Baroness Eliza von Ludwig, SM/PROG

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Baroness Eliza von Ludwig (Griffith), SM/PROG

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Town, Montgomeryshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: May 18, 1861 (65)
Herrington Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Charles Griffith and Bridget Griffith
Wife of William Storey Bridekirk and Baron Carl Ferdinand Heinrich von Ludwig, KCMG
Mother of Carolina Frederika Alida von Ludwig, b6
Sister of Thomas Griffith; Charles Griffith, Snr, SV/PROG; Mary Griffith; Valentine Griffith, Snr, SV/PROG; Cornelia Emily Williams, SM/PROG and 2 others

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About Baroness Eliza von Ludwig, SM/PROG

1820 British Settler

Eliza Griffith 19, was a sister of the Leaders of Griffith's Party of 41 Settlers on the Settler Ship Stentor.

Party originated from Cardiganshire, Wales.

Departed Liverpool, 13 January 1820. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town - 19 March 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Western Cape - on the left bank of the Zonder End River in the Caledon District. The party was shortly transferred to Albany, Lieutenant Griffith remaining at Zonder End River for some time.

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14 Jul 1822 1822,
William Bridekirk
status: bachelor
and
Eliza Griffiths
status: spinster
Source: Cape Town, English Church (from 1847 St George's Cathedral) (Anglican), Cape Town, Western Cape. marriage register, 1811-1839. Repository: Western Cape Archives, 72 Roeland Street, Cape Town. Transcribed by Charles Fison.

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Elizabeth
Baptised: 27 Dec 1832
Born: 22 Jul 1827
Parents: Eliza Griffiths (NO SURNAME)
Source: Cape Town, English Church (from 1847 St George's Cathedral) (Anglican), Cape Town, Baptism register, 1826-1849. Repository: Western Cape Archives, 72 Roeland Street, Cape Town. Transcribed by Charles Fison. Scans of this register are available on the Wits University Web site, up to April 1834 (last 5 files), 1834 to 1848.

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Death Notice : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-D9PW-L?mode=g&i=1...

  • DEPOT KAB
  • SOURCE MOOC
  • TYPE LEER
  • VOLUME_NO 6/9/95
  • SYSTEM 01
  • REFERENCE 8686
  • PART 1
  • DESCRIPTION VON LUDWIG, ELIZA BARONESS. (NEE GRIFFITH). DEATH NOTICE.
  • STARTING 1861
  • ENDING 1861

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https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial...

South African Commercial Advertiser 1847 - 2 - April to June Written by Sue Mackay. Posted in The South African Commercial Advertiser 1824-1856

Transcribed from CO53/8 at the national Archives in Kew

Saturday 19 June 1847 MARRIED by Special Licence at his Residence, St.George?s-street, by the Rev J.M. Kloek Van Staveren, Minister of the Lutheran Church, Carl Ferdinand Heinrich, Baron VON LUDWIG, Phil. And M.D. Knight Commander of the Royal Wurtenberg Crown and Gold Civil Merit Orders, and of the Ludwig?s Order first Class of the Grand Duchy of Hessia, Corresponding Member of the London and Massachusetts, Calcutta Horticultural, and several other Societies of Natural History, to Eliza GRIFFITH, Relict of the late William Storey BRIDEKIRK Esq.

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Baroness Eliza von Ludwig, SM/PROG's Timeline

1795
November 17, 1795
New Town, Montgomeryshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1848
December 1848
1861
May 18, 1861
Age 65
Herrington Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa