Mary Maria Ogilvie, SM/PROG

Mary Maria Hollings was governess to Lord Charles Somerset's family. She died in 1835, having been poisoned by a Malay slave, and was buried in the Ogilvie vault, Grahamstown. Family of 4 sons and 4 daughters. Sources Some Frontier Families, Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa), 213.

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http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=4710 Last Name: Hollings (or Ogilvie) First Name: Mary Maria Date of Birth: b. 14 Apr 1798, chr. 15 Jul 1798 Place of Birth: Saint Mary, St. Marylebone, London, England Parents – Father: James Hollings Parents – Mother: Mary Spouse: William Ogilvie Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Date of Death: 23 Apr 1834 age 35 Place of Death: nr. Grahamstown, Cape

Notes: DN 271/1834. IGI. She was governess to Lord Charles Somerset’s family. She died in 1835 after being poisoned by a Malay slave. Children, all minors: William (1820-75) m. in 1842 Margaret, dau. of Capt. Charles Dixon. (2 sons 2 dau.) Ann Mary m. 1) Philip Norton, q.v. (1820-47) 4 sons m. 2) Joseph Nourse R.N. (q.v.) 4 sons 3 dau. Harriet Jane b. 1823 m. 1) W. P. R. Dixon m. 2) John Ayton, 2 sons 2 dau. James Henry (1825-1909) m. Anne, sister of Sir Walter Currie (one son William Cole Currie Ogilvie, who had 3 sons 2 dau.) Emily b. 1827 m. 1854 Edwad Lister Green, Lt. 26th Regt. They went to New Zealand John Clarke (1829-1902) m. Mary Ayton (1838-76), 4 sons 3 dau. Caroline b. 1831 m. Henry Ricahrds and lived in London. Alfred, b. 1831, m. Elizabeth (1838-1909), daughter of Henry Lovemore (q.v.). He had five children: Gordon, Graham, Alfred, Ella, and Rosalie.