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Charles Patrick HALL died about 1919. He married Ellen DUFFEY.

Ellen DUFFEY [Parents] died about 1932. She married Charles Patrick HALL.


William Henry DUFFEY [Parents] was born on 6 Dec 1876. He died about 1944. William Henry DUFFEY married Sarah Maria Elizabeth VORSTER.

Other marriages:
BOSTEDT, Eleanora Anna Willemina

William Henry Duffey was a widower when he married Eleanora Anna Willemina Bostedt. The date of birth was calculated from the date of marriage and the age at the time of marriage. (Dalene Oertel) He was a Baker on 26 Jul 1913 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Sarah Maria Elizabeth VORSTER died. She married William Henry DUFFEY.


Thomas Alexander ISTED [Parents] was born on 14 Jul 1849. He died on 2 May 1889 in Funnystone, New England, South Africa and was buried in Lauriston churchyard, New England. Thomas Alexander ISTED married Sarah Ann Upcott DUFFEY on 27 Jul 1875.

He lived at Funnystone in the Barkly East district. He was stung to death by black bees at Funnystone in 1889.

Sarah Ann Upcott DUFFEY [Parents] was born on 16 Jul 1857 in Donkerbrook Farm, Cape, South Africa and was christened on 16 Mar 1858 in Donkerbrook Farm, Cape, South Africa. She died on 4 Apr 1885 in Funnystone Farm, Barkly East, SAfrica and was buried in Lauriston Farm, New England SAfrica. Sarah Ann Upcott DUFFEY married Thomas Alexander ISTED on 27 Jul 1875.

They had the following children:

  M i Albert Samuel ISTED
  M ii Arthur William ISTED
  M iii Crawford Thomas ISTED
  F iv Agnes Maude ISTED
  F v Sarah Ann Upcott Duffey ISTED was born on 4 Jan 1885. She died on 21 Mar 1886 in Funnystone, New England and was buried Lauriston, New England.

Inscribed on her tombstone at Lauriston, New England:
"Dear is the spot where Christians sleep
And sweet the strain which Angels pour
Then why should we in anguish weep
They be not lost but gone before."

William ISTED [Parents] was born in Oct 1820. He died. William ISTED married Jane FORBES on 5 Oct 1843 in Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.

Jane FORBES [Parents] was born on 16 Jun 1825. She died on 19 Aug 1910 in Kenmure, New England, Eastern Cape, South Africa.. Jane FORBES married William ISTED on 5 Oct 1843 in Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.

Other marriages:
DEAN, Charles

Jane (Granny Dean) FORBES died on 19 Aug 1910 in Kenmure, New England, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She was 85 years, 2 months and 3 days old when she died. Her tombstone at Lauriston, New England erected by her daughters and granddaughter.
"Sleep on dear Mother thy labour o'er,
Thy willing hands will toil no more,
A faithful Mother true and kind,
No one on earth like thee we'll find."

They had the following children:

  F i Emma Caroline ISTED
  ii Milton ISTED was born on 27 Aug 1845. Milton died on 24 Sep 1878.
  M iii Thomas Alexander ISTED

Charles DEAN was born about 1790. He died in 1865. Charles DEAN married Mary.

Charles Dean arrived in S Africa as a settler in 1820 aboard the ship Weymouth as a member of Cock's Party. He was a carpenter and had originally joined Staples party who were a small group of tradesmen from Bermondsey.

Mary died about 1867. She married Charles DEAN.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles DEAN

Alexander FORBES [Parents] was born in 1796 in Longford, Leinster, Ireland. He died on 24 Dec 1834 in Albany, Bathurst District, Cape Colony and was buried in Waaiplaats, Trappe's Valley, Albany District, Cape Province. Alexander FORBES married Jane THOMAS on 7 Sep 1826 in Cathedral of Grahamstown, South Africa.

Other marriages:
CLARKE, Elizabeth

Alexander Forbes departed from Cork in Ireland on 12/2/1820 and arrived in Si mon's Bay on 30/4/1820 at age 27 aboard the "East Indian" and was part of "Parker's Party" and accompanied his elder brother Edward, Edward's wife Harriet and their two young children. He eventually settled on the farm Waaiplaats, Trappe's Valley near Bathurst as a British settler. He has been described as a shoemaker. On 24th December 1834, tribesmen from across the Great Fish River , swept into the Albany District killing and looting farms. While Alexander Forbes' wife Jane managed to escape to the Staples farm with her six children, Alexander Forbes was massacred by tribesmen at age 41. It is likely that he was buried on the farm.

Alexander married Jane Thomas, aged 16, on 7/9/1826 when she signed the marriage certificate with a simple cross due to her young age. They had six children.

Jane THOMAS [Parents] was born in 1810 in Wellington, Somerset, England. She died on 27 Apr 1870 in Aliwal North, South Africa. Jane THOMAS married Alexander FORBES on 7 Sep 1826 in Cathedral of Grahamstown, South Africa.

Other marriages:
SIMES, Francis Eliot

They had the following children:

  F i Jane FORBES
  F ii Maria FORBES
  F iii Ann FORBES
  F iv Catherine FORBES was born 24 April1831. She died ?.
  M v Henry FORBES was born on 9 Jun 1833. He died about 1919.

Henry Forbes, eldest son of the murdered settler, Alexander Forbes, laid the foundation stone of the Anglican Church in Bedford, Eastern Cape. He was apparently, a Grand Master of the Masonic Order.
  M vi John Alexander FORBES

Arthur Edmund MORRIS [Parents] was born on 18 Jun 1872 in Cape Town, South Africa. He died in 1923 in Cape Town, South Africa. Arthur Edmund MORRIS married Florence Georgina DUFFEY on 21 Jun 1897.

He and Flo moved from Barkly East to Vryburg, Northern Cape. He worked for Standard Bank and then became a cattle auctioneer. He owned several farms in the district. Was Mayor of Vryburg.

Florence Georgina DUFFEY [Parents] was born on 15 Dec 1877 in Barkly East, Cape, South Africa. She died in Aug 1958 in Vryburg, South Africa. Florence Georgina DUFFEY married Arthur Edmund MORRIS on 21 Jun 1897.

They had the following children:

  M i Cyril Vincent MORRIS
  M ii Percy Clifford MORRIS
  F iii Vera Lilian MORRIS
  F iv Dorothy Ellen MORRIS "Baby" was born on 13 Mar 1907. She died in Jan 1989 in Durban, South Africa.

Dorothy (Baby) had polio as a small child.
  F v Nancy MORRIS was born about 1910. She died about 1912.

Died of polio.
  M vi Living
  F vii Audrey Mabel MORRIS

Charles Vernon Dean DUFFEY [Parents] died ?. He married Doris ROOS. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
GEY VAN PITTIUS, Frederika Johanna Catherina Maria

Divorced from Doris Roos 1937

Doris ROOS died. She married Charles Vernon Dean DUFFEY. The marriage ended in divorce.


Charles Vernon Dean DUFFEY [Parents] died ?. He married Frederika Johanna Catherina Maria GEY VAN PITTIUS.

Other marriages:
ROOS, Doris

Divorced from Doris Roos 1937

Frederika Johanna Catherina Maria GEY VAN PITTIUS died in 1912. She married Charles Vernon Dean DUFFEY.


George Samuel Wilmot DUFFEY [Parents] died in 1945. He married Ethel PALFRAMAN.

Ethel PALFRAMAN died. She married George Samuel Wilmot DUFFEY.

They had the following children:

  M i George Gavin DUFFEY
  M ii Living
  F iii Living
  F iv Living

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