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From: "Ellen Stanton" <>
Subject: [ZA-IB] Methodist Parish Records: Wynberg #1
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:03:18 -0600


Greetings to All,

This is installment #1 of the Methodist Parish Records for Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa. Dates follow American convention of MMDDYY. Some of the handwriting was very difficult to decipher, so entries with a ? denote my best guess.

Microfilm# 1560858
Methodist Parish Records
Wynberg Christenings: 1836-1852
Item 2

All entries in Item 2 are completely handwritten.

Entry #1
Child: William Wilberforce SMAILES
Parents: Purdon and Ann
Born: 4/13/1836
Baptized: 4/27/1836

Entry #2
Child: Harriet Caroline LEIBBRANDT
Parents: No Entry
Born: No Entry
Baptized: 8/28/1836
Sponsors: Mr and Mrs. USHER

Entry #3
Name: Hendrik PIETERSE - Adult
Parents: Jane and Mietje
Born: "aged 28"
Baptized: 9/6/1836

Entry #4
Child: Harriet MULLENS
Parents: Thomas and Harriet
Born: 7/27/1836
Baptized: 9/25/1836

Entry #5
Child: William MORRIS
Parents: Thomas and Mary
Born: 8/30/1836
Baptized: 10/4/1836

Entry #6
Child: William SIMPSON
Parents: James and Ann
Born: 9/19/1836
Baptized: 1/24/1836

Entry #7
Child: William Mortimer Maynard FARMER
Parents: William and Mary
Born: 12/6/1836
Baptized: 2/25/1837
Sponsors: Mrs. ANDERSON, Mrs. SHAW, Mrs. J. M. MAYNARD, and Mrs. ANDERSON

Entry #8
Child: Elizabeth DUNGEY
Parents: Henry and Mary
Born: 5/21/1837
Baptized: 6/25/1837

Entry #9 - Skipped

Entry #10
Child: Sarah MULLINS
Parents: Thomas and Harriet, daughter of William MULLINS of Pautton, Somerset, England
Born: 7/10/1838
Baptized: 8/26/1838

Entry #11
Child: Mary Jane MATHEWS
Parents: Charles and Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary CARR of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Born: 3/9/1839
Baptized: 4/14/1839

Entry #12
Child: Johannis? Andreas SMITH
Parents: Cornelia Catharina
Born: No Entry
Baptized: "towards the end of the year 1839"

Entry #13 - Skipped (Native)

Entry #14
Child: John Joseph BOWERON
Parents: John and Eliza, daughter of William BRETT, Milbourn, Port Somerset, England
Born: 10/27/1839
Baptized: 12/8/1839

Entry #15
Child: Purdon Cameron SMAILES
Parents: Purdon and Anna Maria
Born: 12/1/1839
Baptized: 2/10/1840

Entry #16
Child: Mary Ann SAMPSON
Parents: William, Overseer of Robben Island, and Mary, daughter of William and Isabella CLARKE, Wigan, Lancashire
Born: 10/5/1835
Baptized: 2/20/1840

Entry #17
Child: Mary Elizabeth Jaken MATHEWS
Parents: Charles and Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary CARR, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Born: 4/19/1840
Baptized: 5/31/1840

Entry #18
Child: John PATTERSON
Parents: John and Mary, daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann WEEKS, Cumberwell, Essex, England
Born: 9/14/1840
Baptized: 10/14/1840

Entry #19
Child: Thomas MULLINS
Parents: Thomas and Harriet, daughter of William MULLINS, Paulton, Somersetshire, England
Born: 9/14/1840
Baptized: 10/25/1840

Entry #20 - 36 - Skipped

Entry #37
Child: Robert SAUNDERS
Parents: William and Ann
Born: 12/13/1840
Baptized: 2/19/1841

Entry #38
Child: Elizabeth Bridget WEST
Parents: John and Elizabeth
Born: 4/3/1841
Baptized: 6/24/1841

Entry #39 - 47 - Skipped

Entry #48
Child: Catharine Margaret SPEIRS
Parents: Alexander and Engele
Born: 6/24/1841
Baptized: 7/18/1841

Entry #49
Child: William Thomas CUTTING
Parents: William and Christiana, daughter of William WEST, Cape Town
Born: 12/15/1840
Baptized: 7/9/1841

Entry #50
Child: Emma Matilda ALSLEY
Parents: G. A. and Eliza, daughter of Francis No Last Name, Cape Town
Born: 2/18/1841
Baptized: 8/1/1841

Entry #51 - 58 - Skipped

Entry #59
Child: John BOWREN
Parents: John and Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth BRETT, Milbourn, Port Somersetshire, England
Born:8/13/1841
Baptized: 9/12/1841

Entry #60 - Skipped

That's all for this installment. Will start with Entry #61 on Installment #2.

Regards,
Ellen Stanton
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