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Actual Text:	-----Original Message----- From: Delia Robertson [mailto:deliar@iafrica.com] Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2000 7:02 To: SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Wakkerstroom (Transvaal) Hello Terry: Wow . . . someone else working on this Richards family! Family records (unverified) indicate Sarah Richards and Charles Hilder were married in 1859. I am descended from Sarah's uncle, Henry. Incidentally, I believe she was known in the family as Sarah. I have a little bit of family history written by Sarah's cousin Emmeline (my great grandmother), but it contains nothing else about Sarah and Charles. You probably know that Sarah's brother Edward Rutland married their first cousin, Anne Charlotte in 1958. If you have any further details esp. ancestors & origins of this family, I'd love to know more. I haven't done much work on them yet but in initial attempts have not been able to find records of birth/christening/origin for them. All I have is that Henry Richards and his family travelled to Natal on the "Minerva" which arrived (was wrecked) at "Cave Rock" at the end of the Bluff in Durban in 1850 . The family history has Henry's brother Edward and family also arriving in 1850 but without their son Frederic Arthur who was "left in England. It is unclear whether or not they travelled together, but I suspect they might have. Anyway, here is some of what I have. Regards. Delia Robertson. Descendants of nn RICHARDS - 18 May 2000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 1-nn RICHARDS 2-Henry RICHARDS b: 1810 d: 1852 sp: Anne Elizabeth SCOTT b: 1814 3-Anne Charlotte RICHARDS b: 1842 sp: Edward Rutland RICHARDS b: 1836 m: 1858 3-Emmeline Mary RICHARDS b: 1844 d: 13 Sep 1923 sp: Francis Augustus Robert JOHNSTONE b: 10 Feb 1840 in Uitenhage m: 1860 in Pietermaritzburg d: 1 Jul 1922 in Newcastle 4-Annie Charlotte JOHNSTONE b: 18 Dec 1862 4-Elisabeth Roos JOHNSTONE b: 13 Sep 1864 4-Emmeline Mary JOHNSTONE b: 28 Jul 1866 4-Augustus James JOHNSTONE b: abt 1870 4-Mary Henrietta JOHNSTONE b: 15 Jul 1873 d: 1948 4-Barnarda Margaret JOHNSTONE b: 27 Mar 1877 in Ladysmith, Natal d: 9 Oct 1946 in Amersfoort, Transvaal, South Africa 3-Mary Anne RICHARDS b: 1845 sp: Alex Jamieson MCPHERSON b: abt 1845 m: 1862 3-Henrietta Elizabeth RICHARDS b: 1848 sp: Thomas Wyatt MINTER b: 1842 m: 1865 3-John RICHARDS b: 1850 2-Edward RICHARDS b: 1812 d: 1850 sp: nn NN 3-Edward Rutland RICHARDS b: 1836 sp: Anne Charlotte RICHARDS b: 1842 m: 1858 3-Sarah RICHARDS b: 1842 sp: Charles HILDER b: 1835 m: 1859 3-Ada Constance RICHARDS b: 1843 d: 1894 sp: John IRELAND b: 1836 d: 1898 3-Alfred Ernest RICHARDS b: 1844 3-Douglas Walter RICHARDS b: 1846 3-Frederic Arthur RICHARDS b: aft 1936 Prepared by: Delia A. Robertson Suite 228, Private Bag X2600 2041 Houghton, South Africa +27-82-566-1038 delia@iafrica.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Collins Subject: Wakkerstroom (Transvaal) \| I there anyone on this list with an interest in Wakkerstroom ? \| \| I am researching the names of HILDER and RICHARDS from this area. \| \| In particular, I am trying to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate for \| Charles Henry HILDER who married Adela Sarah RICHARDS around 1862. ==== SOUTH-AFRICA Mailing List ==== **************************************************** This list is for the discussion of genealogy and any related subject, as it applies to South and Southern Africa. Please do participate. Hi Tessa, At 06:42 AM 2005/08/23, you wrote: >snip > >"On 1st May 1960 Mr and Mrs F A Richards of Sunwich Park, P O Annerley, >South Coast >are celebrating their Golden Wedding. They were married at Heidelberg on 1 >May 1910 >where they spent most of their married life farming in the area. On 25 >March Mr >Richards turned 84 and is an original "Oudstryder" having been a Despatch >Rider to >the late Gen Louis Botha. Signed by Mrs A Tullekan" > >Can anyone identify F A RICHARDS? The closest I can come is Frederick Arthur Richards baptised 8 july 1840 in London, one of six children who accompanied his widowed father Edward to Natal on board the Minerva in 1850. Also on board was Edward's brother Henry John and his family - both men died within two years, leaving the burden of raising both families on Henry's wife, Anne Elizabeth Scott. I don't have any further individual information for Frederick, i.e. whether he married, etc. But given his age, I suppose he potentially could have been the father of someone who married in 1910. BTW, I found this on NAAIRS - looks like it might fit. >DEPOT NAB > >SOURCE MSCE > >TYPE LEER > >SYSTEM 01 > >REFERENCE >3948/1963 >PART 1 > >DESCRIPTION RICHARDS, FREDERICK ARTHUR. BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA. SSP >ELSIE JACOBA > PHILADELPHIA RICHARDS (BORN KOEN). DECEASED > ESTATE. >STARTING 19630000 > >ENDING 19650000 Kind regards Delia Robertson ______________________________ ------------------------------
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