Follow Us
Like Us
Matching family tree profiles for James Henry Edwards
view all 19
Immediate Family
-
wife -
-
daughter -
daughter -
daughter -
daughter
-
-
father -
mother -
brother -
sister -
brother
About James Henry Edwards
He was a farmer. The family required a complete train to bring their farming stock and implements to Rhodesia from Dordrecht. They arrived at Somabula in early 1912 where there was no loading ramp and bales of hay were used for unloading the animals from the trucks. From Somabula they trekked to Kennilworth Farm, Daisyfield. Lilford and Stanley had arrived in 1911 and the rest of the family followed in 1912.
The Daisyfield Railway siding was only established in 1913. Land was very inexpensive in the early days ranging between 1/6d and 7/6d an acre. As more settlers arrived the price rose to 10/- an acre until the 2nd world war, when it surged to £2 an acre and continued rising.
The Daisyfield Farmers Association had begun with James as the Chairman and Lilford as the Secretary.
-------------------------------
His son Stewart Edwards was present at death. His residence; Dawson's Farm, Gwelo District.
James Henry fathered 10 children (death register entry)
view all
James Henry Edwards's Timeline
| 1862 |
1862
|
Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1886 |
1886
|
South Africa
|
|
| 1888 |
January 7, 1888
|
Rockdell (farm), Emgwate, near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1891 |
November 15, 1891
|
Stutterheim, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1893 |
October 23, 1893
|
Rockdell, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1896 |
February 5, 1896
|
Stutterheim, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1900 |
February 7, 1900
|
Bolo, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
|
|
| 1932 |
December 5, 1932
Age 70
|
Kenilworth Court, Gwelo District, Southern Rhodesia
|
 |
|
December 1932
Age 70
|
Gwelo Cemetery (intended), Southern Rhodesia
|