Richard Birt

Male 1812 - 1892  (80 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Birt was born in 1812; died on 20 Mar 1892; was buried in Peelton Church, Peelton, Ngingiqini, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Eliza Hanson Budden. Eliza died on 3 Jan 1843 in Umxelo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Ann Birt  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1842; died on 1 Jul 1869 in Lyndock, Bedford district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Margaretha Hart. Margaretha (daughter of Robert Hart and Hannah May Tamplin) was born on 30 Nov 1815 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Nov 1817 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 May 1904 in Mission House, Brownlee Station, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Peelton Church, Peelton, Ngingiqini, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Agnes Cecil Birt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 4. Grace Innes Hart Birt  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 5. Helena Elizabeth Birt  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1854; died on 4 May 1926 in Kampala, Uganda.
    4. 6. Margaret Budden Birt  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Ann Birt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born on 21 Jan 1842; died on 1 Jul 1869 in Lyndock, Bedford district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: William Blore Townsend. William (son of Edward Joseph Townsend and Harriet Hockly, 1820 Settler) was born about 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Mar 1910 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Lyndoch, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Edward Ross Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Richard Mahony Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jan 1910 in Stellenbosch, , Cape Province, South Africa ; died on 22 Jul 1962 in Johannesburg, , Transvaal, South Africa .
    3. 9. William Dodds Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Agnes Cecil Birt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1)

    Family/Spouse: Walker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Grace Innes Hart Birt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1)

    Family/Spouse: John Harper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Helena Elizabeth Birt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 1854; died on 4 May 1926 in Kampala, Uganda.

    Helena married William Russell Bowker on 24 Feb 1881 in Pelton, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. William (son of Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler and Anne Maria Simpson) was born in 1855 in Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1916 in Kenya. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Margaret Russell Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1882 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 11. Mary Mitford Russell Bowker  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jan 1884 in Egerton, East London district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Feb 1884 in St John the Evangelist, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 6.  Margaret Budden Birt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1)

    Family/Spouse: Barker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Edward Ross Townsend Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Richard1)

  2. 8.  Richard Mahony Townsend Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Richard1) was born on 28 Jan 1910 in Stellenbosch, , Cape Province, South Africa ; died on 22 Jul 1962 in Johannesburg, , Transvaal, South Africa .

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Mary Hornsby. Catherine was born on 16 Jun 1910 in Tidworth,Wiltshire,England,Gt. Britain ; died on 17 Sep 1968 in Johannesburg,,Transvaal,South Africa . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Ruth Townsend  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 9.  William Dodds Townsend Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Richard1)

  4. 10.  Margaret Russell Bowker Descendancy chart to this point (5.Helena2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1882 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Margaret married Francis Wingfield Douglass on 7 Sep 1904 in Presbyterian Church, Bree Street, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, and was divorced in 1920. Francis (son of Hon. Arthur Douglass, M L P and Martha Emily Perkins) was born in 1875 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Russell Francis Bowker Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1906; died on 9 Mar 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya.
    2. 14. Margaret Frances Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1905 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 18 Dec 1905 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Assumed Deceased.

  5. 11.  Mary Mitford Russell Bowker Descendancy chart to this point (5.Helena2, 1.Richard1) was born on 7 Jan 1884 in Egerton, East London district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Feb 1884 in St John the Evangelist, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Ruth Townsend Descendancy chart to this point (8.Richard3, 2.Mary2, 1.Richard1)

    Ruth married Dr. Bertram Maclear Brayshaw [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Katherine Elizabeth Brayshaw  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 16. Richard Bertram Maclear Brayshaw  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 13.  Russell Francis Bowker Douglass Descendancy chart to this point (10.Margaret3, 5.Helena2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1906; died on 9 Mar 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Family/Spouse: Constance Marjorie Claire. Constance died on 30 Aug 1995. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Russell Lewis Bowker-Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 18. Shirley Claire Bowker-Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 19. Garth Bowker-Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1938; died in 1951.
    4. 20. Lynne Francis Bowker-Douglass  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 14.  Margaret Frances Douglass Descendancy chart to this point (10.Margaret3, 5.Helena2, 1.Richard1) was born on 19 Nov 1905 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 18 Dec 1905 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Assumed Deceased.

    Margaret married Cecil William Allen in 1925. Cecil was born about 1900; died in Assumed Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. John Allen  Descendancy chart to this point



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