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William Ayliff

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
Death: April 27, 1905 (79)
Oak House, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa (Heart failure)
Place of Burial: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of John Ayliff, Rev. Snr. SM/PROG and Jane Catherine Ayliff
Husband of Elizabeth Anne Richards
Brother of John Ayliff, Rev. Jr; Reuben Ayliff; Unknown Ayliff; Matthew Ayliff; Jonathan Ayliff and 6 others

Occupation: Stock farmer
Managed by: Alistair Moncur Knox
Last Updated:

About William Ayliff

"South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12324-25851-28?cc=1463... : accessed 22 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown > Baptisms, marriages, deaths 1826-1903 > image 11 of 306; citing Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Grahamstown.

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William Ayliff (1825-1905) was an Eastern Cape landowner and farmer who became a member of the Cape Legislative Assembly representing Fort Beaufort 1864-88; he was Secretary of Native Affairs 1878-81 in Sprigg’s first ministry; and served in the Frontier and Basuto Wars. Ayliff was the son of John Ayliff, a Wesleyan missionary who was involved in establishing the mission station Healdtown, which was later to become a school. Some of the later letters were written from the Cape Town Office of the Secretary of Native Affairs in 1880. Ayliff was married to Elizabeth Anne Richards, the step-daughter of Robert Godlonton.

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William Ayliff's Timeline

1825
August 31, 1825
Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
1905
April 27, 1905
Age 79
Oak House, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
April 29, 1905
Age 79
Wesleyan Cemetery, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa