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From: "Lynn MacLeod" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] research interests - IMPEY
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:34:35 +1200
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Hi Julie
Good to see you popping in again!!
I have this note for George IMPEY
"George and Ann went out to South Africa after his sailcloth business in
Whitby came to its untimely end in 1842. He was invited to re-open a mixed
boarding school at Salem near Grahamstown by the mission. His eldest son,
William had immigrated some time before this. He had some financial
assistance from the mission towards the fares to South Africa. They set
sail from London abaord the sailing ship Howard on the last day of 1843.
Their party consisted of George and Ann, Fanny (Frances) aged 23 and
unmarried, Ann and George the twins then aged 18 (all expecting to teach at
the Mission School) Samuel aged 16, Richard 15 and Sarah nearly 10 and two
maidservants who emigrated with them."
I will scan the pages and send to you.
Take care
Lynn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Driver" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] research interests - IMPEY


> Hi Rob,
>
> George IMPEY was from Bishopsgate, UK and was one of the 1820
> Settlers. He had 11 children that I know of... many of his children
> were either born or christened in Whitby, Yorkshire. The IMPEYs are
> not listed in The Settler Handbook, so I don't know exactly when they
> settled in SA. A daughter was born in Whitby in 1834 so it was
> definitely after the colony was somewhat established.


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