Wednesday 1 April 1835

MARRIED by Special Licence on Saturday 28 March at Rondebosch by the Rev Dr Adamson, Richard Paxton DOBIE Esq of Cape Town to Miss Hester Alida COLYN of Constantia.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday March 31 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. C. BRIDGES to Miss E. WRIGHT
Mr. J.H. FISHER to Miss A. KNIPE

Wednesday 8 April 1835

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Sunday April 5 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A son of Mr. E. HOLL baptised Edward
A daughter of Mr. N. LOCKE baptised Emily.

Saturday 11 April 1835

MARRIAGE
In the English Church Rondebosch on Tuesday April 7 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. F. ROACH to Miss E. LUXTON

DEATH
Mr. T. ALLAN, aged 54 years 3 months and 11 days.

Saturday 18 April 1835

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Sunday April 12 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of Mr. C.W. RICHARDSON bapt. Susan Ellen.
A son of Mr. C.J. ECKLEY baptised Robert Rufus.
A daughter of Mr. J. KITCH baptised Elizabeth.

Wednesday 22 April 1835

BIRTH on the 14th instant at Wynberg, Mrs. HAMILTON of a daughter.

DIED on Saturday 18th April 1835, aged seven weeks, Maria Engela Christina, youngest daughter of P. HARMSEN.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday April 20 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. W. DALE to Miss E.A. WASHINGTON.
Mr. F. KRAUSE to Miss J. OLIVER.
Mr. J. MOLLET to Miss C. BRIDGES.
Mr. G. WESTON to Miss J.J.F. RUSCHE.

CHRISTENINGS
On Good Friday, as above:
A daughter of Mr. W. GADNEY bapt. Frederika Louisa.
A son of Mr. G. HERBERT bapt. James Reeton.

DEATH
Charles Edward LEMON, aged 4 years and 3 months.

Wednesday 29 April 1835

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday April 27 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
M. STEVENS to H.C.S. ZWARTS.

CHRISTENINGS
On Sunday, as above:
Two daughters of Mr. E. OLDHAM bapt. Lucretia and Elizabeth.
A daughter of Mr. R. MUTTON bapt. Jane Helena.

Saturday 2 May 1835

MARRIED on Monday 27th April by the Rev J M Kloek Van Staveren in the Lutheran Church, Mr. Marthinus Adrianus BERGH, widower, to Mrs. Charlotta Welhelmina BUISSINE, widow of the late Captain John James GRINDLEY.

CHRISTENING
In the English Church Rondebosch on Sunday April 26 by the Rev E Judge MA, Acting Chaplain:
A daughter of T. McCLEAR Esq FRS and AS Astronomer Royal, baptised Margaret.

DEATH
April 27: The Hon. William Tulloch ROBERTSON Esq, Bengal Civil Service, aged 36 years 6 months and 25 days.

Wednesday 6 May 1835

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Thursday April 30 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A son of H. WATSON Esq baptised Charles Stanhope.
An adult native of Madagascar bapt. George.
An adult native of the Cape bapt. Maria Hester.
On Sunday May 3 as above:
A daughter of R.H. KENNEDY Esq baptised Florence Harriet.
A daughter of Capt. F. CLARK of the brig Skerne, baptised Emma Frances.
A daughter of Mr. P. FIFE baptised Elizabeth.

DEATHS
April 27: Mr. N. STENHOUSE, aged 58 years.
May 2: Mrs. Sarah FAYRER, aged 37 years.
May 2: Emily, daughter of Mr. N. LOCKE, aged 1 month and 27 days.
May 3: Mr. E. FRODSHAM, aged 35 years.

Saturday 9 May 1835

NOTICE is hereby given to relations and friends that in the night of the 25th instant died my dearly beloved wife Theodora Hendrica JOHNSTONE, born HAUPT, aged 68 years and 7 months, after a short illness.
T. JOHNSTONE
Smalpad, 26th April 1835.

CHRISTENING
In St.Andrew’s Church by the Rev Dr. Adamson on Sunday 26th April:
A daughter of Mr. W. CORBITT baptised Allice.

DEATH
May 4: Mrs. C. KAY, aged 37 years and 9 months.

Wednesday 13 May 1835

BIRTH. The lady of J.M. HILL Esq, Tygerberg, of a daughter.

DIED in London on the 29th January last, after a short illness, John Henry, eldest son of Mr. Henry HOME, in the twentieth year of his age, deeply regretted.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Monday May 11 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. G. MORTON to Miss H. HOLLOWAY
Mr. W. CARTER to E. COTTER.

CHRISTENINGS
A son of G.W. PRINCE Esq baptised Thomas Tennant.
A son of Mr. S. STODART baptised John George.
A son of Mr. J. ROBERTSON baptised James Edwin.

Saturday 16 May 1835

CHRISTENING
In the English Church Wynberg on Sunday May 10 by the Rev H Okes DD, Acting Chaplain:
A son of Leah, native of this Colony, baptised Christian Michael.

DEATH
May 13: Mr. J. KAY, aged 48 years and 10 months.

Wednesday 20 May 1835

MARRIAGES
(By Special Licence)
In St.George’s Church, cape Town on Monday May 13 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. J.G. CRUYWAGEN to Miss R.J. OVENHUISEN.
On Monday by the Rev H Okes, officiating for the Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. J. PAUL to E. PAYNE

CHRISTENINGS
May 13: A son of Mr. J.G. CRUYWAGEN baptised Jacobus Gerhardus.
May 17: A daughter of W. HICKEY Esq baptised Sophia Elizabeth.
May 17: A daughter of Mr. J. NORKETT baptised Emily.
May 17: A son of Mr. J.M. BROWN Jun baptised John Louis Mitchell.
May 17: A son of Mr. W. VAWSER baptised William Temple.
May 17: A daughter of Fanny of Mozambique bapt. Mina.

Saturday 23 May 1835

MARRIED by Special Licence at St.Andrew’s Church, Cape Town on the 18th May 1835 by Dr. Adamson, Mr. A.T. CALDECOT of Graham’s Town to Miss Sarah BRAY.
A.T. CALDECOT.

CHRISTENING
In the English Church Rondebosch on Sunday May 17 by the Rev E. Judge MA, Acting Chaplain:
A daughter of Clarissa, bapt. Ann Isabella Clarissa.

DEATH
John DAVIS, seaman, aged 24 years.

Wednesday 27 May 1835

BIRTH at the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th May 1835, the wife of Lieut. Colonel Sir Jeremiah BRYANT of a daughter.

MARRIAGE (By Special Licence)
In the English Church Rondebosch on Tuesday May 19 by the Rev G Hough MA, Sen. Colonial Chaplain:
Capt.D. SHIRLING of The Olive Branch to Miss Ann HEYWARD.

Saturday 30 May 1835

DEATH OF MAJOR WHITE
We have now to record an event of the most painful character, and which will not be read by anyone acquainted with the individual to whom it relates, without exciting the most painful and distressing emotions; we allude to the death of Mr. T.C. WHITE, Major in the Graham’s Town Volunteers, and Assistant Quarter Master General to the Burgher Force.
The particulars of this melancholy event is detailed in a communication now before us: “On the evening of the 13th Col. SMITH encamped on the Bashee, 75 miles from the Kei. On the 14th a party was left under Capt. ROSS on the east bank of the Bashee, the Col. Going on 20 miles to the Kocha to take cattle. Major WHITE was left at the camp with a party under the command of Capt. ROSS. After breakfast he proposed to Mr. ANDREWS (Col. SMITH’s secretary) to proceed to the top of a hill, about two miles from the camp, observing “we may have an adventure as well as Col. SMITH, and I wish to get an important addition to my manuscripts.” Mr. A pointed out to him that there were many Caffers on the heights all around them – still the Major persisted in going. The men were posted at different points of observation, and had not been long there when they heard a noise, ran up, and saw the Major – who had been looking down a precipice – fall, pierced with an assegai through the back, and a dozen Caffers rushing on the corporal from the bushes and long grass. The three men fired and ran down the hill. Shortly after ten of the Cape Corps went to remove the bodies and saw the horses carried off by the Caffers; they also took Major WHITE’s hat, coat, instruments, map &c. His body, pierced with many wounds on the head, loins and back, was brought down and buried under a retired bush, out of sight of the Caffers on the heights on the west of the Bashee. The loss of Major WHITE, one of the most active and intelligent men of the colony, cannot be sufficiently deplored.”
Such are the circumstances which led to the untimely fate of an individual whose premature death must be considered as a severe and trying public calamity. The deceased was no ordinary man. To talents of a high class he possessed the nicest sense of honour, a perfect independency of mind, and the most inflexible integrity. He had an intellect of no common grasp; hence he was never at a loss for resources under the most disheartening circumstances, and it was impossible to know him without discovering that he possessed an indomitable spirit which no opposition could subdue – no difficulties discourage. But however much the public who knew him may deplore his fate, it is in the interchange of private friendship that his loss will be most acutely felt. With the most open candid disposition he possessed the warmest attachment to his friends. He had a heart ever ready to sympathise with them; whilst he was ever on the alert to cheer them to useful and commendable exertions. As a practical farmer, and as the grand promoter of every undertaking which could add to the comforts of the inhabitants and promote their general prosperity – this part of the colony has lost in him one of its most valuable members. Viewed either as a private member of the community or as a public character, it may be truly said that in his death the District of Albany has sustained an irreparable loss.
Major WHITE came to the colony among the early Settlers of 1820, but shortly afterwards returned to England, where he afforded the government much useful information on the state of colonial affairs on the frontier, and on the subject of emigration in general. He was examined at considerable length by the Parliamentary Committee, the information afforded by him being recorded among the public documents of that day. Previous to his return to this colony he visited the Continent of Europe, and whilst there was indefatigable in his inquiries on subjects of importance to his future pursuits as an emigrant to a new country. At this time he collected those various species of wheat which have been so successfully cultivated on this frontier, and is now distinguished by the appellation of ‘White’s Wheat’. On his return he became the purchaser of an extensive farm, a few miles NW of Graham’s Town, and which, from a barren arid desert, he has brought to the condition of one of the most fertile and valuable spots in this part of the colony. His garden and vineyard, his extensive dams and lakes of water, where nothing but sterility formerly reigned; his flocks of fine woolled sheep and his agricultural labours in general have long been the admiration of the surrounding country, and have attracted much attention from visitors and strangers. He was an officer of distinguished merit in the army, having received his education at the military college at Marlo[w]; and at a very early period highly distinguished himself as a mathematician, an acute reasoner, and an able draftsman. In 1816 he was employed by the home government in a military survey of the island of Guadeloupe, which he completed in the first style of excellence; but he had quitted the army for more peaceful occupations until called again into the field by the present daring invasion of the colony. Major WHITE was a masterly surveyor, and it is expected that he must have left among his papers sketches of the Caffer country of great interest and value.

CHRISTENING
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Sunday May 24 by the Rev G Hough MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of K.B. HAMILTON Esq baptised Augusta Charlotte.

Wednesday 3 June 1835

Departed this life on the 29th May 1835, my beloved husband Major Charles Franklin HART, Deputy Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army and HM 10th Regt N I at the age of 41 years 7 months and 5 days; of which painful loss I hereby give notice to relatives and friends, with requests to be excused the visits of condolence.
Cape Town 2nd June 1835
The widow E.M. HART, born LOUW.

DEATHS
May 23: Mrs. Maria Josina DE WAAL, widow of the late Arend DE WAAL Esq, aged 81 years.
May 29: Major C.F. HART, Deputy Quarter Master General Bombay Army, aged 41 years and 7 months.
May 29: Eva, daughter of the late Jan MULDER, aged 14 years 6 months and 7 days.
May 31: Thomas KENNEDY, aged 50 years.
June 1: Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. James CHAPMAN, aged 3 years.

Wednesday 10 June 1835

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Monday June 8 by the Rev G Hough MA, Sen. Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. D. McCALLUM to M. AYLING.
Mr. W. MENNIX to S.H. DIEDERICH.

CHRISTENING
In the English Church Rondebosch on Sunday May 31 by the Rev E Judge MA, Acting Chaplain:
A son of Clarissa, native of the Cape, baptised Spadille Charles William Benjamin.

DEATH
June 2: W. ROBERTSON, aged 50 years.

Wednesday 17 June 1835

DEATH on the morning of the 15th inst, Anna Adelia, daughter of Isaac CHASE Esq, American Consul, aged 10 months and 29 days.
Cape Town 16th June 1835.

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Monday June15 by the Rev G Hough MA, Sen. Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. Samuel DRAKE, widower, to Mrs. Catherine Mary TAYLOR, widow.

CHRISTENING

In St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Sunday June 14 by the Rev G Hough MA, Sen. Colonial Chaplain:
A son of Mr. John ARCHER baptised James.

DEATHS
June 8: Robert ROGERS, aged 53 years.
June 14: Mr. Robert HIUTT, aged 61 years and 6 months.

Saturday 20 June 1835

CHRISTENING
At Simon’s Town Monday June 15 by the Rev Henry Frazer AB, Colonial Chaplain:
Frederick William, third son of Admiral CAMPBELL, Commander-in-Chief on the African Naval Station.

Wednesday 24 June 1835

BIRTH: This morning, my beloved wife M.E. CHANGUION, born FAURE, of a son.
Cape Town 23rd June
A.N.E. CHNGUION

DIED at Stellenbosch on the 16th instant, Charles ROBINSON Esq, late member of the Medical Board for the Presidency of Bengal, highly esteemed and deeply regretted by a large number of friends and connections.
Stellenbosch 18th June 1835.

DIED at Cape Town on the morning of 19th inst, Major Benjamin Swain WARD of the Madras European Regiment, and late of the Survey Department, aged 48 years.

CHRISTENING
In St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Sunday June 21 by the Rev G Hough MA, Sen. Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of Mr. John MARTIN baptised Mary Ann.

Saturday 27 June 1835

DIED on the 19th instant, my beloved wife Catherine KEIZER, born FOCK, aged 18 years 6 months and 16 days, leaving me and two small children to deplore the loss of a loving wife and affectionate mother. Of this painful loss I hereby give notice to relatives and friends, with the request to be excused visits of condolence.
C. KEIZER
Caledon, June 27 1835.

DIED on Monday night, the 22nd instant, at Caledon, my dearly beloved husband G.G.T.H. SCHUNEMANN, aged 36 years, native of Minden in Prussia, after an illness of only four days; deeply regretted by all who knew his kind hearted and benevolent disposition.
A.B.W. SCHUNEMANN, born DURR.