BORN 13 DEC.1857 DIED 23 JUNE 1924
1857 BORN 13 DECEMBER IN SPALDING
FATHER MILLRIGHT WITH CAPPS
1872 LEFT SCHOOL BECAME A JOINER WITH
CHRISTOPHER HARRISON
1874 WENT TO LONDON BECAME ASSISTANT FOREMAN AT
G.P.O.
1876 LEFT FOR SOUTH AFRICA LANDED AT EAST LONDON
SUPERVISED LABOUR FOR PANMURE TO QUEENSTOWN
RAILWAY LINE
1880 WENT INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH JAMES LANG IN QUEENSTOWN
BUILT THE BERRY RESERVOIR ,ST.MICHAELS ANGLICAN
CHURCH AND WESLTEYAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
DUTCH REFORM CHURCH AT DORDRECHT,WEPENER AND BETHULIE.
1882 MARRIED EMMA BROEDELET (BORN 2863/06/27)
18?? BROTHER JOINED HIM
1883 CHILD EDWIN MORRIS (1883/03/12)
BUILT RAILWAY LINE AND BRIDGE OVER BRANDT SPRUIT
NEAR ALIWAL NORTH
1885 CHILD ERNEST LEASK (1885/01/31)
BUILT PRESIDENTS HOUSE IN BLOEMFONTEIN
BUILT THE STANDARD BANK ,CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BANK,
AND OLD RAND CLUB IN JOHANNESBURG
1886 CHILD WILLIAM SUTHERLAND (1886/09/24)
188? BROTHER JOINED HIM
1888 WENT BACK TO ENGLAND
CHILD ALEC NORMAN (1888/09/07)
RETURNED TO TRANSVAAL,SOUTH AFRICA
WIFE STAYED BEHIND IN ENGLAND
1889 WIFE RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA
BUILT JOHANNESBURG TO PRETORIA LINE
APPOINTED MANAGER OF GOLDEN KOPJE MINE
IN JOHANNESBURG
1890 CHILD OLIVE (1890/08/03
1892 CHILD LESLIE (1892/10/01)
LEFT MINE FORMED PARTNERSHIP WITH LAWLEY
BUILT DYNAMITE MAGAZINE,GOLDFIELDS CLUB AND
HOLBURN RESTAURANT
BUILT THE BASUTO WAR MEMORIAL IN QUEENSTOWN
AT OWN EXPENSE AFTER SOMEONE STOLE THE MONEY
GOT CONTRACT FOR PRETORIA TO LOURENCO MARQUES
(NOW MAPUTO) LINE
STARTED ZASM TUNNEL ON 1892/10/18 WITH E.WARREN
MOUNTAIN PIERCED ON 1893/09/09
1893 WIFE WENT BACK TO ENGLAND
HE VISITED ENGLAND BOUGHT 'KOMANI HOUSE'
WIFE RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA L,MARQUES OPENED IN NOVEMBER BY
PAUL KRUGER
1895 CHILD FERRIS CLEVELAND (1895/06/21)
MADE VARIOUS VISITS TO ENGLAND
1897 CHILD SADIE ELLICE (1897/10/31)
1899 LEFT FOR ENGLAND DUE TO BOER WAR
1900 CHILD IAN LEIGH (1900/11/20)
1902 CHILD ROLAND (1902/02/04)
RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA
WIFE STAYED IN ENGLAND WITH DAUGHTERS
AND YOUNG SONS
BUILT BRIDGE OVER VAAL RIVER AT STANDERTON
OVER CROCIDILE RIVER NEAR KLERKSDORP
BUILT LINE BETWEEN SPRINGS AND EASTWOOD
LINES TO KRUGERSDORP,KLERSDORP FROM JOHANNESBURG
GRAAFF REINET TO MIDDLEBURG(CAPE)
1906 BUILT LINE BETWEEN BLOEMFONTEIN AND BETHLEHEM
1908 BUILT THE STUARTSTOWN LINE(IXOPO) IN NATAL 1909 LEFT SOUTH AFRICA FOR LAST TIME
1910 LOST ELECTION
1918 WON ELECTION AS LABOUR MP
1922 NOVEMBER RETAINED SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
1923 RETAINED SEAT
1924 OFFERED POST OF GOVERNER OF TASMANIA BUT
DIED ON THE WAY TO PARLIAMENT TO ACCEPT POST (1924/06/23)
MANY OF HIS DECENDANTS ARE STILL IN SOUTH AFRICA
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