Mary Biggar, SM/PROG

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Mary Biggar (Straton), SM/PROG

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: February 08, 1855 (73-74)
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. George Straton, Rev and Margaret Peggy Straton
Wife of Capt Alexander Harvey Biggar, SV/PROG
Mother of Margaret Graham Biggar; Ann Harold Dunn, SM; Mary John Biggar; Jean Straton de Smidt; Georgina Biggar and 7 others
Sister of Christian Straton; Jean Straton; Jane Straton and Mary Straton

Managed by: Hester Maria Christina Marx
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About Mary Biggar, SM/PROG

1820 British Settler

Mary Straton 39, together with her husband Alexander Harvey Biggar 39, Capt, who was Leader of his own Party on the Weymouth, and their 11 children, they emigrated to South Africa.

Party originated from Hampshire.
Departure 7 January 1820. Arrival Table Bay, Cape Town - 16 April 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Brak River

Children :

Margaret Graham Biggar 20
Ann Harold Biggar 18
Mary John Biggar 16

Jean Straton Biggar 14

Georgina Biggar 12

Agnes Elizabeth Biggar 10

Charlotte Biggar 8

Robert Biggar 7

Alexina Biggar 3

Helen Biggar 1

George Biggar (born at sea)

Mary Straton & Alexander Biggar Marriage: Mar 3 1799 Brechin, Angus, Scotland

  • Wife: Mary Straton
  • Husband: Alexander Biggar
  • Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11275-2
  • System Origin: Scotland-ODM
  • GS Film number: 993411, 993412

Name: Mary Biggar Event Type: Probate Event Date: from 1853 to 1856 Event Place: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa Event Place: Age: 74 Relationship to Deceased: Deceased Birth Year (Estimated): 1781 Birthplace: Scotland Death Date: 8 Feb 1855 Death Place: Grahamstn Additional Name: GS Film Number: Digital Folder Number: 007844938 Image Number: 00954

Citing this Record "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKR-T6QH : 28 September 2018), Mary Biggar, from 1853 to 1856; citing Probate, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa, from 1853 to 1856, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm .

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Mary Biggar, SM/PROG's Timeline

1781
1781
Scotland, United Kingdom
1799
December 1799
Scotland, United Kingdom
1801
August 18, 1801
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1803
1803
1805
1805
1808
November 29, 1808
Dover, Kent, United Kingdom
1808
1810
August 4, 1810
1812
September 27, 1812
Edinburgh castle, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)