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Eliza Purdon (Tarr)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England UK
Death: May 09, 1889 (72)
Clumber, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Place of Burial: Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Henry Tarr, Snr. SV/PROG and Ann Tarr, SM/PROG
Wife of William Henry Purdon
Mother of Charles Purdon; Selina Ann Bartlett; Thomas Henry Purdon; William Henry Purdon, Jnr; Isabella Austin Purdon and 9 others
Sister of Selina Elizabeth (Eliza) Timm; James Tarr; George Tarr; Thomas Henry Tarr, Jnr; Emma Tarr and 5 others

Managed by: Wendy Montague Bell
Last Updated:

About Eliza Purdon

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-59321-29?cc=146... : accessed 14 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, Bathurst, St John the Evangelist > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1829-1849 > image 43 of 108; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

1820 British Settler

Elizabeth Tarr 3, together with her parents and 3 siblings, were members of Thomas Calton's Party of 167 Settlers on the Settler Ship Albury.

Party originated from Nottinghamshire.

Departed Liverpool, 13 February 1820. Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1st May 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Torrens River - named Clumber after Clumber Park, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Committee.

Children :

  • Selina Tarr 7
  • James Tarr 4
  • Elizabeth Tarr 3
  • George Tarr 1

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http://www.albany1820.com/transcriptions/Data/Bathurst/burials/meth...

Methodist Parish Records
Bathurst Burials: 1863-1998 Microfilm #1560854 Item 10 Transcribed by: E l l e n S t a n t o n Reformatted by: M i k e W r i g h t Column headings are: Name of Deceased, Abode, Age Date of Interment, Place Where Interred

Entry #105 Eliza PURDON, Wilson's Party, Clumber, 72 years 10 May 1889, Clumber

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Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-FQ92-4?cc=2517051... : 12 September 2017), 007844966 > image 671 of 2039; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

  • DEPOT KAB
  • SOURCE MOOC
  • TYPE LEER
  • VOLUME_NO 6/9/337
  • SYSTEM 01
  • REFERENCE 334
  • PART 1
  • DESCRIPTION PURDON, ELIZA. NEE TARR. DEATH NOTICE.
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  • ENDING 18950000
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Eliza Purdon's Timeline

1817
April 20, 1817
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England UK
April 25, 1817
Saint Mary, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
1838
March 18, 1838
Clumber, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1839
July 12, 1839
Clumber, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1840
November 12, 1840
Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1842
March 16, 1842
Clumber, Cape Province, South Africa
1844
January 6, 1844
Clumber, South Africa
1845
August 12, 1845
Tarsus, Clumber, South Africa
1846
September 23, 1846
Clumber, Cape Province, South Africa