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Subject: [ZA-EC] Extracts from the South African Commercial Advertiser -August 1853
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 08:39:00 +0100
Transcribed from CO53/10 at the National Archives in Kew, London
Tuesday 2 August 1853
MARRIED at Stellenbosch on Friday the 29th July 1353 [sic!]by the Rev Mr A
Faure BD, Mr. Cornelis BRINK Ds to Miss Jacoba Johanna KORSTEN, whose
parents were on that day, exactly 25 years ago, married at the same place by
the same Reverend Clergyman.
WRECK OF THE CUBA
The following letter was received yesterday morning, directed to A. JARVIS
Esq from the chief officer of this unfortunate vessel, who it appears by
some misunderstanding was left on board with two other seamen, at the time
the crew and passengers were taken off by the City of Calcutta and Kirkman
Finlay.
Knysna River, at Mr. DUTHIEs, July 20 1853
Sir, I think it my duty to inform you, for the sake of all parties
concerned, of the loss of the Cuba, Capt. WOOLLEY, on Tuesday night, the
12th July. The ship struck on Cape Receife, but went off in deep water
again, - found the rudder unshipped and the ship making great deal of water,
which kept the hands continually at the pumps. On Saturday last two vessels,
the City of Calcutta and Kirkman Finlay, came to us, and agreed to take all
hands on board, divided between the two ships, and land them either at the
Cape or St.Helena. The passengers that went on board each ship respectively
are as under:
City of Calcutta: Mr. HEAVYSIDE and daughter, Miss KENYON, Mr. MERRITT and
Capt. WOOLLEY.
Kirkman Finlay: Mr. and Mrs. RABONE, Mrs. GIBSON and 2 children, and by some
misunderstanding between the two ships, myself, carpenter, and one of the
seamen were left on board to perish, but, by Gods help, we got the long
boat out the same night, and after 4 days toil succeeded in reaching the
land in safety yesterday morning, and arrived here this morning. I intend to
proceed to Algoa Bay as soon as possible, and there I can give much more
information to those requiring it.
I am &c
Jas. MEEKE, Late Chief Officer of Cuba.
To: A. JARVIS Esq, Port Elizabeth.
CHRISTENINGS
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, July 29:
A son of William Clifford KNIGHT Esq, baptised William Jasper.
Two children of Mr. George Richard AMES, baptised Elizabeth Caroline and
George Richard.
DEATHS
July 29: Mrs. Mary Anne WILLIAMS, wife of Mr. William WILLIAMS, aged 24
years.
July 29: Mrs. Ragel Francina SAYMAN, widow of the late Mr. Willem BREWIS,
aged 96 years 6 months and 7 days.
Thursday 4 August 1853
MARRIAGE
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.M. Kloek Van Staveren VDM,
August 2:
James LISSENBURY to Aletta Petronella Johanna RORICH.
Saturday 6 August 1853
To the Editor of the S.A.C.Advertiser and Cape Town Mail
Sir, having observed that in all the notices which have appeared in the
newspapers respecting the loss of the bark Cuba, the names of the
passengers and other particulars are incorrectly given, a circumstance which
may occasion much anxiety to distant relatives and friends, I beg leave to
state that the names of those who were taken on board the Kirkman Finlay
Capt. MUIRE (not the Kirkman, Capt. FINLAY) were Mr. and Mrs. RABONE, and
Mrs. GIBSON of Uitenhage with two children; and that Miss KENYON, my
daughter, myself, and a German youth of the name MUNDI ( not SMIDT or
MERRITT), together with Capt. WOOLLEY, were taken off by the City of
Calcutta, Capt. CONNELL (not Capt. MAY). The crew was divided between the
two ships, with the exception of Mr. MEEKE, the first officer, the
carpenter, and one seaman, whom Mr. MEEKE represents as left on board the
sinking vessel by some misunderstanding between the two other ships but who
were distinctly understood by all positively to refuse to leave her. Whether
this was a mistake or not, it is most gratifying to learn that they, too,
are safe, so that by Gods mercy there has been no loss of any mans life.
Permit me also to embrace the opportunity thus afforded of expressing for
myself and fellow sufferers the high sense we shall ever entertain of the
liberality and kindness we experienced, not only from Capt. CONNELL, who
stood in along the coast with the view of discovering some opportunity for
landing us, but still more from Capt. CLAYDON (not CLAYTON) of the schooner
Onward, by whom we were taken from the City of Calcutta, and landed in
Table Bay, and to whose extreme kindness and attention our warmest thanks
are justly due.
I am Sir &c
John HEAVYSIDE, Chaplain of Grahams Town.
Bishops Court, 2nd August 1853.
CHRISTENINGS
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Honble and Rev Henry Douglas
MA, August 3:
A daughter of Langham DALE Esq, baptised Emma Jane.
Aug 5, by the same:
A son of Mr. John CURREY, baptised Edward James.
A daughter of Mr. William KEAL, baptised Maria ROWLEY.
In St.Andrews Church by the Rev G Morgan, August 2:
A daughter of Henry DEWIS, baptised Frances Ellen.
A son of the late Edward James BAKER, baptised Edward James.
(Grahams Town Journal)
BIRTHS
At Grahams Town on the 29th inst, the wife of Mr. J.E. HOWSE of a son.
At Fort Beaufort on the 13th inst, the wife of Mr. James McPHAI [sic] of a
son.
At Alice, on the 9th inst, the wife of N. DOWELL Esq of a son.
MARRIAGE
At Lyndoch on the 13rh inst, by the Rev A. Welsh, Mr. Thomas HALLIBURTON to
Eliza Brown, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J.B. RENNIE of Craig Rennie,
Glen Lynden.
DEATHS
On the 26th June, William HARPER, son of James and Rebecca HARPER, of
Howards Party, aged 11 years and 6 months.
On the 24th June at Bluekrantz, of a fit of apoplexy, Mr. Jeremiah HONEY,
aged 70 years and 10 months.
Tuesday 9 August 1853
DIED on the 8th June last at his Residence, 25 Rood Lane, London, Patrick
HOME Esq, aged 83 years; deceased was one of the oldest Merchants connected
with the Trade of this Colony, and deservedly respected as a man of the
strictest honor and integrity.
MARRIAGE
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.L. Parisius VDM, August 8:
Mr. Johannes RATH? [image obscured] to Susanna Elizabeth McFARLAN.
Thursday 11 August 1853
CHRISTENINGS
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD,
Officiating Minister, Aug 7:
A son of Mr. Joseph Chevin SANDS, baptised Charles.
In St.Andrews Church by the Rev G Morgan, Aug 7:
A daughter of Mr. R.M. ROSS, baptised Isabella Lamont.
Tuesday 16 August 1853
DIED at Groote Post on the 26th July 1853, Mr. Isaac ILES, at the age of 83
years.
Fred. DUCKITT.
Departed this Life suddenly on the 14th instant, Mr. James McGREGOR of Salt
River House, aged 55 years and 7 months, leaving an affectionate wife and
young family to deplore and mourn his premature death and irreparable loss;
also a numerous circle of friends, who fully appreciated the strict
principles of integrity and undeviating rectitude, which have ever formed
the prominent features of his unblemished life.
NB The Friends of the late Mr. McGREGOR are hereby invited to meet the
Funeral Procession at the Castle-bridge at ¼ past 3 oclock this afternoon.
Cape Town, 16th August 1853.
On the forenoon of Sunday last Mr. James McGREGOR, well known and justly
respected in this town, died suddenly, as is probable, from some affection
of the heart, or large vessels near it. He had attended divine service in
the Scotch Church as usual, and was walking homeward at 12 oclock, when he
felt severe pain in the left side and back, which increased rapidly, and in
a few minutes he expired.
A sketch of Mr. McGREGORs life, by some person well acquainted with
him, would be gratifying to the public and very useful at this moment. In
early life he became a member of the School of Arts in Edinburgh, then just
established, after the first Mechanics Institution in Glasgow. He there
learned much, and profited by what he learned. In this Colony he has acted
for many years in a quiet unobtrusive manner, as builder, architect and
engineer. He was the first who introduced Gas Lights, and he constructed the
first Rail Road at the Cape. He superintended the construction of the Stone
Jetty near the Amsterdam Battery, afterwards abandoned by Government, and
began and completed the Central Causeway in Table Bay. He found employment
for a number of aged and otherwise helpless people in the collection of
bones, old iron and other apparently useless articles, strewed along the
beach a homely but most benevolent exertion of good sense and kind
feeling. He was ever ready in promoting improvements, with advice, personal
labor or money. He was a judicious and considerate master, and never
experienced any difficulty in procuring laborers. He was one of those who
give to God and man their due. Blameless, upright, active of that class
whom Mechanics Institutions are rearing for the benefit of the world.
CHRISTENINGS
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, August
14:
A son and a daughter of Mr. John GRAHAM, baptised William Henry and Isabella
Ann.
A son of Mr. Charles Frederick GRANGER, baptised Christian John.
A son of Mr. Caspar RIETMULLER, baptised Martin John.
August 15 by the same:
A son of Clarence Thomas WYLDE Esq, baptised William Archer.
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.L. Parisius VDM, August 14:
A daughter of Mr. Thos. Thallbart Harrington SCHULTZ, baptised Susanna Maria
Maasdorp.
MARRIAGE
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.M.K. Va Staveren VDM, August
15:
Mr. Andries Gerhardus GITZEN to Miss Mariana Jacoba Gertuida BLACKWAY
Thursday 18 August 1853
MARRIAGE
In Trinity Church by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB, August 15:
Mr. Samuel Sanders AUBREY to Miss Dinah GOODMAN.
CHRISTENINGS
In the New Dutch Reformed Church by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD, August 14:
A daughter of Mr. Adriaan GILDENHUYS, baptised Margaretha Sibelia.
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.M. Kloek Van Staveren VDM,
August 17:
A son of Mr. Carel Fredrik LANGERMAN, baptised Jan Willem Stuckeris.
In Trinity Church by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB, August 14:
A son of Mr. George RICHARDSON, baptised William Robertson.
DEATHS
August 6: Wilhelmina Christina, daughter of Lodewyk DANIELS, aged 11 months
and 28 days.
August 14: Mrs. Susanna Catharina ANHUYSEN, widow of Mr. Piet PETRIE, aged
70 years 1 month and 28 days.
August 15: William BECKER Esq, aged 28 years.
Tuesday 30 August 1853
BIRTH on the 26th inst at Cape Town, the lady of Captain NICOL, Madras Army,
of a son.
MARRIAGE
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, August
24:
Mr. John Thomas Davies FORBER to Miss Mary Ann JEAREY.
CHRISTENINGS
In St.Georges Cathedral in this City by the Rev John Quinn, August 24:
A daughter of Mr. George MILES, baptised Sarah Agness.
A daughter of Mr. Joseph Mitchell BROWN, baptised Letitia Maria Jane.
A son of Mr. Thomas WILLIAMS, baptised Charles Danvers.
A daughter of Mr. William J.P. GRIGGS, baptised Phoebe Ellen.
A son of Mr. John WOODMAN, baptised John Henry.
August 26th by the same:
A son of Mr. John Thomas STANLEY, baptised James Jury.
In the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev J.M. Kloek Van Staveren VDM,
August 28:
A son of Mr. Adolph Leopold KIHN, baptised Marthin Leopold Frans.
A son of Mr. Sven BORGSTROM, baptised Hendrik Marthinus.
In the Ebenezer Chapel on Sunday the 28th August:
A daughter of Mr. Japheto LAWRENCE, baptised Sophia Catharina Rachel.
DEATHS
Aug 24: Mrs. Cornelia Johanna NEEZER, widow of the late Mr. Christian
NEEZER, aged 58 years.
Aug 24: Edward John, son of Mr. John KELLY, aged 15 months.
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