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From: "Sue Mackay" <>
Subject: [ZA-EC] Extracts from the South African Commercial Advertiser - May1855
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:43:31 +0100


Transcribed from CO53/11 at the National Archives in Kew, London

Tuesday 1 May 1855

CHRISTENINGS
In the temporary church of St.John the Evangelist in this City by the Rev
George Meyler Squibb BA, April 8:
A son of Mr. Thomas ALLWRIGHT, Caledon-street, baptised Matthew James.

Thursday 3 May 1855

MARRIED by Special Licence on the 30th April by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD, Mr.
Lambertus Petrus Johannes VAN DEN BERG to Anna Aletta, youngest daughter of
Mr. Johan Frederik LUYT.

Tuesday 8 May 1855

DIED on the 1st April 1855, Fanny Maria MORRIS, aged 1 year and 27 days; on
the 3rd May William Keet MORRIS, aged 2 years 2 months and 14 days;
Grand-children of J.N. KEET, Port Office.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 4:
A son of Mr. [obscured in fold] COOK, baptised Henry Edward.
By the same, May 6:
A son of Mr. John Valentine CHAPMAN, baptised [John?] William.
A son of Mr. James BANNING, baptised John Henry.
A daughter of Mr. Robert RINTOUL, baptised Magdaline.

DEATHS
May 3: Lindsay Crawford, son of Mr. Gilbert DUNCAN, aged 12 years.
May 3: William THORNE, seaman of the Vincent, aged 34 years.

Thursday 10 May 1855

DIED at the Residence of her Son-in-Law, Mr. T.J. WELCH, Mary COUSINS,
relict of the late Mr. Charles BOUCHER, aged 69 years 4 months and 26 days;
deeply regretted by her relatives and numerous Friends.
Lelie-street, Cape Town
8th May 1855

Saturday 12 May 1855

On Friday the 11th May at Bella Vista, Cape Town, Mrs. George FRERE of a
son.

CHRISTENING
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey, May 11:
A daughter of Mr. Daniel DIXON, baptised Jacoba Maria,

DEATH
May 8: Mrs. Mary BOUCHER, relict of Mr. Charles BOUCHER, aged 69 years 4
months and 26 days.

Tuesday 15 May 1855

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew's Church by the Rev G Morgan, May 13:
A daughter of Mr. Wm. ROWE, baptised [Jane?] Sloan.

Thursday 17 May 1855

DIED at his late Residence, "Sunning Hill", Wynberg, on Sunday morning last,
the 13th instant, Richard Thos. WOLFE, late Major in the Army, Resident
Magistrate of Wynberg, and Acting Judge and Superintendent of Police, Cape
Town, aged 61 years 3 months and 20 days.

MARRIAGE
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 14:
Mr. Richard Petett EWRIDGE to Miss Elizabeth Susan WELLDEN.

CHRISTENING
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 14:
A son of Mr. Frederick LIPPIETT, baptised William Joseph.

DEATHS
May 12: Ann, daughter of Mr. John Seldon BATE, aged 3 days.
May 13: Major Richard WOLFE, aged 61 years.
May 13: David Anwyl, son of Mr. David ROBERTS, aged 19 months and 3 days.

Saturday 19 May 1855

MARRIAGE
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 16:
Mr. James Bailey MORRIS to Miss Isabella Charlotte MASKEW.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, may 18:
A son of Mr. Esau HARRINGTON, baptised John Butler.
A son of Mr. Samuel DAVID, baptised Samuel James.
A son of Mr. William MORRIS, baptised William Keet.

DEATH
May 15: Margaret, wife of Mr. Abraham JENKINS, aged 36 years.

Tuesday 22 May 1855

DIED at Cape Town on the 18th May 1855, Anna Maria, wife of John SHEPHERD
Esq, in her 36th year.

DIED on Saturday 19th May 1855, my beloved wife Petronella Cicilia Susanna
HENDERSON, in her 38th year, deeply regretted.
A. VAN DER HOEVEN
Cape Town, 21st May 1855.

MARRIAGES
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 21:
Mr. Robert VAN DER SCHYFFto Miss Louisa Wilhelmina POWELL.
Mr. Samuel ABEL to Miss Susanna Elizabeth GREEFF.

DEATHS
May 18: Mrs. Anna Maria SHEPHERD, wife of John SHEPHERD Esquire, aged 35
years and 10 months.
May 18: George SAMUEL, aged 4 months.
May 19: Mrs. Elleanor PARKER, aged 65 years and 9 months.

Tuesday 29 May 1855

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George's Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 23:
A daughter of Mr. George CRAMMER, baptised Clara Sarah Elizabeth.
By the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 25:
A son of Mr. Joseph GLOVER, baptised Joseph Thomas.
A daughter of the late Mr. Joseph SYMS, baptised Maria.

DEATH
May 27: Wilhelmina, daughter of Mr. Simon GAYER, aged 5 years and 4 months.

Thursday 31 May 1855

BIRTH on the 29th instant at his Quarters, Imhoff, the wife of Mr. HALL,
R.E.D. of a son.

DIED at Stellenbosch on Tuesday the 29th May 1855, Magdalena Johanna,
beloved wife of Daniel Johannes VAN RYNEVELD Esquire, Civil Commissioner and
Resident magistrate of Stellenbosch, in her 58th year; deeply regretted by
relatives and Friends.

MARRIAGES
In the Martin's Lutheran Church by the Rev G.W. Stegmann VDM, on Tuesday the
8th May:
The Rev Ferdinant BRECHER to Miss Maria Isabella Magdalena VAN REENEN.
In St.Andrew's Church by the Rev G Morgan, on Monday the 28th May:
Mr. J. SCHOLTZ to Miss H.J. PETERSEN.

CHRISTENINGS
By the Rev G.W. Stegmann VDM on Monday the 7th May:
A daughter of Mr. Johan Diederich Christoph JANKOWITZ, baptised Christina
Justina Carolina.
On Tuesday the 8th May:
Two sons of Mr. Carel Wilhelm VILJOEN, baptised Johan Fredrik and Willem
Petrus.
On Sunday the 13th May:
A daughter of Mr. Sebastiaan REINHARDT, baptised Fredrica Magdalena.
In St.Andrew's Church by the Rev G. Morgan, May 27:
A daughter of Mr. C.S. FARQUHARSON, baptised Mary Hendrina Cornelia.

DEATHS
May 5: Mrs. Andries Wilhelm DUCTIE, aged 34 years.
May 19: An infant daughter of Mr. Nicolaas Hendrik MARAIS.
May 21: Two infant sons of Mr. Hendrik Coenraad HEYNS.
May 26: Fredrica Magdalena, daughter of Mr. Sebastiaan REINHARDT, aged 1
month and 5 days.
May 27: Mr. Dirk Johannes STEGMANN, aged 38 years and 10 months

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