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South African Commercial Advertiser 1855 - 2 - April to June

Saturday 7 April 1855

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev George Meyler Squibb BA, March 30:
A son of Mr. Ralph TONKIN, baptised Lorenzo.
By the Rev Robert A Currey MA, April 4:
A son of Mr. Thomas James WELCH, baptised Henry Alfred.
A daughter of Mr. Dennis BYRNES, baptised Eleanor Maria.

DEATHS
April 1: Richard William, son of Mr. Richard WATTS, aged 3 years and 3 months.
April 5: William SELKIRK, aged 27 years.

Tuesday 10 April 1855

BIRTH, December 31st at Bangalore, the Lady of J. KIRKPATRICK Esq, M.I.. Mysore Commission, of a daughter.

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, April 6:
A son of Mr. James WESTON, baptised James Thomas Fox.

Thursday 12 April 1855

NOTICE TO RELATIVES
DIED at Beaufort West on the 1st April 1855, Marcella Delamere, infant daughter of J.G. DEVENISH, Chief Clerk to the Civil Commissioner. And on the following day, John Donald DEVENISH, eldest son of the late Lieut. John Mears DEVENISH, aged 47 years.

MARRIAGE
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, April 11:
Mr. Jas. JAMIESON to Miss Caroline BICKERS.

Saturday 14 April 1855

DIED on the 29th January last at Epsom, at the Residence of his son, James LEVICK Esq, after a short but severe illness, Joseph LEVICK Sen Esq, aged 68 years, long a resident in Cape Town; deeply and sincerely regretted by his numerous Relatives and Friends.
Cape Town, 13th April 1855.

DIED on the 14th March last, at Longwood House, St.Helena, Sarah, the beloved wife of Isaac MOSS Esq of that Island.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Cape Town, April 11:
Two daughters of Henry ASTON Esquire, Major, late of the Bombay Army, baptised Gertrude Frances Morse and Mary Trevelyan Faure.
A daughter of Mr. Thomas SMITH, baptised Johanna Frederica.

DEATH
April 8: Mrs. Elizabeth SURCOTT, wife of Mr. William SURCOTT, aged 32 years.

Thursday 19 April 1855

MARRIAGE
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, April 17:
Mr. Laurens CUNNINGHAM to Miss Margaret MURRAY

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, April 15:
A son of Mr. George ROSE, baptised George Harry Oliver.
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, April 15:
A daughter of Corporal H. COWAN (RSM), baptised Isabella Elizabeth.

DEATH
April 15: Fanny Margaret, daughter of Captain W.P. SAMPSON, aged 16 months.

Saturday 21 April 1855

MARRIED on the 18th June [sic] by Mr. R.J. Joseph, Marriage Officer to the Hebrew Congregation of the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Hyman SOLOMON to Miss Sarah WOOLF.

Tuesday 24 April 1855

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, April 22:
A son of Mr. Jas. MILLS baptised J[ames?] Hamilton Segges.

Saturday 28 April 1855

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, April 24:
Mr. george BENSON to Miss Geertruida Wilhelmina JACOBSE.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, April 20:
A son of Mr. James STURE, baptised Henry George.
By the same, April 27:
A daughter of Mr. John KELLY, baptised mary Ellen.

DEATH
April 19: Mr. Stephen CARTER, aged 31 years.
April 24: Mrs Susan PILLANS, relict of Charles Stuart PILLANS Esquire, aged 75 years.
April 25: Sarah PETERSON, aged 25 years.

Tuesday 1 May 1855

CHRISTENINGS
In the temporary church of St.John the Evangelist in this City by the Rev George Meyler Squibb BA, April 8:
A son of Mr. Thomas ALLWRIGHT, Caledon-street, baptised Matthew James.

Thursday 3 May 1855

MARRIED by Special Licence on the 30th April by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD, Mr. Lambertus Petrus Johannes VAN DEN BERG to Anna Aletta, youngest daughter of Mr. Johan Frederik LUYT.

Tuesday 8 May 1855

DIED on the 1st April 1855, Fanny Maria MORRIS, aged 1 year and 27 days; on the 3rd May William Keet MORRIS, aged 2 years 2 months and 14 days; Grand-children of J.N. KEET, Port Office.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 4:
A son of Mr. [obscured in fold] COOK, baptised Henry Edward.
By the same, May 6:
A son of Mr. John Valentine CHAPMAN, baptised [John?] William.
A son of Mr. James BANNING, baptised John Henry.
A daughter of Mr. Robert RINTOUL, baptised Magdaline.

DEATHS
May 3: Lindsay Crawford, son of Mr. Gilbert DUNCAN, aged 12 years.
May 3: William THORNE, seaman of the Vincent, aged 34 years.

Thursday 10 May 1855

DIED at the Residence of her Son-in-Law, Mr. T.J. WELCH, Mary COUSINS, relict of the late Mr. Charles BOUCHER, aged 69 years 4 months and 26 days; deeply regretted by her relatives and numerous Friends.
Lelie-street, Cape Town
8th May 1855

Saturday 12 May 1855

On Friday the 11th May at Bella Vista, Cape Town, Mrs. George FRERE of a son.

CHRISTENING
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey, May 11:
A daughter of Mr. Daniel DIXON, baptised Jacoba Maria,

DEATH
May 8: Mrs. Mary BOUCHER, relict of Mr. Charles BOUCHER, aged 69 years 4 months and 26 days.

Tuesday 15 May 1855

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, May 13:
A daughter of Mr. Wm. ROWE, baptised [Jane?] Sloan.

Thursday 17 May 1855

DIED at his late Residence, “Sunning Hill”, Wynberg, on Sunday morning last, the 13th instant, Richard Thos. WOLFE, late Major in the Army, Resident Magistrate of Wynberg, and Acting Judge and Superintendent of Police, Cape Town, aged 61 years 3 months and 20 days.

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 14:
Mr. Richard Petett EWRIDGE to Miss Elizabeth Susan WELLDEN.

CHRISTENING
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 14:
A son of Mr. Frederick LIPPIETT, baptised William Joseph.

DEATHS
May 12: Ann, daughter of Mr. John Seldon BATE, aged 3 days.
May 13: Major Richard WOLFE, aged 61 years.
May 13: David Anwyl, son of Mr. David ROBERTS, aged 19 months and 3 days.

Saturday 19 May 1855

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 16:
Mr. James Bailey MORRIS to Miss Isabella Charlotte MASKEW.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, may 18:
A son of Mr. Esau HARRINGTON, baptised John Butler.
A son of Mr. Samuel DAVID, baptised Samuel James.
A son of Mr. William MORRIS, baptised William Keet.

DEATH
May 15: Margaret, wife of Mr. Abraham JENKINS, aged 36 years.

Tuesday 22 May 1855

DIED at Cape Town on the 18th May 1855, Anna Maria, wife of John SHEPHERD Esq, in her 36th year.

DIED on Saturday 19th May 1855, my beloved wife Petronella Cicilia Susanna HENDERSON, in her 38th year, deeply regretted.
A. VAN DER HOEVEN
Cape Town, 21st May 1855.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 21:
Mr. Robert VAN DER SCHYFFto Miss Louisa Wilhelmina POWELL.
Mr. Samuel ABEL to Miss Susanna Elizabeth GREEFF.

DEATHS
May 18: Mrs. Anna Maria SHEPHERD, wife of John SHEPHERD Esquire, aged 35 years and 10 months.
May 18: George SAMUEL, aged 4 months.
May 19: Mrs. Elleanor PARKER, aged 65 years and 9 months.

Tuesday 29 May 1855

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, May 23:
A daughter of Mr. George CRAMMER, baptised Clara Sarah Elizabeth.
By the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 25:
A son of Mr. Joseph GLOVER, baptised Joseph Thomas.
A daughter of the late Mr. Joseph SYMS, baptised Maria.

DEATH
May 27: Wilhelmina, daughter of Mr. Simon GAYER, aged 5 years and 4 months.

Thursday 31 May 1855

BIRTH on the 29th instant at his Quarters, Imhoff, the wife of Mr. HALL, R.E.D. of a son.

DIED at Stellenbosch on Tuesday the 29th May 1855, Magdalena Johanna, beloved wife of Daniel Johannes VAN RYNEVELD Esquire, Civil Commissioner and Resident magistrate of Stellenbosch, in her 58th year; deeply regretted by relatives and Friends.

MARRIAGES
In the Martin’s Lutheran Church by the Rev G.W. Stegmann VDM, on Tuesday the 8th May:
The Rev Ferdinant BRECHER to Miss Maria Isabella Magdalena VAN REENEN.
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, on Monday the 28th May:
Mr. J. SCHOLTZ to Miss H.J. PETERSEN.

CHRISTENINGS
By the Rev G.W. Stegmann VDM on Monday the 7th May:
A daughter of Mr. Johan Diederich Christoph JANKOWITZ, baptised Christina Justina Carolina.
On Tuesday the 8th May:
Two sons of Mr. Carel Wilhelm VILJOEN, baptised Johan Fredrik and Willem Petrus.
On Sunday the 13th May:
A daughter of Mr. Sebastiaan REINHARDT, baptised Fredrica Magdalena.
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G. Morgan, May 27:
A daughter of Mr. C.S. FARQUHARSON, baptised Mary Hendrina Cornelia.

DEATHS
May 5: Mrs. Andries Wilhelm DUCTIE, aged 34 years.
May 19: An infant daughter of Mr. Nicolaas Hendrik MARAIS.
May 21: Two infant sons of Mr. Hendrik Coenraad HEYNS.
May 26: Fredrica Magdalena, daughter of Mr. Sebastiaan REINHARDT, aged 1 month and 5 days.
May 27: Mr. Dirk Johannes STEGMANN, aged 38 years and 10 months.

Saturday 2 June 1855

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, May 30:
Mr. John Paul SINCLAIR to Miss Johanna Elizabeth Sophia BAM.
Mr. Edward Henry MELLISH to Miss Jacoba Elizabeth LAWRENCE.

Tuesday 5 June 1855

DEATHS
May 31: Miss Sarah DAYSON, aged 44 years.
June 3: William LONG, seaman, aged 18 years.
June 3: William Alexander Marthinus, son of Mr. William MASON, aged 2 years 1 month and 6 days.

Thursday 7 June 1855

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, June 6:
Mr. John Lawrence WRIGHT to Miss Selina SHIPLEY.
Mr. William BUSSELL to Miss Eliza Anne NOONAN.

DEATHS
June 1: Johanna Frances, daughter of Mr. Charles ADAMS, aged 15 months and 24 days.
June 4: Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Seldon BATES, aged 1 month.

Saturday 9 June 1855

DIED at Sydney on Monday March 19th 1855 after a painful illness on the voyage thence from the Cape of Good Hope, per ship Bolton, my beloved son Thomas, aged 13 years and 6 months.
Thomas BURKE
221 Swanston-street, Melbourne.

DIED on Saturday the 2nd instant, at his Residence in Leeuwe-street, Johann Sebastiaan LEIBBRANDT Esq, at the age of 61 years; deeply lamented by his Widow and Children.

Tuesday 12 June 1855

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, June 10:
A son of Mr. Wm. KINGON, baptised James Stewart.

Saturday 16 June 1855

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, June 12:
Mr. Charles Richard STAREY to Miss Selina PHILPE.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Edward Glover MA, June 11:
A son of George FRERE Esquire, baptised Frederic Robert.
By the Rev George Meyler Squibb BA, June 13:
A daughter of Mr. Thomas Chapman ISEMONGER, baptised Mary Anne.
A daughter of Mr. James CONROY, baptised Anne Winifred.

DEATHS
June 11: Christian Johannes, son of Mr. Carel Fredrick GRANGER, aged 2 years.
June 11: Ellen, daughter of Mr. Michael McCOY, aged 2 years 4 months and 21 days.
June 12: Henry Frederick, son of H.C. ROBINSON Esquire, aged 6 months.
June 13: Mr. James PERRING, aged 57 years.

Tuesday 19 June 1855

MARRIED on the 12th instant, at Chatty Farm, District of Uitenhage, by the Rev Alexander Smith, Mr. Ewald Benedictus HERBERT to Miss Anna Maria SCHEUBLE, daughter of the late Andries SCHEUBLE Esq.

Thursday 21 June 1855

MARRIAGES
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev G Morgan, June 19:
Mr. John ANDERSON to Miss Magdalena Elizabeth NELSON.
Mr. Francis HAMILTON to Miss Christina Maria FORRESTER.
Mr. Harry THORNE to Miss Elizabeth FORSYTH.

DEATHS
June 17: Mrs. Margaret WATSON, aged 75 years.
June 18: Mr. Charles SPIKE, aged 44 years.

Saturday 23 June 1855

DIED at the Gardens, Cape Town on the 22nd instant, Sibella Helen, third daughter of W.P. SAMPSON, late E.I.C.S., aged 15 years and 10 months.

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev George Meyler Squibb BA, June 21:
Charles LINFORD to Sarah Maria COOMANS.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, June 21:
A son of Clarence Thomas WYLDE Esq, baptised Spencer Charles HOOPER.
By the Rev Edward GLOVER MA, June 22:
A son of Mr. Henry POWELL, baptised Charles George.

Thursday 28 June 1855

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev Robert A Currey MA, June 26:
Mr. James BROWN to Miss Phillis CLEGHORN.
Mr. Joseph WILSON to Miss Edith Ann HUBBARD.
Mr. John A. G. HAMBLEDON to Miss Mary Ann Susan WARD.

Saturday 30 June 1855

MARRIED on the 21st June by the Rev A Faure, William KINNEAR Esq to Miss Anna Johanna Wilhelmina GANS.

(From yesterday’s Government Gazette)
Appointments:
Mr. Gysbert REITZ Jun. to practise as Notary Public.
Mr Daniel Johannes KUYS tp prepare and draw deeds of transfer and hypothecation.
Edicts:
A meeting of the next of kin and creditors of Adriaan Pieter VAN NIEKERK of Clanwilliam, deceased, and surviving spouse Helena Johanna DIPPENAAR, will be held before the Resident magistrate, Clanwilliam on the 11th August next. Also of Maria Ireson [sic: should be Iveson] HEATH, widow of John Henry HEATH of Graham’s Town, deceased, before the Resident Magistrate, Graham’s Town on the 15th August next. Also of Honoratus Johannes Robert VAN RYNEVELD of Graaff-Reinet, deceased, and surviving spouse Harriet Forbes HEATHCOTE, before the Resident Magistrate, Graaff-Reinet, on the 11th August next. And of Martha Magdalena BURGER of Clanwilliam, deceased, and surviving husband Cornelis VAN WESTHUYZEN, before the Resident magistrate, Clanwilliam, on the same day.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City by the Rev George Meyler Squibb BA, June 27:
A son of Thomas Jones DICKSON Esquire, baptised Thomas Henry Charles.
A son of Mr. Daniel DIX, baptised William Alfred.

DEATH
June 26: Mr. James BAKER, aged 50 years.

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