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Crawford: surname origins
This famous Scottish surname, found as Crawford, Crawfurd and Crauford, is locational in origin, from the old Barony of Crawford in the Upper ward of Lanarkshire, and is one of the earliest recorded Scottish surnames (see below). The placename is of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning “crow’s ford”, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century nickname “crawa”, from...
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McNamara: surname origins
This famous Irish name hails from County Clare where it is extremely prevalent. The sept of MacNamara was, after the O’ Briens, the most important and powerful of the dalcassians of Thomond. They were hereditary marshals to the O’ Briens and had the privilege of inaugurating the chief of the O’ Briens, who was often a king. The Irish form of this name is MacConmara and is derived...
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Wakeford: Surname origins
This name is of locational origin from a now lost place called Wakeford near Wakeham in Sussex. The name derived from the Olde English pre 7th century nickname, Waca, meaning ‘watchful’ plus ‘forde’ a ford. The surname is well recorded in various Sussex Church registers from the mid 16th century on, first appearing as Wakeforde in 1551. On April 27th 1569, one Jone Wakeford...
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December 2009
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British Concentration Camps of the South African...
Personal Details
Name:Master Benjamin Johannes Badenhorst
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:59203
Camp History Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:09/09/1901
Date departure:04/05/1902
Date departure:4/8/1902
Reason departure:gone to
Destination:Pretoria
Tent number:514
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Maree Family
“Vincent” <vdaniel@lesoff.co.za> wrote:
Dear Members, Can anyone help me with the ancestors of Michiel David Maree, Born 7 Feb 1820, died 25 Feb 1902. He was the son of Johannes Petrus Maree and Anna Elsabe Malan. Vincent Daniel
From: Keith Meintjes <umfundi@usa.net>
Subject: Re: [Maree ancestry]
Date: 16 Jun 2001 16:38:07 EDT
The books I have on the Maree...
November 2009
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Elizabeth Anne Wakeford marries Henry Blacker...
Henry Blacker Warner was the elder son of *Joseph Cox Warner and * Matilda Warner nee Stanford. He was born in Grahamstown on 18.11.1832 IGI has birth at Hopewell, Natal in about 1825, married about 1850 and also born ca. 1830 of Hopewell, Queenstown, CC. and in 1834 his father was appointed, with Rev. Haddy, to form the Clarkebury Mission Station. He and his brother, Ebenezer Joseph Warner...
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Elizabeth Wakefield
[Some few additional items of interest are shown in this collection, under sections covering W3/4/[3]3 *Joanna Rosina Stanford nee Warner and W3/4.[3][4]
*Joseph Cox Warner who married Matilda Stanford.] The eight children of *John and Maria Stanford were:
c.1. *John Stanford - Trader b. 1812 Probably in Salisbury, Wiltshire (not confirmed)
d. 22.12.1834 Yellowwoods, killed at the outbreak...
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Wakeford 1899-1901 - Boer War
Alfred Benjamin WAKEFORD Age: 37, Trade: Waggonmaker Address: Campbell St Enlisted: Town Guard of Grahamstown 11 Mar 1901 Reg. no. 75
Edwin West WAKEFORD Enlisted: Queenstown District Mounted Troops at Sterkstroom 8 Mar 1901 Posted to C Squadron troop no. 4
Olinee Cylus WAKEFORD Age: 42, Trade: Clerk Previous service: 2 years Queens Town Volunteers, also Galeka and Maorie? Wars ...
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The case of Maria Fletcher, late Harden, as...
“In February 1823, finding house-rent dear in Graham’s Town, we returned to our location at Cuyler Ville, 46 miles off. On 2d May my husband hurt his kidnies by carrying a bag of pumpkins home, which he had purchased, and took to his bed. On the 9th our youngest child died of an irruption, which the other two were very ill of, and I buried it in the garden, a neighbour assisting me in making a...
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1820 Settlers - letter of complaint to the British...
Grahamstown
March 10th 1823
The subscribing colonists in South Africa who emigrated in the year 1819 under the patronage of their native Government are compelled by a sense of justice to themselves and duty to the Government under whose auspices they embarked to lay before your Lordship a statement of the real circumstances which have prevented their advancement. Whatever may have been the...
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1820 Settlers to the Cape - Wakeford
No.12 Hemmings Row
St.Martin’s Lane
August 19th 1819
My Lord,
I have now 15 families whom I wish to take out as settlers to the Cape of Good Hope providing they are approved of and your Lordship will favour me with the grant of land as specified in the circular. I shall be glad to attend at any time when called upon in order that I may give you the necessary information respecting myself and these...
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1820 Settlers to the Cape - Wakeford
The party embarked in the Chapman transport at Deptford, in company with a small party led by John Carlisle - a last minute arrangement resulting from the reduction in size of Bailie’s party which was to have occupied the whole ship. Patrick Bagley, a veteran soldier and shoemaker, missed the Chapman’s sailing and was permitted to join Willson’s party on La Belle Alliance...
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The Hope farm, William Wakeford, 1851
Tuesday 23 September (supplement)
Tuesday: Information has come in of an attack yesterday afternoon by Hottentot banditti on the cattle on Mr. GOLDSWAIN’s farm of Burnt Kraal. These bandits, computed at about 40 strong, are described as being all dressed in levy clothing. They made their appearance about 5 o’ clock, and succeeded in getting off with some 50 or 60 oxen, after...
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