Saturday 7 April 1860

BIRTH at [Hogsback] Craig, Division of Queenstown, on the [25th] March, Mrs. William HART of twin daughters.

MARRIED on the 4th day of April at the Commemoration Chapel, by the Rev. W. Impey, General Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions in South East Africa, Joseph COLLETT, fourth son of J. COLLETT Esq, J.P., of Cradock, to Emily SIMPSON, fifth daughter of W. SIMPSON Esq, of Graham’s Town.

DIED at his residence (Bottle Gat) [sic – should be Botel Gat] Tarka, on the 27th March, after an affliction of upwards of [two] years, Mr. Henry KEW, in the forty first year of his age, leaving a wife and six children to mourn the loss of a tender and affectionate husband and father. Deceased was a native of Kent, England. Friends at a distance will please accept of this notice.

DIED on the 31st March 1860, John SUTTON, aged 56 years and 10 months. Deceased was a native of the Parish of Etchenham in the County of Sussex, England, and is deeply lamented by a numerous circle of relatives and friends.
[Transcriber’s Note: His Death Notice has his place of birth as Hichinham but the parish in Sussex is actually Etchingham, near Burwash]

Tuesday 10 April 1860

A CENTURION
Mr. COOPER, now in his 101st year, lately of Aliwal North and formerly a well-known resident of Blaeuw Krantz, in this division, is about to visit England.

BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820
This day completes the fortieth year since the landing of the first part of the British Settlers in 1820. Sermons with special reference to this event will be preached in Commemoration Chapel on Sunday next, in the forenoon by the Rev. J. RICHARDS, and in the evening by the Rev. H.H. DUGMORE from Salem. Collections will be made both morning and evening.

The Farm Thornhill (about 9,000 acres in extent), belonging to the estate of the late William FORWARD, was sold by auction on Saturday last for £2,500. It was purchased by Messrs. G. WOOD & Sons. It is considered one of the cheapest farms that has been sold in these parts for some time past. The present value is independent of the success or failure of the Kowie Harbour works, but when these works are completed its value will be tripled. We believe it is the intention of the purchasers to form a town on this property. Should they carry out their intention they will, no doubt, be well remunerated for their enterprise.

Saturday 14 April 1860

MARRIED at Grahamstown, in Commemoration Chapel, on the 10th April 1860, by the Rev. J. Richards, Wesleyan Minister, Thomas Estcourt, only son of Mr. S.E. ROWLES of this city, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late W.C. DAVIS Esq, late of Bridgenorth, County of Salop.

MARRIED by the Rev. G. Chapman at the residence of her father, on the 5th April 1860, Richard WALKER Esq. of Reed Fountain, second son of Mr. Richard WALKER of Farmersfield, to Georgiana, third daughter of Mr. George FINCHAM, […burg] District, Queen’s Town.

DIED at her residence in Graham’s Town, on the 8th April 1860, after a short but severe illness, Mrs. Mary FEAGAN, aged 84 years. Deceased was one of the settlers of 1820, highly respected whilst living by all who knew her. She has left a numerous family and friends to lament her loss.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership hitherto existing between the undersigned, trading under the style or firm of BENJAMIN & MARCUS, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
M. BENJAMIN
F. MARCUS
April 1st 1860

NOTICE
The undersigned has this day admitted his brother, Mr. A.L. BENJAMIN, as a partner in his business in Grahamstown, which will be carried on under the style or firm of “Benjamin & Brother”.
M. BENJAMIN
April 1st 1860

Saturday 21 April 1860

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 16th inst, the wife of E.H. FERGUSON of a daughter.

DIED at Cradock on Tuesday the 10th April, after a lingering and painful illness, Frederick Pegler ROWLES, second son of the late Thomas Stephen and Elizabeth ROWLES (the latter subsequently Mrs. JENNINGS) aged 47 years, leaving a widow and three children to mourn their irreparable loss and deeply regretted by his relatives and friends. Deceased came to this colony with the British Settlers of 1820.

DIED suddenly at Fort Hare on the 16th instant, at the residence of Mr. James DUNCAN, Mr. William WALKER, stone mason, aged 40 years. Deceased came to this colony as an emigrant in 1842. He resided some time in Port Elizabeth and then proceeded to the Frontier, and has lived during the last fourteen years at Fort Beaufort. He had suffered from an attack of Paralysis for 15 months, and was on his journey home from King William’s Town, whither he had gone for medical advice, and had reached Fort Hare, where the melancholy event took place, the immediate cause of which was the bursting of a blood vessel.
Deceased was a native of Dundee in Forfarshire, and so far as is known, has no relatives in the colony, but was highly respected by a large circle of friends. His remains were interred in the public [burial] ground here, and followed to the grave by the most respectable people of the town.
Alice, 19th April 1860

Saturday 28 April 1860

MARRIED April 19 at Commemoration Chapel, by the Rev. Wm. Impey, William SARGEANT Esq. of Graham’s Town to Mrs. Mary SHACKLETON, third daughter of the late Mr. Thos. SIMPSON, formerly of Kippax Hall, Yorkshire.

MARRIED at Lyndoch on the 18th inst, by the father of the bridegroom, Mr. John Isaac EDWARDS, eldest son of the Rev. John EDWARDS, Wesleyan Minister, to Sarah Elizabeth TOWNSEND, eldest daughter of the late Mr. TOWNSEND of Grahamstown, and step-daughter of W.D. PRINGLE Esq. J.P. of Lyndoch
April 21st 1860

MARRIED at the Cathedral, Graham’s Town, by the Rev. J. Heavyside, on the 18th April, John Henry RANDALL, Dep. Asst. Com. Gen., third son of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Berkshire to Alice Jessie MORGAN, third daughter of A.B. MORGAN Esq, late 55th Regt.

Saturday 5 May 1860

BIRTH at Alexandria (Oliphant’s Hoek) on the 26th April, Mrs. Louis CHABAUD of a daughter.

MARRIED at Fort Beaufort on the 25th April, by special licence, by the Rev. Wm. Sykes MA, J.A. McMASTER Esq of Grahamstown, to Isabella East FREESE, eldest surviving daughter of Colonel FREESE, C.B. Royal Artillery, commandant of Fort Beaufort

DIED at Cape Town on 27th April, Mr. George CUMMING, lately of Graham’s Town
3rd May 1860

DIED at Somerset East on the 14th April, Joseph Saunders WRIGHT, aged 29 years and 9 months, son of the late J.C. WRIGHT of Grahamstown.

We are concerned to hear of the death at Cape Town of Mr. G. CUMMING, for many years merchant of this city. He was on his way to England when he died.

Saturday 12 May 1860

BIRTH at Adelaide on Tuesday 8th May, the wife of William BROWN of a daughter.

BIRTH at Prospect House on the 5th day of May, Mrs. GRAHAM of a son.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Estate of the late H.J. RUBIDGE Esq. of Gletwyn, in Albany
All claims against the above Estate are requested to be forwarded with the least possible delay to the last undersigned, addressed to Mr. READ’s office.
S.B. RUBIDGE, Executrix
Wm. John EARLE q.q.
Grahamstown, May 10th 1860

DIED on Saturday 5th instant at Fort England, Henry [John] HARDING, son of Mr. James HARDING Jun, aged 3 years and 8 months. Also, on the 7th inst, Mary Elizabeth HARDING, aged 15 months.

Tuesday 22 May 1860

OBITUARY
We regret to announce the death, on the 16th instant, of Major General BOLTON, Royal Engineers, at the age of 67, after a service of 50 years. The deceased major general served under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula from 1813 to the end of the war, and was present, among other actions, at the siege and storm of St. Sebastian. He served also in the memorable campaign in Belgium in 1815 and was employed in fortifying the city of Ghent, where Louis XVIII took refuge before the battle of Waterloo. Major General BOLTON was afterwards employed in Canada, where he served for 17 years, during which time he superintended among other important works the grand undertaking of the Rideau Canal, which has subsequently proved an advantage in opening the upland navigation of Upper Canada. After a short service at home, Maj. Gen. BOLTON then proceeded to New Zealand, where during the government of Sir George GREY he was instrumental, from his sound professional knowledge and clear judgement, in promoting many useful and scientific operations in that flourishing dependence of the Crown. In May 1855 Major General BOLTON came to this country, principally at the insistence of Sir George GREY, after a very short sojourn with his family in England. He was stationed, until within a few weeks of his death, upon the Frontier, where his sociable qualities and intelligent mind won for him deservedly the admiration and esteem of all who had the good fortune to be thrown in contact with him. His memory will long hold a high place in the estimation of the numerous friends who had the pleasure of cultivating his much valued acquaintance. A sun-stroke, which he received during a long ride in search of scientific pursuits, nearly brought him to his end on the last day of the past year; and though he rallied for a time, and was at some risk brought down to Capetown, in the hope of sending him to his native land, he gradually sank under the influence of disease, until it has pleased Providence to end his earthly career, at a distance from his family and relatives, but attended by faithful and sorrowing friends whom his kindly disposition and refined and cultivated mind had attracted and bound to him with cordial admiration and esteem. His remains were interred in the St. George’s burying ground at Capetown, on the afternoon of the 17th instant, under the customary military solemnities, attended by His Excellency the Lieut-Governor and Commander of the Forces, the whole of the troop in garrison, with the officers and a detachment of men from HMS [illegible] and a large assemblage of civilians.

Saturday 26 May 1860

DIED at Grahamstown on the 22nd May, [M….] [A…], only daughter of Dep. Asst. Com. Gen. BOOTH, aged one month and twenty six days.

DIED on Friday morning the 18th inst, at the farm of his son Robert FOXCROFT, “Salford”, in the field-cornetcy of [Gubens], at the advanced age of 97 years, Mr. Robert FOXCROFT Senior, one of the original Settlers of 1820. Deceased was a man respected by all who knew him in his younger days as a hard-working, honest and industrious man, and have like the rest of his brother settlers had his share of troubles on the Frontier, and leaves behind his aged and [disconsolate] widow who survives him at the age of upwards of a hundred, a large family to lament his loss. He died in full [assurance of ….] his Redeemer.

Tuesday 29 May 1860

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Monday morning, the 28th inst, Mrs. F. MARCUS of a daughter.

Saturday 2 June 1860

BIRTH on the 31st May, Mrs. J.C. HESS of a daughter.
Port Elizabeth 1st June 1860.

DIED in the Parsonage House in Cradock on the 21st May 1860, the Revd. John TAYLOR, Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Cradock, aged 71 years 11 months and 14 days, leaving six orphan children and [two] orphan grandchildren, and many kind friends, to lament his loss. His family are comforted with the reflection that he died as he lived, in true faith in Christ, his Blessed Saviour, so that their loss is His gain.
Cradock, 24th May 1860.

Saturday 9 June 1860

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Thursday the 17th inst, Mrs. Abraham L. BENJAMIN of a daughter.

DIED at Fort Beaufort on the 6th inst, [Susannah], wife of [illegible], in the [72nd] year of her age, deeply regretted by a numerous circle of relatives and friends.
The deceased had been a resident in the Colony [illegible], having arrived in the [illegible] of the English settlers in 1820.

DIED on Friday 1st June 1860 at a very advanced age, Mrs. Anne O’REILLY, [wife] of the [much beloved] Col. O’REILLY, of this city, for whom the deepest regret and sympathy are entertained.

Saturday 16 June 1860

BIRTH at Whittlesea on the [8th] instant, Mrs. Arthur [B…] of a daughter.

MARRIED in St.George’s Cathedral, Grahamstown on the 6th June 1860 by the Rev J. Heavyside, William PAGE to Sarah Martha, fourth daughter of the late William SURMON, one of the settlers of 1820.

Tuesday 19 June 1860

The Funeral of the late Mrs. W. LEE Senr. will start from Mrs. POTTER’s residence in Hill Street tomorrow afternoon at three o’clock. Friends of the deceased, who may be overlooked in the special invitation, will please accept of this general invitation.
Wm. WATSON, Undertaker
Graham’s Town
19th June 1860

Saturday 23 June 1860

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Thursday the 14th inst, the wife of John [WYLLIE] of a son.

BIRTH at Somerset East on the 18th June 1860, Mrs. Hougham HUDSON of a son.

DIED on the 29th April last, at Hereford Road, Bayswater, London, after a week’s illness, Arthur Frederick, sixth son of the Hon’ble James H. GREATHEAD, aged 4 years and 7 months.

DIED at the residence of Mrs. POTTER in Hill-street, Grahamstown, Mrs. Ann LEE, relict of the late Mr. W.LEE, in her [83rd] year. The deceased came to this country with the Salem party of Settlers of 1820.

DIED on the 19th April 1860 in the residence of her son-in-law, Alfred-street, Bedford Square, Mrs. M. TURPIN, aged 57 years. Deceased was the mother of the late Mr. Edward TURPIN, of Capetown, the tidings of which melancholy fate hastened if it did not [act…] her [own] demise. She died in [illegible]recognition of the will of God, leaving a large family to deplore the loss of a most devoted and [illegible] parent.

THE LATE MR. H.J. FOX
IN MEMORIAM
It is with feelings of deepest regret we have to announce, in our columns of this day’s issue, the loss our social circle, as well as the community of Queenstown, have sustained in the decease of the late Henry John FOX Esquire, formerly practising as an attorney and notary in this city, and who, by his genial disposition and urbanity, had endeared himself to a wide circle of acquaintances, as by his promising abilities he gave reason to his friends to watch his career with interest, as indicative of a future of marked and certain success.
Nearly four years have passed since his introduction as a stranger amongst us, when, [illegible] of a more genial climate, he selected our city as a temporary residence, having parted on English shores from the [illegible] of Hampshire, which had been the scenes of his youth, and where his memory is still held in affectionate remembrance.
It was during his service of articles in London, while qualifying for admission as a practitioner of the Westminster Courts, that the first indications of phthisis were developed, and after, without success, trying the milder climate of the [Madeiras] and the warm sunny skies of [illegible] he [reached our shores], hoping to secure relief.
We can scarcely in this short notice do more than refer to our past recollections of him, and of the interest with which he entered into every scheme having as its object the furtherance of the [illegible] and progress of our community, and especially in the [illegible] of some of our literary institutions, dividing freely for that purpose his time, influence and talents.
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Saturday 30 June 1860

DIED at Sidbury Park on the evening of the 28th instant, Thomas BERRINGTON Sen, formerly of Port Francis, aged 65 years; after a painful affliction of many years. Deceased was one of the British Settlers of 1820, and has passed through some of the severest vicissitudes incidental to our Colonial life.

MARRIED at Grahamstown on the [18th] instant by the Rev. Thomas [Boulton], John HORNE to Adah [HARLEY]

BIRTH at Glen Grey on Sunday the 27th May, the wife of Mr. W. H. WARNER of a daughter.

DIED at Nurney on Monday June 25th 1860, Letitia Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Cornelius COCK Esq, Glendower, aged 32 years and 3 months.

DIED at her residence in Grahamstown, Rebecca SMITH, aged 77 years, widow of the late John SMITH Sen. Deceased was one of the British Settlers of 1820. Her end was peace.
Saturday 16th June

DETERMINED SUICIDE
A few days ago a farmer named Isaac NIEUKERK committed a most determined suicide. He deliberately loaded his gun, placed the muzzle to the fore part of his head, and with a stick or piece of wood struck the trigger, receiving the full charge. Embarrassment of circumstances is said to have led to the commission of the rash act.