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Robert James Pote

Male 1820 - 1894  (74 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert James Pote was born on 31 May 1820 in South Africa; died on 27 Jul 1894 in Hopewell, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Robert married Mary Ann Hall on 26 Jan 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born on 14 Feb 1823 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Jun 1894 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Ann Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1848 in Sunday's River, Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Nov 1869 in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape.
    2. 3. Robert Hall Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1849; was christened on 2 Aug 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Jul 1919 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. 4. Louisa Jane Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1852.
    4. 5. Charles Henry Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Oct 1853; died on 5 Feb 1914 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 6. Milton Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1854.
    6. 7. Catherine Agnes Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1875 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. 8. Walter Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Oct 1939 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape.
    8. 9. Harriet Pote  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Ann Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 28 May 1848 in Sunday's River, Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Nov 1869 in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape.

    Mary married Frederick James Gowar about 1866. Frederick (son of Frederick Joseph Gowar, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Wheeler) was born on 8 Sep 1843 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 12 Nov 1843 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Dec 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Frederick Robert Pote Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jun 1867 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Dec 1867 in Somerset East Church (Methodist), Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jan 1946 in Joubert Nursing Home, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    2. 11. Harry St Clair Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1868; was christened on 12 Dec 1868 in Somerset East Church (Methodist), Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  2. 3.  Robert Hall Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 14 Oct 1849; was christened on 2 Aug 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Jul 1919 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Robert married Anna Catherina Hall on 18 Jul 1870 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Samuel Hall and Barbara Johanna Jordaan) was born on 3 Oct 1848; was christened on 1 May 1849 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Robert Hall Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1871.
    2. 13. Samuel Charles Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1873; died on 16 Jul 1899 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. 14. Albert Ernst Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1875; died on 28 Jul 1952.
    4. 15. Rcihard Clement Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1879 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Aug 1959 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 16. Sarah Jane Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1881 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Sep 1950 in Addo, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    6. 17. Evelena Amelia Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1883; died on 29 Nov 1956 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. 18. James Aubrey Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1885; died on 13 Jul 1975.
    8. 19. Charles Everton Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1887 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 May 1958 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
    9. 20. Milton Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1890.
    10. 21. Walter Mortimer Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1896.

  3. 4.  Louisa Jane Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 17 Jan 1852.

    Louisa married Jonathan Caleb Rudman on 21 Jul 1870 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Jonathan Caleb Rudman  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1887 in Sundays River, Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1931 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  4. 5.  Charles Henry Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 7 Oct 1853; died on 5 Feb 1914 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 6.  Milton Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1854.

  6. 7.  Catherine Agnes Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 17 Mar 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1875 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  7. 8.  Walter Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born about 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Oct 1939 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape.

    Walter married Margaret Ann Surmon on 11 Aug 1880 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Margaret (daughter of John James Surmon and Jane Hall) was born about 1861; died on 8 Jan 1949; was buried in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Sydney Pote  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. Percival Leslie Pote  Descendancy chart to this point died on 20 Sep 1917 in Ypres-Menin road, France.
    3. 25. Hercules Walter Pote  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 26. Edmund Hall Pote  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 9.  Harriet Pote Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1)

    Harriet married David Hall on 22 Feb 1881 in Hopewell Farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Frederick Robert Pote Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 4 Jun 1867 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Dec 1867 in Somerset East Church (Methodist), Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jan 1946 in Joubert Nursing Home, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Frederick married Elizabeth Eleanor WatsonPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of William Watson and Emma Sophia Rudman) was born on 20 Nov 1864 in Klapfontein, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 1 Feb 1865 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1957 in Vereeniging, Gauteng (Transvaal), South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Alva Emma Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Mar 1893.
    2. 28. Lorimer Cecil Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1895; died on 31 Jan 1984.
    3. 29. Clara May Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1896 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Jun 1975 in Verwoerdburg.
    4. 30. Percival Charles Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Apr 1900.
    5. 31. Myrtle Victoria Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1901.
    6. 32. Queenie Mary Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1906.
    7. 33. Lorima Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 34. Jessie Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 35. Archibald Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 11.  Harry St Clair Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 25 Sep 1868; was christened on 12 Dec 1868 in Somerset East Church (Methodist), Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 12.  Robert Hall Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1871.

    Robert married Aletta Petronella Bosch on 15 Aug 1892 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Aletta was born in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Robert Oliver Pote  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1894 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 May 1894 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1978.

  4. 13.  Samuel Charles Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1873; died on 16 Jul 1899 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  5. 14.  Albert Ernst Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1875; died on 28 Jul 1952.

  6. 15.  Rcihard Clement Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 13 Nov 1879 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Aug 1959 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  7. 16.  Sarah Jane Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1881 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Sep 1950 in Addo, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: William Thomas Rowe. William (son of Henry Rowe and Margaret Devenish) was born on 3 Aug 1870 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Jan 1952 in Addo, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 17.  Evelena Amelia Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1883; died on 29 Nov 1956 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Robert Magte. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 18.  James Aubrey Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 23 Oct 1885; died on 13 Jul 1975.

    James married Mary Ann Carroll on 11 Jul 1923 in St Augustine's Church, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 19.  Charles Everton Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 27 May 1887 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 May 1958 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

  11. 20.  Milton Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1890.

  12. 21.  Walter Mortimer Pote Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1896.

  13. 22.  Jonathan Caleb Rudman Descendancy chart to this point (4.Louisa2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1887 in Sundays River, Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1931 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Family/Spouse: Mabel Johanna Eales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Caleb Kenneth Rudman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Allan Newton Rudman  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 39. Noel Desmond Rudman  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 23.  Sydney Pote Descendancy chart to this point (8.Walter2, 1.Robert1)

  15. 24.  Percival Leslie Pote Descendancy chart to this point (8.Walter2, 1.Robert1) died on 20 Sep 1917 in Ypres-Menin road, France.

  16. 25.  Hercules Walter Pote Descendancy chart to this point (8.Walter2, 1.Robert1)

  17. 26.  Edmund Hall Pote Descendancy chart to this point (8.Walter2, 1.Robert1)


Generation: 4

  1. 27.  Alva Emma Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 26 Mar 1893.

    Family/Spouse: Gerhardus Ludovickis Joubert. Gerhardus was born on 15 May 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Joy Elizabeth Joubert  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Peter Gowar Joubert  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 28.  Lorimer Cecil Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 23 Jun 1895; died on 31 Jan 1984.

    Family/Spouse: Jessie May McTavish. Jessie was born on 9 May 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Francis Ann Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. Frederick Robin Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 44. Margaret Elizabeth Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 45. Erna McKenzie Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 46. Keith Lorimer Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 47. Graham Percival Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 48. Veronica Grace Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 29.  Clara May Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 10 Nov 1896 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Jun 1975 in Verwoerdburg.

    Family/Spouse: Alan Frank Reynolds. Alan (son of Charles John Reynolds and Agnes Julie Daniell) was born on 28 Jul 1893 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Feb 1894 in Anglican Church, Peddie, Eastern cape, South Africa; died on 24 Mar 1978 in Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Nancy Elizabeth Reynolds  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 50. Neville Graham Reynolds  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jun 1926 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 31 Oct 1926 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Aug 2005 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

  4. 30.  Percival Charles Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 5 Apr 1900.

    Family/Spouse: Phyllis Natalie Eglington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 51. Maureen Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 52. Lynette Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 53. Denise Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 31.  Myrtle Victoria Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 7 May 1901.

    Family/Spouse: Richard Elard Ordeman. Richard was born in 1884 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Nov 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 32.  Queenie Mary Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 21 Aug 1906.

    Queenie married William Aubrey Reynolds on 28 Apr 1937. William (son of William Lewis Reynolds and Rosetta Martha Hodgkinson) was born on 3 Oct 1905 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 12 Nov 1905 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Oct 1937 in The Hope farm, Umzimkulu district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Umzimkulu cemetery, Umzimkulu, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Victor Roberts Victor. Victor was born on 16 Apr 1909 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; died on 13 Apr 1973 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 33.  Lorima Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1)

  8. 34.  Jessie Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1)

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

    Children:
    1. 54. Robyn Gowar  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 35.  Archibald Gowar Descendancy chart to this point (10.Frederick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Robert1)

  10. 36.  Robert Oliver Pote Descendancy chart to this point (12.Robert3, 3.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born on 28 Feb 1894 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 May 1894 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1978.

    Robert married Anna Francina BlignautPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anna was born in Dec 1899 in Jansenville, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Sep 1925 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 55. Gwendoline Pote  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 56. Joyce Evelyn Pote  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 57. Robert Tennyson Pote  Descendancy chart to this point

    Robert married Sheila Beatrice Hall on 11 Jun 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sheila (daughter of William Thomas Hall and Clarissa Cecilia Mitchley) was born on 30 Jun 1903 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1971 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 58. Felicia Clarewill Pote  Descendancy chart to this point

    Robert married Elsie Aletta Keyter on 22 Jun 1944 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elsie was born in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 37.  Caleb Kenneth Rudman Descendancy chart to this point (22.Jonathan3, 4.Louisa2, 1.Robert1)

  12. 38.  Allan Newton Rudman Descendancy chart to this point (22.Jonathan3, 4.Louisa2, 1.Robert1)

  13. 39.  Noel Desmond Rudman Descendancy chart to this point (22.Jonathan3, 4.Louisa2, 1.Robert1)


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