Saturday 5 July 1851

BIRTH at “Elmsley Place” on the 3rd instant, Mrs. S. RODOLF of a daughter.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Wednesday the 25th June 1851 by the Rev W.A. Newman MA and RD, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. Benjamin DIXIE to Miss Jane Louisa THWAITS.
On the same day by the Rev John Quinn:
Mr. Henry JARVIS to Miss Margaret MARTIN.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Friday the 25th June [sic] by the Rev W.A. Newman MA and RD, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of Mr. Charles Gerard PRINCE, baptised Caroline Sarah.
In St.Andrew’s Church on Sunday the 29th June by the Rev G. Morgan:
A daughter of George KIRKPATRICK, baptised Jessie Ann.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
June 29: A son of Mr. Matthew KENNEDY, baptised John.
June 29: A daughter of Mr. James GRANT, baptised Anne.
July 1: A son of Mr. James HOULIGAN, baptised Thomas Henry.

DEATHS
June 28: John FOY, sailor of the schooner Adventure, aged 27 years; found drowned.

Saturday 19 July 1851

BIRTH at Cape Town on the 12th instant, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. JAMESON, of the Bombay Army, of a son.

DEATH at Beaufort on Thursday the 10th instant, aged 39 years, Mr. George DEVENISH, fouth son of the late Lieutenant John DEVENISH.
Beaufort, 12th July 1851.

Saturday 26 July 1851

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Monday the 7th July by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
Mr. Alfred Frederick HALL to Miss Jacoba Alida WEIDEMAN.
In St.Paul’s Church, Rondebosch by the Rev J Fry AM:
July 8: Michael EARLY, bachelor, to Mary Ann WINTER, spinster.
July 14: Samuel WHELAM, bachelor, to Johanna Georgina HAGELSTEIN, widow.
July 15: Antonis CANDEAS, bachelor, to Ann PROSSER, spinster.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Heugh FLAMMERY to Isabella HAMILTON.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.Paul’s Church, Rondebosch by the Rev J. Fry AM:
July 8: A son of John LOCK, baptised Nathaniel James.
July 13: A daughter of James RODGERS, baptised Elizabeth Agnes.
July 13: A son of Alexander THOMAS, baptised George Robert Thomas.
July 20: A daughter of George NICHOLSON Esq, baptised Georgina.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
July 12: A daughter of Mr. James FITZGERALD (Serjeant in the 73rd) baptised Sarah Anne.
July 13: A son of Mr. Denis CURTIN, baptised Timothy.
July 13: A son of George KELLY, baptised Peter.
July 13: A son of Manuel CHRISTOBAL, baptised Basillo.
July 13: A daughter of Mr. James WILTER, baptised Ellen Frances.
July 13: A daughter of Mr. Thomas MADDAN, baptised Mary.
July 14: A daughter of Samuel CANDLER, baptised Bridget.
July 15: A daughter of William COX, baptised Elizabeth.
July 20: A son of Mr. John DELANY, baptised William Dormer.
July 22: A daughter of Mr. Michael DALY, baptised Helena Johanna.
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 20th July by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD:
A daughter of Mr. Jacobus Arnoldus SCHIKERLING, baptised Susannah Sophia.
A daughter of Joseph Godfreid LOTZ, baptised Johanna Maria.
A son of Mr. Frederick Simon GREEN, baptised Petrus Wilhelmus Keytel.
In St.Andrew’s Church on Sunday the 20th July by the Rev G. Morgan:
A son of Mr. George MURRAY, baptised George William.

DEATHS
July 16: Mary NOY, aged 14 years.
July 16: Mary Harriet AYRES, aged 2 months and 11 days.
July 16: An infant son of Mr. Barend Albertus GILDENHUYS.
July 19: An infant daughter of Mr. Johannes Josephus WANNEBERG, aged 1 month and 13 days.
July 19: Christian Bartholomeus Gerhardus, son of Mr. Christian Bartholomeus BAM, aged 1 year 4 months and 8 days.

Saturday 2 August 1851

(Graham’s Town Journal July 26)
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE
Saturday: Last evening the mournful intelligence reached town of the death by the hands of rebel Hottentots on the Beaufort Road of five Europeans, two of them highly respected tradesmen of Fort Beaufort, named Mr. S.P. IMPEY and Mr. J. CURLEY. It appears that they came hither last week for supplies, and having made their purchases, were on their way home, availing themselves of the return post to their place of residence. They quitted town at about half past 8 o’clock on Wednesday morning last, got through the dangerous defile of the Queen’s road in safety, reached Fort Brown about 11, and were pursuing their way up the wooded Konap hill where, near the top, they fell into an ambuscade of rebels, who in great force had placed themselves in the thick bush on both sides of the road, and behind a dwarf stone wall which lines the lower side of the ascent. Without having time to fire a single shot no less than five of their number, sad to say, were shot dead, and two others, named Serjt BRAGSHAW and Private NELSON, wounded. The post-carrier and another of the post-riders escaped unhurt, and succeeded, followed by one of the wounded, in reaching Leeuwe Fontein with the distressing intelligence. A party of 25 volunteers, there on escort duty, under command of Mr. THACKERAY, 74th Regiment, at once proceeded to the spot, where they found the dead bodies of Mr. IMPEY and two of the Alice Levy named MORTIMER and LANE, and also a dead horse. While picking up the dead bodies, a reinforcement came up from Leeuwe Fontein of about a dozen men, Hottentots and Fingoes. On reaching the third body, a shout of a man was heard from an adjacent bush, which proved to be on of the post-riders named NELSON who, after being wounded, had found concealment where he then was. This man said that while in the bush the murderous rebels, to the number he estimates of 200, among whom were only two or three Kafirs, sat down within about ten yards of him, where they remained for a few minutes only. On the way back with the dead bodies and wounded man to Leeuwe Fontain the [obscured] of the bandits were seen on the left at about 4 miles distance. Leaving the bodies at Leeuwe Fontain, Mr. THACKERAY and his party proceeded the next morning towards Graham’s Town; and on the road down the Konap hill the dead body of Mr. CURLEY was found, a little further on a dead horse, and beyond that the corpse of a man of the Alice Levy named CLARK. The former was stripped naked, the latter partially clothed; one man is still missing. The two dead bodies were conveyed to Fort Brown, where they were interred in separate graves. On their way to this post, when near the deserted farm house of Mr. FUTTER, the trowsers of Mr. IMPEY were found in a bush quite wet, having just been washed. The fresh spoors of a number of Hottentots were seen at this place, leading towards Fort Brown. On th arrival of the party at this post a party of men of the levies returned, who had been out in pursuit of cattle taken from old Mr. DELPORT by the enemy. This detachment reported that they had fallen in with the enemy and that in the conflict which ensued four of their number were killed, and a fifth was missing, but whether killed or wounded was not known. Mr. THACKERAY and party remained the night at Fort Brown, and the next morning 60 men of the 91st Regt and 30 of the European Levies proceeded to the scene of action for the purpose of bringing in the dead, and ascertaining the fate of the missing man. Firing was subsequently heard from the direction taken by the patrol, but the result has not transpired.
Dr. MANDEVILLE was very fortunately with the escort at Leeuwe Fontein and gave most ready and valuable assistance, accompanying the volunteers, and rendering every aid in his power to the wounded men.
Mr. IMPEY was the bearer of £50 in notes of the Eastern Province Bank, as under:-
10 notes of £5 each numbered 7141 to 7150, dated July 4th 1851, signed W. COCK, Manager, F. HOLLAND, Clerk. These notes are quite new and were enclosed in a letter addressed Thos. STRINGFELLOW Esq, Civil Commissioner of Fort Beaufort.
These affecting events have impressed us deeply with a conviction of the utter inadequacy of the means at present applied to the defence of the Colony. In a purely Kafir war there can be no doubt that the proper basis of operations is the line of the Buffalo. But the war we are now waging is not purely a Kafir war – it is an insurrection of the Hottentots within the Colony. The seat of war has been shifted: the enemy is at our threshold; our highways are infested by desperate banditti; the Queen’s loyal subjects are destroyed in detail, and the force sent to this country for our protection is too distant to save the colony from ruinous pillage, and valuable life being ruthlessly sacrificed by hordes of banditti, who from impunity are daily becoming more and more formidable. The people call very naturally upon the representative of their Sovereign to afford them immediate and effectual succour. This call is, we submit, a perfectly reasonable one. If this insurrection is to be effectually suppressed, all the power the government can put forth must be called in to exercise within the colony. Failing in this, the colony will be wrecked, and all Kaffirland be perfectly insignificant in comparison to the waste of property, the suffering and sacrifice of valuable life, which must inevitably be sustained by the hapless colonists. These are our honest opinions upon this serious subject, and no personal consideration must induce us to withhold them. We fling all ulterior considerations to the wind when the vital interest of our country is at stake. We hold that those interests are at this moment in imminent jeopardy, and that prompt and decided measures suited to the exigency are imperatively demanded. We believe that at this moment even Graham’s Town is reposing, as it were, upon the crater of a volcano. Every man is called upon, therefore, to be on his guard, to exercise unslumbering vigilance, to repel everything that tends to cause disunion, and to stand forward and do what he can in the common defence.
Note: The following are the names of the persons killed and wounded in the affair at the Konap Hill:- Killed, Messrs. IMPEY and CURLEY of Fort Beaufort; Messrs MORTIMER, B. LANG and CLARKE, Alice Levy. Wounded, Serjt. BRAGSHAW and Private NELSON, Alice Levy. Missing, Privates WHITE and REDINGTON do, [obscured in fold] ROSENBLOM, Corporal GRIFFITHS, Privates McGUIRE and McVEETY. Missing, Private M. HOARE, all in Alice Levy.

Wednesday 6 August 1851

BIRTH at Sea Point on the 1st instant. Mrs. W.J. SMITH of a daughter.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Tuesday the 15th July by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
Eustachius Ligori SUAREZ to Mary IRWIN
On Monday the 28th July by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
Mr. Edward Bluett DOSSON to Miss Carolina Sophia VALENTYNS.
Mr. Israel THORNDIKE to Miss Caroline O’BRIEN

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Friday the 1st August by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
A son of Mr. John Thomas STANLEY, baptised John Thomas.
On the 4th August by the same:
A son of Mr. William ARMSTRONG, baptised Francis Henry Alexander

DEATHS
July 29: Mrs. Aletta Maria WILMOT, wife of Mr. Joseph Octavius WILMOT, aged 30 years 6 months and 29 days.
July 29: Mary, daughter of William BLISS, aged 6 months.
July 30: Albert Stephen, son of Mr. Thomas Mitchell BROWN, aged 7 weeks.
July 30: John PADDY, aged 32 years.
July 31: Mrs. Elizabeth HOUSE, aged 51 years.
Aug 1: Andrew, son of Mr. James THOM, aged 3 months.

Saturday 9 August 1851

CHRISTENINGS
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 3rd August by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD:
A daughter of Mr. Wilhelm Johan DANIELS, baptised Johanna Maria Elizabeth.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Aug 2: A son of Candido NOCIMINDO, baptised James Candido.
Aug 4: A son of Mr. William James McCARTHY, baptised Charles Arthur Alexander.

Wednesday 13 August 1851
MARRIAGE
In the Lutheran Church (St.Stephen’s) on Tuesday the 29th July by the Rev G.W. Stegmann VDM:
Mr. Andreas Jacobus HEFFNERR to Miss Amelia Penelope BARNS.

CHRISTENINGS
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 10th August by the Rev N.S. Hofmeyr VDM:
A son of Mr. Andries Brink HOFMEYR, baptised Andries Brink.
A son of Mr. Arend Josias VAN BREDA, baptised Pieter.
In the Scotch Church on the 11th August by the Reverend G. Morgan:
A son of J.W.B. NISBET Esq, baptised James Alexander Simpson.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Friday the 8th July by the Rev H.S. Fisher, Officiating Minister:
A son of Walter RUTHERFORD Esq, Major (Bengal Army), baptised Henry Annand Pringle.

DEATHS
July 29: Mr. William BOLKONA, aged 35 years.
Aug 6: An infant son of Mr. Johan Pieter COTZEE, aged 25 days.

Wednesday 20 August 1851

MARRIAGES
[By Special Licence]
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Tuesday the 12th August by the Rev W.A. Newman MA and RD, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Mr. Frederick Augustus BOON to Miss Aletta Catherine HALL
On Wednesday the 13th August by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
Mr. William Lane BRINE to Miss Helena Sophia TONKIN.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Saturday the 16th August by the Rev W.A. Newman NA and RD, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
Samuel William HALL Esq to Miss Mary Ann Martha NORTON.
On Monday the 18th August 1851 by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
Mr. John George BEST to Miss Hester Hillegonda Rosina WILLEMSE.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Wednesday the 13th August by the Rev W.A. Newman MA and RE, Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A son of Mr. William Thomas BOONE, baptised John Charles.

DEATHS
August 3: Mary, daughter of James Samuel FORD Esq, aged 3 weeks.
August 3: Mrs. Barbara Johanna DANIEL, wife of Mr. Peter Clarke DANIEL, aged 43 years.
August 6: Emma, daughter of Mr. Robert Henry HOOPER, aged 6 months.
August 9: Mrs. Elizabeth FAULKNER, relict of Mr. Clement FAULKNER, aged 71 years and 6 months.
August 17: Mr. Richard YATES, aged 47 years.

Saturday 23 August 1851

MARRIED at St.Mary’s Church, Port Elizabeth on the 14th August by the Rev F. McCleland AB, Henry James DUNELL Esq to Elizabeth Gilbert, eldest daughter of John Owen SMITH Esq.

DIED at his Residence, Keizersgracht, on Tuesday morning the 17th August 1851, Richard YATES, aged 47 years, leaving a widow and family to deplore his loss, together with a large circle of sorrowing friends, who are, however, consoled with the hope that he has been released from extreme suffering, which he bore with Christian resignation, to enjoy eternal blessedness.

Departed this Life at her Residence, Plein-street, on Thursday morning the 21st inst, Mrs. Charlotte LONG, relict of the late Captain Wm. LONG, aged 70 years.
Cape Town.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Wednesday the 13th August by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
A son of Mr. George FEATHER, baptised John Stuart.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Aug 6: A daughter of Mr. Charles Augustus VARIN, baptised Mariette Jenie.
Aug 7: A daughter of Mr. Michael KELLY, baptised Elizabeth Mary.
In St.Paul’s Church Rondebosch on the 10th August by the Rev J Fry AM:
A son of Mr. Benjamin BEEBY, baptised George Benjamin.

DEATH
Aug 19: Mr. John OLLIVER, aged 62 years.

Wednesday 27 August 1851

CHRISTENINGS
In St.Andrew’s Church on Sunday the 17th August by the Rev G. Morgan:
A son of Capt. John WISHART, baptised John Benjamin.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Friday the 22nd August by the Rev W.A. Newman MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain and Rural Dean:
A son of Mr. John THOMAS, baptised George Frederick.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Sunday the 24th August by the Rev W.A. Newman MA, Senior Colonial Chaplain and Rural Dean:
A son of Mr. William GALE, baptised James George.
On the 25th August by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD:
A son of Mr. James Solomon BROWN, baptised Thomas William Solomon.

DEATH
Aug 21: Mrs. Charlotte LONG, widow of the late Capt. William LONG, aged 70 years.

Saturday 30 August 1851

DIED on the 25th instant, Eliza Margaret, daughter of Mr. James BARTIE, aged 19 months.