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  • John Henry Churchill, b11 (1885 - 1929)
    (death)South African Families Vol. 6Ca - Coert, ISBN – 978 0 7972 1296 1; Kopiereg © Copyright GISA 2011PDF Page 279b11 John Henry * Frankfort, OVS 11.3.1885 ≈ Metodiste Kerk, Frankfort 29.5.1899 † Mid...
  • John Henry Churchill (c.1852 - 1893)
    The following is extracted from South African Families Vol. 6 Ca - Coert, ISBN – 978 0 7972 1296 1; Kopiereg © Copyright GISA 2011. The birthplace is different, but the son listed in this tree has matc...

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South African Families Vol. 6

Ca - Coert, ISBN – 978 0 7972 1296 1; Kopiereg © Copyright GISA 2011

Families listed in the above: (in order of arrival date in South Africa)

Joseph Fleetwood Churchill

PDF Page 280

  • Born Nottingham, England 5.11.1827
  • Arrived in SA c. 1850, on board the Devonian
  • Settled in Durban, Natal
  • Died Durban 11.6.1880, due to inflammation of the lungs
  • Son of Dast Smith Churchill and Esther Cheetham
  • Married 24.6.1857 Emma Gillespie

Frank Churchill

PDF Page 280

  • Born England c. 1835
  • Arrived Cape Town 1854 on board the Mauritius with his elder brother Joseph and his sister Marianne.
  • He continued alone to Natal and arrived at Port Natal Apr 1854.
  • Settled in Pietermaritzburg as storekeeper,
  • Established a wholesale trading store with his brother
  • Died Pietermaritzburg 5.11.1854,
  • Unmarried Acknowledgement: Sheilagh O’Byrne Spencer: British Settlers in Natal 1824-1857

John Henry Churchill

PDF Page 278

  • born Glasgow, Scotland 11.5.1845,
  • arrived Durban c. 1867
  • Travelled by ox-wagon to Harrismith, OVS
  • Policeman.
  • Moved to Frankfort, OVS
  • Owned a hotel (Frankfort-Hotel) * Died Frankfort, OVS
  • Married NGK Harrismith 17.7.1871Cornelia Margaretha Rabie (* 7.2.1853 Bapt .NGK Harrismith 20.4.1853; Died “Venterspad”, dist Harrismith, OVS 9.9.1928 daughter of Jan Sebastiaan Rabie and Anna Christina Celliers

Churchill Graves

... listed at eGGSA

British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (Database)

BCCD

  • Name: Mrs John Henry Churchill
  • Born in camp? No
  • Died in camp? No
  • Gender: female
  • Race: White
  • Marital status: widowed
  • Nationality: Transvaal
  • Occupation: bywoner
  • Registration as head of family: Yes
  • Unique ID: 117512 Camp History
  • Name: Heidelberg RC
  • Date arrival: 15 oct 1900 Farm History
  • Name: Bultfontein
  • District: Heidelberg Relationships - Mrs John Henry Churchill
  • mother of Miss Jannett Churchill
  • mother of Mr John Henry Churchill
  • mother of Miss Josephine Churchill
  • mother of Miss Pamela Judith Churchill Sources
  • Title: DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
  • Location: Transvaal
  • Notes: p. C 01

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