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Margaret Willoughby Bennett

Female Abt 1767 - 1822  (55 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Margaret Willoughby Bennett was born about 1767; died on 31 Oct 1822.

    Margaret married Elijah Edward Donovan on 11 Jul 1800 in St Mary, Rotherhithe, London, England. Elijah was born about 1768; died on 1 Feb 1837 in Newington, South London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Joseph Gerald Donovan, 1820 Settler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1795 in England; died about 1851 in Howrah, India.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Gerald Donovan, 1820 Settler Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born in 1795 in England; died about 1851 in Howrah, India.

    Joseph married Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler on 18 Oct 1813 in St. Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England. Susannah (daughter of John Clark and Lucy) was born in 1794; died on 21 Oct 1835 in At sea aboard Roxburgh Castle en route to South AFrica from India.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Joseph Elijah Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1814; was christened on 16 Oct 1814 in St.Mary's, Lambeth, London, England.
    2. 4. William Davis Donovan, 1820 Settler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1815; was christened on 26 Nov 1815 in St.Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England.
    3. 5. George Donovan, 1820 Settler  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1818; was christened on 14 Jan 1818 in St Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England; died on 31 Mar 1898 in Bothaville, Free State, South Africa.
    4. 6. John Clark Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1821 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jul 1912.
    5. 7. Louisa Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1826 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died before 1835.
    6. 8. Maria Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1827.
    7. 9. Julianna Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1828 in Bengal, India.
    8. 10. Mary Ann Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1830 in Bengal, India; died before 1835 in Bengal, India.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Joseph Elijah Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1814; was christened on 16 Oct 1814 in St.Mary's, Lambeth, London, England.

  2. 4.  William Davis Donovan, 1820 Settler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1815; was christened on 26 Nov 1815 in St.Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England.

  3. 5.  George Donovan, 1820 Settler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1818; was christened on 14 Jan 1818 in St Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England; died on 31 Mar 1898 in Bothaville, Free State, South Africa.

    George married Elizabeth Henriette Wilhelmina Adendorff about 1845. Elizabeth (daughter of Christiaan Adendorf and Catherine) was born about Mar 1828 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 May 1903 in Bertrams, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. John Gerald Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Jun 1848 in Groot Kop, Free State, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1926 in Kimberley Hospital, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 12. Fergus Thomas Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Jul 1850 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1923 in Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa.
    3. 13. Maurice Willoughby Creedy Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1854 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1937.
    4. 14. Edward Bennett Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1855; died about 1901.
    5. 15. Iris Elizabeth Charlotte Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1856; died on 12 Jun 1937 in The Nursing House, Hatton, Dikoya Towns, Kandy, Ceylon.
    6. 16. Glendower Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1859 in Orange Free State, South Africa; died on 1 Aug 1929 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    7. 17. Lionell Bennett O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about Oct 1863 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died on 31 Dec 1932 in Delports Hope, Barkly West Dist, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    8. 18. Donough Richard O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1864 in Bethulie, Free State, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
    9. 19. Ida Maranda Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1865.

  4. 6.  John Clark Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1821 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jul 1912.

    John married Isabella Anne Yates Ashcroft on 28 Feb 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Louisa Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born on 12 Mar 1826 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died before 1835.

  6. 8.  Maria Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1827.

    Family/Spouse: George Maunsell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 9.  Julianna Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1828 in Bengal, India.

    Julianna married Henry Cornelis White on 20 Nov 1854 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. John Christopher White  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 10.  Mary Ann Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1830 in Bengal, India; died before 1835 in Bengal, India.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  John Gerald DonovanJohn Gerald Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about Jun 1848 in Groot Kop, Free State, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1926 in Kimberley Hospital, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.

    John married Agnes Mary Carlisle on 14 May 1879 in St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Agnes (daughter of Robert Wolf Carlisle and Hester Carolina Wilhelmina Ferreira) was born in 1858 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Sep 1927 in Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Fitzgerald Joseph Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jun 1887 in Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 31 Aug 1887 in St Alban the Martyr, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1948.
    2. 22. Kathleen Norah O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1893 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1973 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    3. 23. Irene Geraldine O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1947.

  2. 12.  Fergus Thomas Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about Jul 1850 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 1 Feb 1923 in Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Selina Catherina Frisch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Fergus married Ada Tanner after 1903 in England. Ada was born on 8 Oct 1876 in England; died in 1960 in Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Eric Willougbby Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1905; died in 1960.
    2. 25. Fergus Gerald Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1908; died on 17 Apr 1954.

  3. 13.  Maurice Willoughby Creedy Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1854 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1937.

    Maurice married Ellen Amy Hodgson on 10 Oct 1883 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa. Ellen (daughter of Henry Dawson Hodgson and Cordelia Susanna Halse) was born about 1862 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died on 16 Aug 1937 in Florida, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Grace Mabel Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1884 in Free State (Orange Free State), South Africa; died on 6 Nov 1948 in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. 27. Ivy Kathleen Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Oct 1885 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    3. 28. Beryl Eileen Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1889 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died before 1937.
    4. 29. Constance Amy Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1890 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    5. 30. Eva Noel Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1900 in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. 31. Maurice Alfred Charles Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1893 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died before 1969.
    7. 32. Reginald Dawson Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1961 in Transvaal, South Africa.

  4. 14.  Edward Bennett Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1855; died about 1901.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth White Best. Elizabeth (daughter of William Best and Lavinia Julia McMaster) was born on 2 Mar 1866 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; died in Mar 1943 in Nairobi, Kenya. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Iris Miranda Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1883 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 27 Jan 1937 in Nairobi, Kenya.
    2. 34. Bertie Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point died in South Africa.
    3. 35. Mabel Best Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1890 in South Africa; died in 1938 in Kenya.
    4. 36. Edward Bennett Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1892 in South Africa; died in 1936 in Nakuru, Kenya.

  5. 15.  Iris Elizabeth Charlotte Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1856; died on 12 Jun 1937 in The Nursing House, Hatton, Dikoya Towns, Kandy, Ceylon.

    Family/Spouse: Ernest Powys Adams. Ernest (son of Richard Leonard Adams and Florence Emma Vizgard) was born in 1865 in Ewell, Surrey, England; died on 18 May 1918 in Hillbrow Nursing home, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Richard Charles Powys Adams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jun 1905 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1991 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

  6. 16.  Glendower Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born in Jun 1859 in Orange Free State, South Africa; died on 1 Aug 1929 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Glendower married Emily Beeton Best on 11 Jul 1884 in St Alban's Cathedral, Pretoria, gauteng, South Africa. Emily (daughter of William Best and Lavinia Julia McMaster) was born on 15 Mar 1864 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa; died on 15 Aug 1943 in Kenmare, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Donough Bennett Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1885 in Christiana, North West, South Africa.; died on 16 Aug 1924 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. 39. Yvonne Aileen Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1892 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 26 Oct 1962 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    3. 40. Eric Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 17.  Lionell Bennett O'Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about Oct 1863 in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa; died on 31 Dec 1932 in Delports Hope, Barkly West Dist, Northern Cape, South Africa.

    Lionell married Gertrude Sophia Carlisle on 10 Jul 1888 in St Mary's, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Gertrude (daughter of Robert Wolf Carlisle and Gertrude Christina Hartman) was born on 4 Jun 1870 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Harold Willoughby O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1974 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    2. 42. Eric O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 43. George Clarke O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1891 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 30 Jan 1932 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
    4. 44. Aline Iris O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 45. Dennis Donough O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 46. Terence Carlisle O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1905.
    7. 47. Maureen Constance O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1908.
    8. 48. Lionel Sinclair O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1953 in Transvaal, South Africa.

  8. 18.  Donough Richard O'Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1864 in Bethulie, Free State, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Donough married Mary Ann CallaghanKlerksdorp, North West, South Africa. Mary was born about 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Lionel Terrence O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1893.
    2. 50. Justice Quinten O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1896.
    3. 51. Kathleen Gladys O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1901.
    4. 52. Joseph George O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1902; died about 1974 in Transvaal, South Africa.
    5. 53. Owen Angus O'Donovan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1908.

  9. 19.  Ida Maranda Donovan Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1) was born about 1865.

    Ida married Arthur Walpole Francis on 2 Nov 1887 in St Mary's Church, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Arthur was born about 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Cecil Arthur Francis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Aug 1888 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. 55. dau Francis  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 56. Gladys Lilian Francis  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 20.  John Christopher White Descendancy chart to this point (9.Julianna3, 2.Joseph2, 1.Margaret1)

    Family/Spouse: Susannah Elizabeth Labuschagne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 57. William Adriaan White  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1890 in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.


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