Welcome to the South African Settlers Resource Site
This site includes Settlers from the British Isles to South Africa during the 19th century,
particularly those who went in 1820, but also many who arrived before and after that
year. Information has been drawn from Settler files at the Albany Museum and Cory Library in
Grahamstown, South Africa; South African Death Notices (DN); Colonial Office papers (CO);
and the International Genealogical Index (IGI).
The main objective of this site is to try and establish a date and place of an event before the
settlers left the British Isles, thus providing a starting place for family research in local British
repositories.
This collection is the result of many years of research, and is by no means complete;
there are many records still being sifted through, so this is an ongoing endeavor that will
continue for years to come.
We hope shortly to provide a facility for contributors to contact us with additions and
corrections.
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Miller or Humphreys, Ann
Last Name: Miller or Humphreys (nee Watson)
First Name: Ann
Date of Birth: about 1787
Place of Birth: London
Parents – Father: Watson
Parents – Mother:
Name of Spouse: widow of the late William Miller (former husband Richard Humphreys)
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 28 January 1857
Place of Death: Thorn Cottage, Grahamstown
Notes: Cape DN 4054/1857. Children, by former husband Richard Humphreys:
Stephen
Joseph
Sarah Hope
William
Smith, Peter
Last Name: Smith
First Name: Peter
Date of Birth: 1854
Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape
Parents – Father: Moses Albert Smith
Parents – Mother: Sarah Smith
Name of Spouse: Annie Margaret Smith
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 4 July 1904 age 50 years 21 days
Place of Death: Grahamstown, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2219 image 819. Children:
Evelina Smith, major
Annie Margaret Townsem, major, born Smith
Moses Albert Smith, minor
Maria Louisa Smith, mainor
Peter van der Ros Smith, minor
George Smith, minor
Gould, George William
Last Name: Gould, or Gold
First Name: George William
Date of Birth: 1865
Place of Birth: Namaqualand
Parents – Father: George Gould, or Gold
Parents – Mother: Elizabeth Links
Name of Spouse: Christina Gould, born Martin
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 19 May 1904 age 39
Place of Death: Cape Town
Notes: Cape DN 2208 image 808. Children:
Elena Gould, minor
Cairns, James Alexander
Last Name: Cairns
First Name: James Alexander
Date of Birth: 1826
Place of Birth: Kowie, Cape
Parents – Father: James Alexander Cairns
Parents – Mother: Mary Johanna Cairns
Name of Spouse: Eva Catherina Aletta
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 28 June 1904 age 78
Place of Death: Alice, Victoria East, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2201 image 799. Children, majors:
Emma Ester
Mary Johanna
Catherine Agnes
James Alexander, q.v.
Susanna Elizabeth
Hester Magdaline
Henrietta Adelaide
Nina Alice
Morris, James Huskisson
Last Name: Morris
First Name: James Huskisson
Date of Birth: 1840
Place of Birth: Rondebosch, Cape
Parents – Father: James Morris, q.v.
Parents – Mother: Mary Elizabeth Morris
Name of Spouse: Emma Elizabeth Morris
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 31 Oct 1902 age 62
Place of Death: Woodstock, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2195 image 793. Children:
Grace Elizaeth Henrietta married to John Jams van Waardhuizen, major
Emma Annie Martha, major
Alfred Herbert Browse, minor
Muriel Etta Mary, minor
William Henry Douglass, minor
James Aubrey Thomas, minor
Phillips, Richard Percy
Last Name: Phillips
First Name: Richard Percy
Date of Birth: 1837
Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England
Parents – Father: Charles Phillips
Parents – Mother: Elizabeth Ann Phillips
Name of Spouse: Harriet Maria Phillips
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 31 Oct 1903 age 66
Place of Death: Wynberg, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2192 image 790. Children, majors:
Silvanus Percy
Charles Cockburn
Florence Mabel
Cecil Morton
Augustus Meaburn
Louisa Narine, deceased
Elise Mary
Cummings, George
Last Name: Cummings
First Name: George
Date of Birth: 1818
Place of Birth: Middlesex, England
Parents – Father: George Cummings
Parents – Mother: Mary
Name of Spouse: widower of Sarah Ann Cummings, born Sellers, died 13 June 1890, q.v.
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 3 July 1904 age 86 years 1 month 7 days
Place of Death: Victoria East, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2184 image 782. Children, all majors:
Sarah Ann Keyser, born Cummngs
Charles Cummings
Caroline Emily Smith, born Cummings
Arthur Thomas Cummings
Joseph Philip Cummings
Harriet Kilpatrick, born Cummings
Louisa Mary Knott, born Cummings
Deceased children:
Henry George Cummings
Elizabeth Hannah Kilpatrick, born Cummings
Browne, Henry Philip
Last Name: Browne
First Name: Henry Philip
Date of Birth: 1862
Place of Birth: Reagh, Co. Cork, Ireland
Parents – Father: John Edmond Browne, deceased
Parents – Mother: Jane Ellen Browne, born Swanton, deceased
Name of Spouse: Lilla Elizabeth
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 13 July 1904 age 42
Place of Death: Maitland, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2182 image 780. Children, minors:
Edmond St. George
Vernon Dennison
Filmer Honeywood
Marguerite Frances
Alfred Edawrd
Wiggill, Harriette Frances
Last Name: Wiggill, born Bentley
First Name: Harriette Frances
Date of Birth: 1825
Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape
Parents – Father: Francis Parrott Bentley, q.v.
Parents – Mother: Harriet Bentley, born Kidson
Name of Spouse: widow of Elijah Wiggill, died about 21 July 1893, q.v.
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 19 June 1904 age 79
Place of Death: Queenstown, Cape
Notes: Cape DN 2180 image 777. Children, all majors:
Francis Edward
Harriet Frances marr. to Thomas Alfred Scorgie
Isaac Eli
Henry Elijah
Charles Miles
Susannah Seliena marr. to Woodford John Scorgie
Jeremiah George
Rosanna Amelia, spinster
Amy Jane Grimes, spinster
Violet Alice Russel marr. to Henry Trenoweth
Courtis, Isabel Mary
Last Name: Courtis, born Bain
First Name: Isabel Mary
Date of Birth: 1870
Place of Birth: Cape Town
Parents – Father: Daniel William Bain
Parents – Mother: Isabella Mary Bain
Name of Spouse: 1) Arthur Herbert Harper died 1895; 2) John Wilolia Courtis
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 11 June 1904 age 34
Place of Death: Marylebone, London, England
Notes: Cape DN 2179 image 776. Children:
Gerald Harper, minor, son of former marriage