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Ruth Orsmond (Harvey)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Enfield, Essex, England UK
Death: September 02, 1868 (50)
Katberg, Whittlesea, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Drowned in the Katberg Spruit)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Harvey, SV/PROG and Sarah Cummins
Wife of Charles Orsmond and Charles W Orsmond
Mother of Emma Amelia Harvey; George Alexander Orsmond; Charles Frederick Orsmond; Elizabeth Ann Orsmond; Albina Eliza Harvey and 3 others
Sister of Job Harvey; John Harvey; Sarah Webb; Elizabeth Grubb and Mary Ann Ray
Half sister of Sarah Webb; Elizabeth Wills and Mary Ann Wills

Managed by: John Sparkman
Last Updated:

About Ruth Harvey

1820 British Settler

Ruth Harvey 2, together with her parents and 5 siblings, were members of William Clark's Party of 88 Settlers on the Northampton.

Party originated from London.

Departed Portsmouth, 13 December 1819. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 26 March 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth on 30 April 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Collingham on the Botha's River, and at the Clay Pits - the location being named Collingham.

Children :

  • Sarah Wills 13
  • Elizabeth Wills 11
  • Mary Ann Wills 9
  • Job Harvey 4
  • Ruth Harvey 2
  • John Harvey infant

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Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-S9BC?cc=1468076&w... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Marriages 1836-1849 > image 20 of 63; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Ruth Harvey's Timeline

1818
May 1818
Enfield, Essex, England UK
1839
October 10, 1839
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1842
June 1842
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1843
June 1843
1845
May 2, 1845
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1847
July 8, 1847
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1849
July 2, 1849
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1852
October 28, 1852
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1860
March 27, 1860
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa