From "Bailie's Party" by M.D. NASH:

Page 27 ".......Eliza REED was badly burned by the party's cook, Christopher FRANZ". This was a record of accidents occurring during the voyage.

Page 30 (reference to the dispersal of party members on arrival) Christopher FRANZ was allowed to transfer his services from John BAILIE to Frederick KORSTEN, a wealthy Dutch farmer and entrepeneur, at Cradock Place.

Page 81 Christopher FRANZ, who emigrated as a servant to John BAILIE but left him soon after reaching Algoa Bay, was granted a small piece of land to support his family on the outskirts of town. FRANZ, a Hanoverian ex-soldier, had to make a second appeal to DONKIN to confirm his grant, as the Landdrost of Uitenhage objected on the grounds that he was "not a native of Great Britain".

Page 100 Christopher FRANZ, an old soldier from Hanover who worked for some time as a shoemaker in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage, was a schoolmaster at Somerset at the time of his death in 1847 - a surprising profession for an ill-educated foreigner, until one considers the Cape rural tradition of semi-literate "meesters". Mrs FRANZ was a mid-wife in Uitenhage.

Page 115 - Return of Settlers proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope under the direction of John BAILIE esq. FRANZ Christopher, aged 29, vine dresser, Ann (his wife), aged 25, nameless male child, female children Ann aged 7 and Helen aged 4.

Page 118 Born on the passage to Christopher FRANZ, a boy, on 10 December 1819.

Page 119 List of Settlers whos names were first entered on the party list of 17 August 1819 (the full list includes the names of 127 men) PRO CO 48/41, pp 352, 359-60.

• C. FRANZ * indicates men from whom individual letters (usually applications to emigrate) have been traced in Colonial Department records).

DEPOT KAB SOURCE CO TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 3963 SYSTEM 00 REFERENCE 27 PART 1 DESCRIPTION MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JOHN CHRISTOPHER FRANZ. GRANT OF LAND. STARTING 1833 ENDING 1833

DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 6/9/44 SYSTEM 00 REFERENCE 9327 PART 1 DESCRIPTION FRANTZ, JOHN CHRISTOPHER. DEATH NOTICE. STARTING 1847 ENDING 1847
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1820 British Settler

John Christopher Franz 30, together with his wife Ann and 3 children, were members of Bailie's Party of 256 Settlers on the Chapman.

Party originated from London.

Departed London, 3 December 1819. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 17 March 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 10 April 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : Wellington and Palmiet Rivers - Cuylerville

Children :

• Ann Franz 7.
  
• Helen Franz 4,
  
• Unknown Franz (born at sea)
  

Death Notice

Died 23 Nov 1847 - aged 80 years. Born in Germany. No parents named. Schoolmaster