Emily Amelia MUIR

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Ref: Geslagsregister van die Familie van Heerden 1701 - 2010 pp 265 F4

Ref: Ray Pitt ID 224

Ref: SAF Kombo v1 – v23  pp 9440  f9

Notes for EMILY AMELIA MUIRE:The family dropped the 'e' from their surname in later years.

Emily married Rudolph Philippus VAN HEERDEN. Rudolph (son of Petrus Johannes VAN HEERDEN and Magdalena Johanna Catherina JORDAAN) was born on 26 Mar 1840 in Bezuidenhoutskraal; died in 1901 in Lady Frere. [Group Sheet]

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1. Petrus Johannes VAN HEERDEN was born about 1860 in Lady Frere; died in 1924 in Op pad na Queenstown.
2. William James VAN HEERDEN was born on 22 Jun 1862; died on 28 Oct 1953; was buried in Cape Town Maitland Woltemade Cemetery.
3. Rudolph Philippus VAN HEERDEN was born about 1863 in Tarka; died in in Kei Brug, Queenstown.
4. Emily Rachel VAN HEERDEN was born on 27 Dec 1866; died on 15 Jul 1961; was buried in Koppies Old Cemetery.
5. Magdalena Johanna Catharina VAN HEERDEN was born on 15 Oct 1868.
6. Magdalena Johanna Catherina VAN HEERDEN was born on 9 Sep 1870.
7. Harry Alfred VAN HEERDEN was born on 30 Jul 1872 in Tarka; died on 25 Sep 1937 in Koppies; was buried in Koppies Old Cemetery.
8. Pieter Frederik VAN HEERDEN was born about 1874; died in 1951.
9. Edwin Richard VAN HEERDEN was born about 1876; died about 1900.
10. Joseph Benjamin VAN HEERDEN was born about 1879 in Tarka; died in in Drie Riviere, Vereeniging.
11. Frederick James VAN HEERDEN was born about 1881 in Bezuidenhoutskraal, Tarka; died in 1967.
12. Isaac Johannes VAN HEERDEN was born about 1885 in Bezuidenhoutskraal, Tarka.
13. Daniel Stephanus VAN HEERDEN was born about 1893 in Queenstown; died in 1944 in Glen Grey Hospitaal.

Notes:

His obituary in the Grahamstown Journal says that "for the last 30 years, Mr Muir lived in the Wodehouse District and for 25 years he was quite blind".

Ref: Ray Pitt ID 245

William married Rachel KING on 11 Jul 1842 in Grahamstad. Rachel (daughter of Joseph KING and Ann WATTS) was born on 28 Nov 1823 in Grahamstad; died in 1886. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ref: Ray Pitt ID 246

Rachel: She is thought to have been a daughter of Joseph King of Bradshaw's party, by his second wife, Ann, who died in 1823.

Also on the IGI:

Rachel KING born 28 Nov 1823 was the daughter of Richard KING and Rose. She died in 1886 and married William James MUIR on the 11 July 1842 in

Grahamstown.

Notes:

He was a member of Gush's division of Sephton's Party of 1820 settlers and was granted land in Salem, although he seems to have continued his trade of tailor soon after his arrival, and moved to Grahamstown for this purpose. Although he spelt his surname as "Muire", most of the following generation changed to the present spelling.- William Jervois

Ref: Ray Pitt ID 200

William married Mary Ann WINTER in 1816. Mary was born in 1798 in Skotland; died on 23 Apr 1884 in Grahamstad. [Group Sheet]

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Ref: Ray Pitt ID 199

Notes:

Joseph King and his family sailed from Bristol aboard the 'Kennersley Castle' with Bradshaws party of 1820 settlers. They left on 10 January 1820 and arrived in Table Bay on 20 March and Algoa Bay on 29 April 1820.. They were located in Albany on the Torrens River and the location named "New Gloucester"

Ref: Ray Pitt ID 331

Joseph married Ann WATTS on 22 Dec 1819. Ann was born in 1795; died in 1823. [Group Sheet]

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Ref: Ray Pitt ID 332