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Ruth Talbot (Sweetnam)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sittingbourne, Dover, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
Death: March 15, 1903 (86)
Layton, Davis County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Sweetnam, Snr, SV/PROG 3 and Jane Janet Sweetnam, SM/PROG
Wife of Henry Talbot and Henry Talbot
Mother of Priscilla Jane Talbot; John Josiah Talbot; Thomas Benjamin Talbot; Charles Stewart Talbot; Priscilla Jane Wiggill and 13 others
Sister of Mary Barton Hayward; James Barton Sweetnam; Hannah Wall; Richard Weymouth Sweetnam; Thomas Barton Sweetnam, (4) Jnr and 3 others

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About Ruth Talbot

1820 British Settler

Ruth Sweetnam 3, together with her parents and 2 siblings, were members of William Menezes' Party of 51 Settlers on the Weymouth.

Party originated from Kent.

Departed London, 7 January 1820. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 16 April 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Reitfontein then Kareiga River

Children :

  • James Sweetnam 7
  • Hannah Sweetnam 5
  • Ruth Sweetnam 3


Daughter of Thomas Sweetnam and Jane Barton

Married - Henry Talbot, 20 Mar 1833, Hanover Westminster, London, England

Children - Henry James Talbot, John Josiah Talbot, Thomas Benjamin Talbot, Charles Stuart Talbot, Priscilla Jane Talbot, Hannah Talbot, Sarah Talbot, Albert Joseph Talbot, Richard Alfred Talbot, Edward William Talbot, Walter George Talbot, Susannah Talbot, Stephen Barton Talbot, Eliza Talbot, Hyrum Percel Talbot, Ruth Sweetnam Talbot

Gobo Fango came to America with Henry Talbot, but was not his child. This was established through letters in my family's possessions.

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Ruth Talbot's Timeline

1817
February 4, 1817
Sittingbourne, Dover, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1835
August 23, 1835
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1838
March 25, 1838
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1840
August 5, 1840
Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
1842
April 22, 1842
Salem, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
April 22, 1842
Salem, Albany, South Africa
1843
October 20, 1843
Salem, District Albany, South Africa
1845
October 3, 1845
Calle Hook, Wintersburg, South Africa
1847
October 14, 1847
Fort Beaufort, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa