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From: "Tombi Peck" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Queenstown Free Press (May & June 1897)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:18:18 -0000
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Thanks Sunelia, I was delighted with the information on the Rev.
Dugmore....I was at school with one of his descendants!
Love,
Tombi Peck
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From: "Sunelia Heath" <>
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Subject: [ZA-EC] Queenstown Free Press (May & June 1897)


>
> Hallo :-)
>
> Transcribed from the original papers at the Queenstown museum.
>
> Tuesday, May 4 1897
>
> Fashionable Wedding.- An extremely pretty wedding was celebrated on
> Wednesday,
> the 28th, at St Michael and all Angels, Queenstown, by the Rev Julius
> GORDON,
> assisted by the Rev J CATLING of Tarkastad, when Mr George Leach SMITH of
> East
> London was married to Miss Gertrade CALLAGHAN, eldest daughter of Mr
> Charles
> CALLAGHAN of “Blackwoods” Queenstown...
>
> Friday, May 14 1897
>
> Railway Accidents.
> A sad accident occurred by which J.F.G. REIMER, son of Rev E.P.R. REIMER,
> East
> London, lost his life. Deceased, who was 20, was on duty as a fireman on a
> railway engine at Toise River about 3.30 on Monday morning. In the dark,
> as the
> engine moved, REIMER stumbled, and was afterwards found on the line
> shockingly
> injured. He died three hours after. The funeral took place at East London
> on
> Tuesday, and was attended by many sympathisers from the Railway Locomotive
> Department...
>
> Tuesday, May 25 1897
>
> Late Telegram.
> Mrs ROWLAND, wife of Dr ROWLAND, district surgeon, died on Saturday and
> was
> buried this morning. The funeral was largely attended by town and country
> residents.
>
> Tuesday, June 1 1897
>
> Birth, At Queenstown, on the 10th inst., the wife of F. MARSBERG, of a
> Daughter.
> Birth.- At Rwantsana, on 22nd May, the wife of R.R. MOSS of a son.
>
> Married,- At St Michael’s Church, Queenstown, on the 26th May, 1897, by
> the
> Revd. J. GORDON, Mr. W. PAYNE COTTON, of Boksburg, S.A.R., to Miss A.C.
> COOPER,
> of Dordrecht.
>
> O’GRADY,- Died on May 30th, 1897, at Qamata Poort, James O’GRADY, aged 60
> years.
>
> Friday, June 11 1897
>
> Died.- At Queenstown, on Sunday June 6th, 1897, the son of Charles SMITH,
> of
> Indwe, age 5 months...
>
> St. Marks
> The late Mr. O’GRADY
> It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of James Edward O’GRADY (son of
> the
> late J.E.H. O’GRADY of Port Elizabeth), one of the oldest and most
> respected of
> our Transkeian neighbours. The deceased was born in London on May 10th,
> 1837,
> and passed away very suddenly through the bursting of an aneurism on the
> chest
> on Sunday, May 30th. The deceased was well known by Queenstown people, and
> it
> will be no doubt a surprise for them to hear of the suddenness of the
> death of
> an old friend who appeared to be in very good health...
>
> Friday, June 18 1897
>
> Birth,- At Queenstown, on 15th June, the wife of E.W. DALE of a son.
>
> Died,- At Queenstown, on the 14th June, 1897, Rev. H.H. DUGMORE, aged 87
> years.
> Died,- At Lady Frere, on the 15th June, 1897, Edith May, aged 1 month and
> 3
> days, infant daughter of H. And E. BERRY.
>
> Friday, June 18 1897
>
> In Memoriam
> One of the most prominent citizens of Queenstown has been removed from
> amongst
> us in the person of that venerable missionary and clergyman the Rev. Henry
> Hare
> DUGMORE, of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of South Africa. The deceased
> was
> more intimately connected with Queenstown and district than any other in
> South
> Africa. He was a missionary at Haslope Hills in the Zwart Kei, when the
> Queenstown district was occupied by the Tambookie tribe. He was appointed
> resident Wesleyan Minister to Queenstown shortly after the town was laid
> out,
> and for some time was the only clergyman resident here. In the ordinary
> course
> of events he was removed to other circuits, but again returned, and made
> this
> his home. He was a poet and musician, and many a pleasant entertainment
> was
> given by himself and family – everyone being a musician – for the benefit
> of the
> town he made his home...
> ...The Rev. H.H. DUGMORE was born in Birmingham, on 27th April, 1810; and
> came
> to this country with his parents, who formed a portion of a party of
> Settlers,
> in April 1820. For some years he lived with the family on an allotment on
> the
> Kariega River, about 10 miles from Grahamstown. The family afterwards
> moved
> into Grahamstown, where the subject of this sketch was employed by Mr.
> WRIGHT.
> After his conversion he became a local preacher, and owed much to the wise
> counsel and guidance of the Rev. W. SHAW, who may be fitly termed the
> apostle to
> South Africa. Under the auspices of Mr. SHAW, Mr. DUGMORE entered the
> ministry
> of the Wesleyan Methodist Church as an exhorter, then a local preacher,
> and
> three years after at the age of about 24 took charge provisionally of the
> Mount
> Coke station, under the superintendence of the Rev. W. SHEPSTONE. Having
> no
> knowledge of the language, Mr. DUGMORE had to speak through an
> interpreter; but
> be dissatisfied with their performance he set himself to learn the
> language, and
> in three months was able to conduct the services in Kafir himself, and
> before
> the year was out, the interpreters were laid aside. Attempts at
> translation and
> composition followed and Mr. DUGMORE soon added to the number of Kafir
> hymns
> then in use. He also translated the Prayer Book and Psalms into Kafir and
> this
> translation was in use for many years. The war of 1835 found him at Mount
> Coke,
> he remained there for a great part of the war.
> In the year of 1838 Mr. DUGMORE married Miss SIMPSON, a cousin of the Rev.
> W.B.
> BOYCE, and for 56 years she was a heipmeet to him in everything. Her death
> in
> 1894 was a severe blow; but the parting was not for long.
> It is not possible to mention the various stations in Kafiirland at which
> Mr.
> DUGMORE was stationed; but at all of them he laboured acceptably and with
> results which eternity alone will disclose. If the memory of the writer is
> correct, Durban, close to Peddie, was the last purely mission station that
> Mr.
> DUGMORE occupied, with the exception of a year or two spent at Lesseyton.
> From
> Peddie the move was to Grahamstown, and there Mr. DUGMORE was during the
> war of
> 1852. Salem, Grahamstown, King Williamstown, Dordrecht and Queenstown were
> the
> chief scenes of his labours as a minister to the English; and with the
> last
> mentioned place he was connected during the last years of his life,
> embracing a
> period of over 30 years. After his retirement from full work in 1876 Mr.
> DUGMORE lived in Queenstown first with the eldest and during the last 14
> years
> with his youngest daughter, in whose house he passed to his reward on
> Monday
> night, the 14th June, 1897, at the ripe age of 87 years and nearly 2
> months.
> For some time previous to his death the venerable minister of Christ
> suffered
> intensely from an internal disorder; but the last month of his life was
> free
> from pain. He gradually became weaker and weaker, and finally passed from
> sleep
> to life immortal without a struggle...
> Mr. DUGMORE leaves behind him 5 sons and 3 daughters, and a large number
> of
> grandchildren and one great grand child...
>
> Tuesday, June 29 1897
>
> Birth- On 28th inst. The wife of ? MACKENZIE, of a Daughter.
> Birth,- At Tarkastad, on the 22nd inst., the wife of T.H. MALLETT, of a
> Daughter.
> Birth,- At Queenstown, on 15th June, the wife of E.W. DALE of a son.
>
> Kind regards
> Sunelia Heath
> Researching all Heath's in RSA
>
>
>
>
>
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