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John Gobey

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Finchley, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: February 03, 1900 (77)
Commercial Hotel, Lady Frere
Immediate Family:

Son of John Gobey and Sarah Gobey (Horsman)
Husband of Louisa Catherine Gobey (Carpenter)
Father of Sarah Elizabeth Webster (Gobey); Mary Ann Watters (Gobey); Louisa Amy Murphy (Gobey); William James Gobey; John Joseph Gobey and 5 others
Brother of Sarah Gobey; William Holbourne Roy Gobey; Son Gobey; Eliza Gobey; William Gobey and 1 other

Occupation: Shoemaker, Saddler
Managed by: Gillian Strachan
Last Updated:

About John Gobey

Married St John's Anglican Church, Fort Beaufort. 26 November 1844. Ref MS 19 074 Entry no 17 They were both if full age. John was a Private in the 7th Dragoon Guards. The 7th Dragoon Guards (Priness Royal's) served on the Eastern Frontier, Cape of Good Hope, between 1843 and 1848. The ceremony took place in the dwelling of William Carpente. WItnesses appear to be Henry Wink and Eliza Whybrew. From Cory Library

John Gobey discharge 30/10/1855 from Frontier Mounted Police.

John Gobey was 70 years and 11 months when he passed away. His wife Louisa Catherine Gobey Born Carpenter died 12/24/79

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John Gobey's Timeline

1822
February 22, 1822
Finchley, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1845
May 7, 1845
Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1846
August 23, 1846
Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1848
September 10, 1848
Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1853
January 11, 1853
Fort beaufort, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1857
1857
South Africa
1860
November 1860
Piet Retief, Eastvaal District Council, MP, South Africa
1862
October 5, 1862
Adelaide, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1865
November 18, 1865
Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa