William Musgrove Hopley

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William Musgrove Hopley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsea, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Death: June 21, 1864 (67)
Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Place of Burial: Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of William Musgrove Hopley, SV/PROG and Mary Ann Hopley
Husband of Aletta Alida Hurlingh
Father of William Musgrove Hopley; Maria Anna Sophia van der Byl (Hopley); William Musgrove Hopley; Frederick Hurling Hopley; Richard Rodney Bligh Hopley, II and 1 other
Brother of Mary Hopley; George Hopley; Richard Rodney Bligh Hopley; Thomas Hopley; Edward Hopley and 2 others

Occupation: Midshipman, Royal Navy. Land Surveyor of Overberg district (SA)
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About William Musgrove Hopley

The Swellendam surveyor who laid out the ninety plots in Port Beaufort.

Married Aletta Alida Hurlingh 1 June 1820 in Cape Town.

From 'A concise history of Port Beaufort & White Sands (also known as Witsand) including Family Trees White Sands & Port Beaufort' written by John McGregor ......wherein he is W.H. Hopley

there are three William Musgrove Hopley's 1. born 1796 m to Aletta Alida Hurlingh 2. born 1826 son of above. 3. born 1853 son of Frederick Hurlingh Hopley (son of WMH 1796 and brother to 1826)

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William Musgrove Hopley's Timeline

1796
October 3, 1796
Portsea, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
1821
1821
1823
May 5, 1823
Caledon, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
1826
April 29, 1826
Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1828
May 1, 1828
Bellevue, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1829
December 23, 1829
Bellevue, South Africa, Swellendam
1831
November 23, 1831
1864
June 21, 1864
Age 67
Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
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Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa