Abt 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I169805
704 Hill, Matilda Ann  1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24065
705 Pitt, Sarah Jane  1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I58485
706 Pressly, Elizabeth  Abt 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I77301
707 Townsend, Mary Ann  1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2275
708 Tribe, William  Abt 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164670
709 Lee, Adelaide Louisa  14 Feb 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68962
710 Webb, Charles Alexander  22 Feb 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I59802
711 Futter, George John  16 Mar 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65404
712 Lee, Emilly June  18 Apr 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I68966
713 Locke, George Grey  6 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I48115
714 King, Elizabeth  13 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23065
715 Lee, Angelina Maria  17 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I63936
716 Freemantle, Harriet  18 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28190
717 Harris, Charlotte Maria  29 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132045
718 Reynolds, James Thomas  30 May 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I69213
719 Webb, Phoebe  16 Jun 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I86898
720 Cockcroft, Sarah Jane  18 Jun 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32896
721 Trollip, Sarah Susannah  30 Jun 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20631
722 Dold, William Samuel  1 Jul 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28418
723 Philipps, Edward Thomas  13 Jul 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I2945
724 Fancutt, Priscilla Anne  17 Jul 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17187
725 Norton, John Ogilvie  27 Jul 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I332
726 Stokes, John Vickery  27 Jul 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I132786
727 Wood, Benoni Horace  21 Aug 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I942
728 Wellbeloved, Eliza  13 Sep 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I138538
729 Webb, Emily Jane  5 Oct 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I91252
730 Weakley, George Robert  6 Oct 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11093
731 Smith, Rebecca Ann Hancorn  12 Oct 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I67332
732 Hanger, William Joseph  23 Oct 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I135896
733 Ford, Maria  31 Oct 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I161310
734 Lewis, Mary Ann  16 Nov 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I45445
735 Boardman, John Henry  18 Nov 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19401
736 Parr, Edward James  30 Nov 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I163668
737 Bain, Andrew Geddes  Dec 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I3174
738 Venables, Jane  14 Dec 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11959
739 Fletcher, George Henry  20 Dec 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16018
740 Shepherd, Catherine  25 Dec 1840Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88490
741 Kidson, Joseph  1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I126970
742 McGregor, James  Abt 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I149947
743 Morris, Rosa  1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23902
744 Pitt, Elizabeth  Abt 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164515
745 Rorke, William Benjamin  1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I22979
746 Smith, Isaac Fielding  Abt 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88617
747 Boardman, Caroline Maria Torkington  10 Jan 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19438
748 Boardman, Sarah Hayes  10 Jan 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I19437
749 Whittal, Elizabeth Judith  14 Jan 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I11951
750 Atherstone, Edwin  22 Jan 1841Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I702

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Death

Matches 701 to 750 of 1544

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
701 Passmore, Alice Maud Mary  10 Apr 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I158497
702 Atherstone, John Frederick Korsten  8 May 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I219
703 Edkins, John  17 Jun 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I18263
704 Webb, John  25 Jun 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40225
705 Tabb, Grace  10 Jul 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I57846
706 Jones, Charles Jenkin  11 Jul 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I65936
707 Fehrsen, Anna Margarieta  20 Jul 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164998
708 Brooks, Isabella  25 Aug 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I88357
709 Barnes, Henry Dugmore  27 Sep 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4260
710 Kent, John  28 Sep 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I49048
711 Dicks, Mary Ann  17 Oct 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16719
712 Webb, William  30 Nov 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I41716
713 Stanton, Robert 1820 Settler  11 Dec 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16766
714 Webber, Stella Hope  16 Dec 1894Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I27271
715 Hill, Kate  3 Jan 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I84715
716 Cockcroft, Ernest Herbert  30 Jan 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32918
717 Sterley, John Morrice  9 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I115695
718 Jakins, Albert Christopher Wesley  12 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32757
719 Armstrong, Sarah Jane  16 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I50590
720 Fletcher, William Augustus  31 May 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16122
721 Webber, William  5 Jun 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I109853
722 King, Mary  5 Oct 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113289
723 Francis, Eliza Ann Jordan  15 Oct 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I142095
724 Insole, Helen  17 Nov 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I166092
725 Douglas, Isabella  25 Nov 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I160067
726 Edkins, Elizabeth Ann  Abt Dec 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I17332
727 Jenkinson, Hannah 1820 Settler  23 Dec 1895Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I32993
728 Cloete, William Monkhouse Graham  1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I1454
729 Keen, Susan  23 Jan 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I91338
730 Payne, Annie Maria  18 Mar 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16077
731 Seller, Joseph  27 Mar 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I164306
732 Matthews, Frances Amy Booth  22 May 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I40173
733 Rhodes, Charles 1820 Settler  6 Jun 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I24185
734 Holmes, Mary Ann 1820 Settler  7 Jun 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I20343
735 Impey, Reverend William  25 Sep 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I4900
736 Tarr, Athalie Willmore  6 Nov 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I42519
737 Hill, Captain James Pennell  28 Dec 1896Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I1290
738 Richards, Elizabeth Anne  16 Mar 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28019
739 Pike, James  22 Mar 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I23107
740 Ayliff, Elizabeth Gardner  30 Apr 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I28011
741 Surmon, John James  1 May 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137925
742 Pirie, Margaret 1820 Settler  20 Aug 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I35159
743 Payne, Richard  24 Aug 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I137924
744 Lee, Angelina Maria  20 Sep 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I63936
745 Webber, Alma Nora  20 Oct 1897Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I27274
746 Webster, Harriet Alicia  22 Jan 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I123976
747 Farley, Reginald Benjamin  12 Mar 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I12760
748 Stanton, James  21 Mar 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I16720
749 Quait, William Sailes  22 Mar 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I113299
750 Poulton, Emily Elizabeth  1 Apr 1898Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa I159443

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Marriage

Matches 701 to 738 of 738

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   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
701 Hoffman / Yendall   F29175
702 Jennings / Krige   F51183
703 Wostenholm / Chapman   F40063
704 Reekie / Shone   F5161
705 Knott / Rowland   F35927
706 Sinclair / Leach   F46154
707 Lisher / Penny   F36131
708 Marshall / Hunt   F35536
709 Dell / Clayton   F21794
710 Botha / Rose   F46651
711 Collett / Howard   F3793
712 Burger / Blamey   F40640
713 Keogh / Cockcroft   F38811
714 Webb / Zimmerman   F46656
715 Southey / Hoole   F2902
716 Butcher / Dicks   F30563
717 Fischer / Currie   F26906
718 Keey / Southey   F2784
719 Whittal / Dixon   F16156
720 Zimmerman / Reed   F46657
721 Dell / Currie   F16234
722 Wegner / Shone   F11972
723 Wright / Frost   F20713
724 Danckwerts / Dicks   F30549
725 Currie / Birch   F26907
726 Milton / Jordan   F65719
727 Pote / Webber   F14283
728 Palmer / Futter   F17188
729 Marshall / Beer   F35534
730 Hickson / Rose   F46652
731 Arthur / Wallace   F9275
732 Cockburn / Mitford-Barberton   F8352
733 Sephton / Klingenberg   F14212
734 Stirk / Armstrong   F2650
735 Futter / Lowry   F29674
736 Leach / Calmeyer-Leach   F46359
737 De La Mare / Rous   F39441
738 Hepburn / Ardren   F62620

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