Wednesday 1 January 1845

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday 30th December by the Rev George Hough MA:
A daughter of Francis Xaverius PRINS, baptised Barendina Maria.
A liberated African female child, baptised Mary, surname MARESSA.

DEATHS
Dec 26: George MERCER, seaman, late of the Mary Jane schooner, native of Watton, near Ware, Hertfordshire, aged 21 years.
Dec 26: James PIERCE, aged 68 years.
Dec 27: Mr. Joshua McPINDAR, late boatswain of the ship William Mitcalfe, aged 41 years.

Saturday 4 January 1845

FRONTIER (GT Journal)
It is our melancholy duty to record the death of Captain HENDERSON RE. A few days ago he attended as a mourner the funeral of one of the men of his corps, walking down the High-street apparently in perfect health. Since then he complained of having taken cold – inflammatory symptoms presented themselves – and which, in spite of the power of medicine, terminated fatally. He died yesterday, and it is a striking, though melancholy, co-incidence that his brother fell beneath the assegai of the Kafirs in the passes of the Fish River, on the same day ten years ago. He and his father-in-law, Mr. MAHONY, were endeavouring to reach the Post of Kafir Drift, when they were intercepted by the Kafirs, and both mercilessly despatched.

DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT
The family of Dr. PARROT, of Fort Beaufort, has been plunged into deep affliction by the following fatal accident. It appears that on Wednesday se’nnight the deceased, the second son of Dr.P, a young man, 20 years of age, holding the appointment of Clerk in the Commissariat, was out riding in the vicinity of Beaufort with Mr. SKINNER of the same department. They had ridden as far as the Old School on the Kat River, towards the Blink Water, and were returning home, when the horse rode by Mr. PARROT, a mettlesome animal, became restive, and was pulled, in order to check his speed, to one side of the road. The temper of the horse being known to Mr. SKINNER, this circumstance did not engage his attention; he rode forward for a short distance, but then not seeing his companion he returned to the spot where he had parted from him. Here he found him near some bushes lying prostrate, resting upon his hands as though making an effort to raise himself. His horse was at a short distance, the saddle turned under his legs and at which he was violently kicking. Mr. S sprang to the assistance of his unfortunate friend, whom he found in a state of stupor. He raised him, ran to the river for some water, and used, but in vain, every means at his command which might restore departed consciousness. After the lapse of a short time a Hottentot passed on horseback by whom a message was despatched to the family of the sufferer, and in a short time his father in the deepest distress was on the spot. At this time the unfortunate youth was rapidly sinking. A vein was opened but with no effect, and ultimately a wagon was obtained on which he was carefully conveyed to his home. Here everything was done that could be devised by medical skill and parental affection. Dr. POWER, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, was most assiduous in affording every assistance to the dying youth, but it was soon discovered that no human effort could save him. The horse must have struck him, it appears, immediately behind the ear, causing a dreadful fracture on the posterior part of the skull and forcing the brain by the concussion towards the nostrils. The unfortunate youth only lingered for a few hours, leaving his family in a state of distress too sacred to be dwelt upon and too poignant to be described.
Graham’s Town Journal, Dec 26th.

Wednesday 8 January 1845

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 6th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
Henry JENKINS to Hellen PUGH
Thomas William READE to Mary Ann DORAS

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 6th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
A son of Henry John SHAW Esq, Captain HM 45th Regt, baptised John Kenward.
A daughter of Thomas CHRISTIAN Esq, baptised Katharine Marianne.
In the Episcopal Chapel, Long-street, by the Rev T.A.Blair, on the 5th January 1845:
A son of Mr. Charles Meredith WELSFORD, baptised Charles Thomas.

DEATHS
Jan 6: Mrs. Jessie Mary EYRE, aged 48 years.
At Somerset Hospital:
Jan 2nd: William ROBERTSON, native of Yorkshire, aged 28 years.

Saturday 11 January 1845
MARRIAGE
At Rondebosch Church on the 23rd December by the Rev J Fry:
Ambrose CORBITT to Maria Dorothy NEYHOFF

CHRISTENINGS
At Rondebosch Church on Sunday the 29th Dec by the Rev T.A. Blair:
A son of Mr. M. BUTLER, baptised Thomas.
A son of Mr. J. BLAKE, baptised John William.
On Sunday the 5th January by the Rev J Fry:
A son of Mr. FAIRCLOUGH, baptised Richard William.

DEATH
At Rondebosch
Dec 18: Alfred, son of Mr. James GEE, aged 11 months.

BIRTH at Rajkote in Kattewar, Bombay Presidency, on the 26th October, the lady of Captain Henry ASTON of a daughter.

Wednesday 15 January 1845

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 13th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
William KEAL to Rebecca KING.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 13th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
A son of James THOM, baptised George Edward.
A son of James WHITE, baptised Frederick.
A daughter of John HERBERT, baptised Maria Wilhelmina Cecilia.
In the Scottish Church on Sunday the 12th January by the Rev Geo. Morgan:
A daughter of Mr. John JOHNSTONE, baptised Catherine Murray.
A daughter of Mr. Robert CALTON, baptised Rosina Agnes.

DEATHS
Jan 8: Eleanor MANUEL, aged 25 years.
Jan 12: Mr. Samuel ALLEY, aged 38 years.

Wednesday 22 January 1845

CHRISTENING
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 20th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
A son of William LEO, baptised Charles Richard.

Saturday 25 January 1845

BIRTH: Mrs. T.J. HAWKINS, a son, on the 22nd.inst.

Sir, Will you permit me through your columns to inform such of the Road Board as do not travel over it daily, that the Rondebosch Road is not only in a bad, but a very dangerous state, and had been so for many months. The necks of travellers and the springs of their vehicles are in great jeopardy, and unless more carts and labourers are employed than at present, the evil will never be removed. The Government are at present drawing upwards of £150 per month from the toll, and can, therefore, well afford to keep the road in a good state of repair.
Your &c
Rondebosch.

MARRIAGES
In Rondebosch Church on Monday the 20th January by the Rev J Fry:
Mr. William Henry BAYLEY to Amelia BENTLEY.
Mr. Vincent G.B. BALNE to Miss Elizabeth DYASON.

CHRISTENINGS
In the Episcopal Chapel, Long-street on the 18th January by the Rev T.A.Blair:
A daughter of Mr. Henry P. DRINKWATER, baptised Emma.
In the Scottish Church on Sunday the 19th January by the Rev Geo. Morgan:
A daughter of Mr. Henry BRAMBWELL, baptised [Ursula?] Brooks.
In St.Frances’ Church, Simon’s Town by the Rev E Judge AM:
Nov 24: A daughter of William NOSWORTHY, baptised Margaret Anny.
Nov 24: A son of Mr. George HAWTHORN, baptised Alfred Glover.
Nov 25: A daughter of Martinus PETERSON, baptised Susanna Catherine.
Dec 2: A daughter of Charles KOCKS, baptised Helena Johanna Christina.
Dec 9: A son of Frederick DICK, baptised Henry.
Dec 16: A daughter of Doortje, baptised Jachina SCIPIONE.
Dec 19: A daughter of Mr. Charles KETTLEY, baptised Mary Jane Lloyd.
Dec 30: A son of G.B. HEWSON Esq, baptised John Carrack.
Dec 30: A son of John CLARKE, baptised Peter James.
Jan 15 1845: A son of Mr. George HODGSON, baptised Augustus Frederick.

DEATHS
Jan 20: Mrs. Sarah NITCH, aged 80 years.
At Three Cups:
Jan 19: Henrietta Wilhelmina HOOFSMIDT, aged 9 months and 7 days.
At Black River:
Jan 12: William PEARCE, aged 21 years.
At Simon’s Town
1844
Nov 12: George CHARNOCK, aged 27 years.
Nov 26: Samuel TUCKER, aged 34 years.
Dec 26: Edward LOWMAN, aged 37 years,
1845
Jan 8: Edward PINNEY, aged 22 years.

Wednesday 29 January 1845

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 27th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
Mr. Joseph PAINTER to Mary LEVENAR.
On Tuesday the 28th January by the same:
By Special Licence
John William LANGFORD Esq, H.C. Bombay Civil Service, to Miss Cecilia Elizabeth LONGMORE.
In Wynberg Church, 26th January by the Rev Dr Okes:
Henry William BELMORE to Jane Bene HENDERSON.

Saturday 1 February 1845

MARRIED by Special Licence at St.George’s Church, Cape Town on Tuesday last, the 28th ulto, by the Rev George Hough MA, John William LANGFORD Esq of the H.I.Company’s Bombay Civil Service, to Cecilia Elizabeth, daughter of George LONGMORE Esq, late Major of the Royal Staff Corps.

MARRIAGE
In Rondebosch Church on Monday the 27th January by the Rev J Fry:
Mr. John HOPKINS to Mrs. Sarah MASON, widow.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 27th January by the Rev George Hough MA:
A daughter of Alexander THOMAS, baptised Margaret.
A daughter of George PETERSON, baptised Rosanna Maria.
In Wynberg Church by the Rev Dr Okes:
Dec 22nd: A son of Mr. James RUTTER, baptised Thomas James.
5th Jan: An adult, baptised Ross.
12th Jan: A daughter of Jn. HENDERSON, baptised Sarah Johanna.
26th Jan: A son of John HENDERSON, baptised Henry Magnus.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Jan 16: A daughter of Mr. Jeremiah HAYES, baptised Mary Anne.
Jan 27: A son of Mr. Joseph BLÖMAKEN, baptised Joseph Augustine.
In Rondebosch Church, on Sunday the 20th January by the Rev J Fry:
A daughter of Henry SOSMAN, baptised Frederica Dorothea Catharina.
A daughter of Christian Moses BROWN, baptised Wilemina Jacoba.

DEATHS
In Somerset Hospital
Jan 24: William DAWSON, aged 66 years.
At Claremont:
Jan 26: Henry William TRAIN, aged 1 year and 9 months.

Saturday 8 February 1845

BIRTH at Leeuwenhof garden, Cape Town on Monday the 3rd February, the lady of Major HAMAND, of the Madras Artillery, of a son.

DEATH
In Somerset Hospital
Feb 3: Henry WITHINGTON, aged 36 years.

Wednesday 12 February 1845

BIRTH on Tuesday the 11th inst, Mrs. Frederick WATERMEYER of a son.

THE LATE JOHN MOORE CRAIG ESQUIRE
Yesterday morning the painful intelligence was received from Simon’s Town that Mr. CRAIG, late Acting Secretary to the Government, and late acting Clerk to the Legislative Council, had been suddenly seized by some apparently spasmodic affection in the chest, which in a few minutes terminated in death. Mr. CRAIG was on a visit to the Admiral, and up to the moment of seizure, appeared to be in his ordinary state of health.
Amiable disposition, good temper, sound principles, general ability, and habits of correctness and application, had gained for Mr. CRAIG the sincere attachment of many friends, and the respect and confidence of all who knew him either in office or in private life.

DEATHS
Feb 4: Mr. Henry HUMPHREYS, aged 41 years.
Feb 7: Mary, wife of Mr. William BARTLETT, aged 46 years.

Saturday 15 February 1845

Dr. EVELEIGH begs to inform his Friends and the Public that he has resumed his Medical Practice at Wynberg.
Dr.E is to be found at the Residence of J.G. BORCHERDS Esq.

MARRIED, by Special Licence, at Rondebosch, on Tuesday the 11th instant, by the Revd.G. Hough MA, John KINNIS Esq, MD, Surgeon to the Forces, Principal Medical Officer, to Charlotte Louisa, second daughter of the Revd George WILKINS DD, Archdeacon of Nottingham.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Tuesday 11th February by the Rev George Hough MA:
By Special Licence
John KINNIS Esq MD, Assistant Inspector of Hospitals and Principal Medical Officer, to Miss Charlotte Louisa WILKINS.
In the Scottish Church on Thursday 13th February by the Rev Geo. Morgan:
Mr. Arthur Colvill SAUNDERS to Miss Sarah Mary BUNDY.
In Rondebosch Church on Monday the 10th February by the Rev J Fry:
John LEE to Lucy LEO.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 10th Feb by the Rev George Hough MA:
A son of Mr. John KING, Inspector of Police, baptised John Grinsell.
In the Independent Chapel, Church-square, on Sunday the 9th February by the Rev J.C. Brown:
A daughter of Mr. Henry SOLOMON, baptised Ellen Hannah.
In Rondebosch Church on Sunday the 9th February by the Rev J Fry:
Two sons of James William SCHELER, baptised James William and Cornelius Thomas.
A son of Azor SILVESTER, baptised Azor.

DEATHS
Feb 10th: John Moore CRAIG Esq, aged 37 years.
Feb 13th: Mr. John Mitchell BROWN Sen, aged 75 years.
At D’Urban Bridge
Feb __: Mr. J. TYARKS, aged 31 years.

Wednesday 19 February 1845

BIRTH at Cape Town on the 17th instant, Mrs. Wm. HAMILTON of a daughter.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 17th Feb by the Rev George Hough MA:
Mr. William Henry BENDALL to Miss Martha Agnes WARD.
In the Episcopal Chapel, Long-street on Monday the 17th Feb by the Rev T.A. Blair:
Mr. George Fredrick BAUMANN to Mrs. ARDERNE.

Saturday 22 February 1845

MARRIED at the Wesleyan Chapel, Stellenbosch by the Rev B. Shaw, Mr. J.J. TURPIN to Miss M.J. FICK.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Barend Hermanus PIETERSE, late of the Caledon District, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and surviving Widow Maria Catharina GROENEWALD, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Caledon, on Saturday the 5th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Jacobus NEL Senior, late of the Somerset District, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and surviving Widow, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Somerset, on Friday the 4th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 20th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Marthinus BEKKER, late of the George District, deceased, are required to take Notice that, the last Will of the deceased having been set aside by the Supreme Court, a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, George, on Wednesday the 2nd April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased, in the place and stead of the Testamentary Executors.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 18th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of John Moore CRAIG, late of Cape Town, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Master of the Supreme Court, in the Grand Jury Room, in the Public Buildings, Cape Town, on Tuesday the 1st April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see Letters of Administration granted to such Person or Persons, as shall then be appointed by the said Master to be Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Henry HUMPHRIES, late of Worcester, deceased, are required to take Notice that the said deceased died intestate, and that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Worcester, on Saturday the 5th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

DIED at Green Point on Wednesday 19th instant, Sarah, wife of James SMITH Esq, aged 62 years.

Wednesday 26 February 1845

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 24th Feb by the Rev George Hough MA:
A son of Mr. Servaas VAN NIEKERK, baptised Marthinus Michiel.
A son of Mr. Robert Thompson ROBERTSON, baptised James Heeley.
A daughter of Thomas STAIN, baptised Frederica Wilhelmina.

DEATH
Feb 20th: Miss Elizabeth BOUDLER, aged 25 years.

MARRIED in St.Stephen’s Church Cape Town by the Rev G.W. Stegmann, on Tuesday the 18th Feb 1845, the Rev J. BUDLER to Miss J. AURET.

Wednesday 1 March 1845

Mr. Thomas CORDER, Professor of Music, and for many years Organist to the Episcopal Church, Cape Town, respectfully announces that he is now at leisure to commence giving Instructions on the Pianoforte and in the Art of Singing.
Mr. C has for sale, at London prices, Pianofortes which he has selected from the eminent Manufactory of Stodart & Son.
Gardens, Cape Town.

MARRIAGE
In Rondebosch Church on Sunday the 23rd February by the Rev J Fry:
John George SMITH to Ellen JONES

CHRISTENING
In Rondebosch Church on Monday the 17th February by the Rev j Fry:
A son of George Dashwood WILKINS Esq B.C.S, baptised Hugh Gilmore.

MARRIED at Wynberg on the 20th ult by the Rev Dr Oakes, Mr. Jas. BROWN to Miss Maraia MOORE of that Place.

DEATH
On the 28th February at the Cape of Good Hope, Elizabeth Helen RUSSELL, the beloved wife of Daniel AINSLIE Esq, of Calcutta, aged 33 years, 2 months and 17 days.

DEATH, on the 20th January, at Sea, on board the ship ‘Agincourt’, Daniel Blagrave, the youngest son of Daniel AINSLIE Esq, of Calcutta, aged 9 months and 13 days.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 26th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of the Reverend Edward WILLIAMS, formerly of this Colony, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Master of the Supreme Court, in the Grand Jury Room, in the Public Buildings, Cape Town, on Tuesday the 8th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see Letters of Administration granted to such Person or Persons, as shall then be appointed by the said Master to be Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 26th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of George Augustus KOLBE, late of Colesberg District, deceased, are required to take Notice that the said deceased died intestate, and that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and surviving Widow, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Colesberg, on Saturday the 12th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 26th February 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of William Clinton BADDELEY, late Major General in the Honorable East India Company’s Service, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Master of the Supreme Court, in the Grand Jury Room, in the Public Buildings, Cape Town, on Tuesday the 8th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see Letters of Administration granted to such Person or Persons, as shall then be appointed by the said Master to be Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Wednesday 5 March 1845

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Friday the 28th Feb by the Rev George Hough MA:
A daughter of Charles Marriott CALDECOTT Esq, H.C. Bengal Civil Service, baptised Sophia Catherine.
On Monday the 3rd March by the same:
A daughter of Hercules TENNANT Esquire, baptised Cornelia Agatha.
A son of Mr. John SOUTHGATE, baptised John Samuel.
A son of Mr. Godfrey WOLLSIEF, baptised Henry Thomas.
A son of Mr. Henry POWELL, baptised Cristoff Adam.

DEATHS
Feb 28th: Elizabeth Helen RUSSELL, wife of Daniel AINSLIE Esq, of Calcutta, aged 33 years 2 months and 17 days.
At Somerset Hospital
Feb 28th: James WHEELER, aged 54 years.
March 1st: Andrew PHILLIPS, seaman, of the ship Agincourt, aged 25 years and 11 months.

Saturday 8 March 1845

MARRIED
On 5th March 1845 by the Rev T Blair at the Episcopal Chapel, Mr. Laurence George PEACOCK to Miss Maria HUTTON.

MARRIAGES
In the Episcopal Chapel, Long-street on Wdnesday 5th March by the Rev T.A. Blair:
Mr. Laurence George PEACOCK to Miss Maria HUTTON.
In Rondebosch Church on Wednesday the 5th March by the Rev J Fry:
Mr. William Francis CASSIDY to Mrs. Anna Maria SHEARER, widow.
In St.Frances’ Church, Simon’s Town by the Rev E Judge AM:
Feb 10: Mr. Michael KELLY to Miss Eliza COLMAN.
Feb 24: Mr. George TURNER to Mrs. Hester WILKINSON.
Mar 3: Mr. Frederick MERRY to Miss Elizabeth KALIS.

CHRISTENINGS
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Feb 27: A son of Major HAMMOND, baptised Peter Francis.
March 2: A son of Mr. John WASSAU, baptised Henry.
March 2: A son of Mr. Thomas RYAN, baptised Thomas.
In Cape Town on Thursday 6th March by the Rev J.C Brown:
A son of David Dale BUCHANAN, baptised David Dale.
In Rondebosch Church on Sunday the 2nd March by the Rev J Fry:
An adult, baptised Maria Johannah, surnamed MEYER.
In St.Frances’ Church, Simon’s Town by the Rev E Judge AM:
Jan 27: A daughter of Abram BRANDT, baptised Julia Henrietta.

DEATHS
At Simon’s Town
Jan 31: P. LYNCH, aged 26 years.
Jan 31: J. KNEAVES, aged 29 years.
Feb 18: John WALTERS, aged 26 years.

Wednesday 12 March 1845

DIED on the 28th February ay Cuyler Manor, near Uitenhage, the Residence of his Father, Major General CUYLER, John Francis Cradock CUYLER Esq, Justice of the Peace for Uitenhage and Albany, in the 32nd year of his age.

Saturday 15 March 1845

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 12th March 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Hester Gertruida GRUNDELING, Widow of Matthys DE JAGER, late of the Swellendam District , deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Swellendam, on Thursday the 24th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Wednesday 19 March 1845

MARRIAGE
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 17th March by the Rev Charles Henry Gladwyn BA, officiating for the Senior Colonial Chaplain.
William MEYERS to Johanna Elizabeth CORNELISSE.

CHRISTENINGS
In the Scottish Church Cape Town on Sunday 9th March by the Rev Geo. Morgan:
A son of Mr. John SHORT, baptised Luke.
On Sunday 16th March by the same:
A son of Mr. George MILES, baptised John.
A son of Colour-Serjeant Thomas CASSIDY, 45th Regt, baptised John.
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 17th March by the Rev Charles Henry Gladwyn BA, officiating for the Senior Colonial Chaplain.
A son of Mr. Richard MOYLE, baptised Richard John.

Saturday 22 March 1845

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th March 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Martha Catharine LOUDON, formerly of Bellevliet, near Cape Town, deceased, are required to take Notice that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Master of the Supreme Court, in the Grand Jury Room, in the Public Buildings, Cape Town, on Tuesday the 29th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see Letters of Administration granted to such Person or Persons, as shall then be appointed by the said Master to be Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th March 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Jan Jurgens LOUW, late of the Malmesbury District, deceased, are required to take Notice that the said deceased died intestate, and that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and surviving Widow, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Malmesbury, on Wednesday the 30th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th March 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of John Francis Cradock CUYLER, late of the Uitenhage District, deceased, are required to take Notice that the said deceased died intestate, and that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Uitenhage, on Tuesday the 29th April next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

Master’s Office, Cape Town, 19th March 1845
EDICT
The Next of Kin and Creditors of Sara Hendrica STONE, widow of the late Richard STONE, late of the Albany District, are required to take Notice that the said deceased died intestate, and that a Meeting of the Next of Kin and Creditors of the deceased, and all others whom these Presents may concern, will be held before the Resident Magistrate at his Office, Graham’s Town, on Saturday the 3rd May next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon precisely; and all such Persons as aforesaid are hereby required to attend at the time and place aforesaid, then and there to see some Person or Persons selected by such Magistrate, for approval by the Master of the Supreme Court, as fit and proper to be by the said Master appointed Executor or Executors Dative to the Estate of such deceased Person as aforesaid, and Tutor Dative of the Minor Heirs of the deceased.
Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.

MARRIAGE
At Wynberg, on Thursday the 20th March, by the Rev J.C. Brown:
Mr. Felton MATHEW to Miss Sarah Ann HIGGS.

Wednesday 26 March 1845

MARRIED by Special Licence at Wynberg on the 24th instant by the Rev P.A. Faure, George BREMNER AM, Master of the Government School, Paarl, to Johanna Emerentia, youngest daughter of the late P.A. WIKBOOM Esq, Simon’s Town.

BIRTH at Rondebosch on Tuesday the 25th March, Mrs. Clerke BURTON of a daughter.

CHRISTENING
At his Residence, Maynard’s Villa, Wynberg, on Friday 21st March 1845, by the Rev P.E. Faure, a son of Andries DE SMIDT Esquire, baptised Willem.

DIED at Vyge Kraal on the 20th instant, Mrs. DE WET, widow of the late J.C. DE WET Esq, aged 68 years 5 months and 14 days.

DEATH
AT Rondebosch on the 24th instant, Mr. Joseph Merkell ARMSTRONG, aged 21 years and 6 months, leaving a Widow and numerous Friends to lament his loss.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church Cape Town on Monday the 24th March by the Rev George Hough MA:
A daughter of Mr. Evan William ROGERS, baptised Eliza Margaret Johanna.
Two daughters of Mr. Thomas COMPTON, baptised Elizabeth Margery Ellen and Mary Thomson.

Saturday 29 March 1845

AWFUL AND SUDDEN DEATH BY LIGHTNING
(Graham’s Town Journal)
It is our painful duty to record the sudden deaths by lightning of one of our enterprising Sheep Farmers, Mr. Frederick PHILIPPS, and his maid-servant, which occurred at his Farm, “Malang’s Kraal”, about 50 miles from Graham’s Town, on Thursday evening last, the 13th instant. We have been favoured with a sight of a letter, addressed by one of Mr. PHILIPPS’s family to a relative in this town, the particulars of which are as follow: The storm had been raging for a considerable time, accompanied with very heavy rain, and much thunder and lightning, during the continuance of which Mr. Frederick PHILIPPS led Mrs. F. PHILIPPS to a sofa, a place he considered more free from danger than any other part of the room. They were immediately joined by Mr. Thomas PHILIPPS, the father of Mr. F. PHILIPPS, and by his son, Mr. John PHILIPPS, and all were seated on the sofa, when about eight o’clock in the evening the house received a violent shock, and the electric fluid struck Mr. F. PHILIPPS and stunned the other parties. Mr. Thomas PHILIPPS was the first to recover, when he perceived with horror that his son Frederick had not so fortunately escaped the awful visitation. On rising to assist his son, he found his eyes much distorted, and his head leaning on the shoulder of Mrs. PHILIPPS. Every effort was made to restore animation, but life was extinct. During this agonising scene a servant girl entered the room from the nursery, and was instantly struck dead in the doorway by the same electric fluid, which had found no other means of escape.
Since the above was in type we have received a letter from one of Mr. PHILIPPS’s afflicted family, an extract from which we give below.
“On the evening of Thursday the 13th the thunder clouds assumed an angry appearance, and about half past 7 a severe storm commenced, gradually approaching the Kaga river, where it burst with great violence, so as to alarm the inhabitants much. It appeared to have passed over Malang’s Kraal, where Mr. Thomas PHILIPPS, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick PHILIPPS and Mr. John PHILIPPS, with their two children, had assembled in the sitting room. At 8 o’clock it returned with redoubled force; the party were breathing prayers for each others safety, when the fluid, with a crash like the discharge of a cannon, struck the chimney of the sitting room, the main portion forcing its way obliquely through the lower part of the chimney into the passage, striking the servant maid, Margaret McTARVISH, who was in the act of opening the door to enter the sitting room, on the right shoulder, and passing out through her left side, leaving her a blackened corpse. Again it turned through the passage, and out at the kitchen door, partially stunning the colored servants assembled there, and leaving a strong smell, as they say, of gunpowder.
“It appears on coming through the chimney a small portion struck against an unburnt brick, which occasioned it to turn, chipping a piece off the door, ran along the door frame, and struck the opposite wall behind the sofa, on which the party were seated, exactly like two musket balls, about 2½ inches separate; they recoiled, leaving a deep dent and a leaden blue mark, and entered between the shoulders of Mr. Frederick PHILIPPS, striking the child out of Mrs. PHILIPPS’s arms, and, as she describes, occasioning a burning sensation on her limbs, and inflicting several skin-deep wounds on Mr. John PHILIPPS. Mr. T. PHILIPPS, who was luckily seated near the front door, alone escaped, and as he ran to support his son, and trying to rouse him, the poor fellow exclaimed “Jesus Christ” twice, and expired without a mark or singe to show where the element had penetrated, but as his shoulders were not more than four inches from exactly opposite the recoil, it is supposed it must have entered there. He soon afterwards became quite discolored.
“No metal in the house was injured, the candles not blown out, nor any displaced, although it penetrated the apartment in five different places.
“A gentleman riding on the neighbouring height describes the country as appearing to him a mass of fire, and suddenly it divided into 6 different streams of fire, all of which went in the direction of the Kaga River. The candles were extinguished at POLLARD’s, but no damage done. A dog was killed by the fluid in front of Mr. MURRAY’s house door at the same time.”
We deeply sympathise with Mrs. PHILIPPS under this awful bereavement, and we are quite sure that all those who had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Frederick PHILIPPS, in the capacity of a husband, father, friend or neighbour, will agree with us that his loss will be considered no ordinary calamity. We cannot withhold also the expression of our sympathy for Mr. Thomas PHILIPPS, the venerable and highly esteemed father of Mr. F, PHILIPPS, whose sufferings and those of his afflicted family will receive no small consolation arising from their knowledge of the correct Christian life led by his late son, and that he is gone to a brighter and better world.

MARRIAGES
At No.1 Church-square on Tuesday the 24th March by the Rev J.C. Brown:
Mr. Samuel GRAMMAR to Miss Elizabeth THOMAS.
In St.John’s Church, Wynberg by the Rev H Okes DD, Chaplain:
Feb 20: Mr. James BROWN to Miss Maria MOORE.
March 24: Mr. George BROWN to Sophia WILLIAMS.
March 24: Mr. Daniel STORKEY to Anne AFRICA.
March 26: Mr. William Joseph HARE, Lieut. Madras Army, to Miss Harriet Maria Doverton HARRIS.
In St.Frances’ Church, Simon’s Town by the Rev E Judge AM:
March 10: James Henry Browne SULLIVAN to Catharine Johanna GEYER.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Church on Wednesday the 26th March by the Rev George Hough AM, Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of George Edward BIRD Esq, Captain of the Merchant Ship Northumberland, baptised Georgina Eliza.
In the Union Chapel on Friday the 21st March by the Rev J.C. Brown:
A son of Mr. J.H. COLLARD, baptised Edward Frederick.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
March 13: A son of William PRIESTLY, baptised William Washington.
March 23: A son of Garrison Sergeant-major GREGG, baptised Pieter Joseph.
March 25: A son of Mr. William WALSH, baptised William Thomas.
In St.John’s Church, Wynberg by the Rev H Okes DD, Chaplain:
Feb 23: A daughter of Mr. Thomas REYNOLDS, baptised Elizabeth Sarah Ann.
March 9: A daughter of Mr. Robert Frederick WISE, baptised Eliza Jane.
March 23: A daughter of Pieter VAN EKEL, baptised Lucy Louisa.
In St. Frances’ Church, Simon’s Town by the Rev E Judge AM:
March 10: A daughter of Mr. John TUCKER, baptised Georgina Mary.
March 10: A daughter of H. JAMIESON Esq, Surgeon RN, baptised Henrietta Sarah.
March 25: A daughter of Arthur WHEATLEY Esq, baptised Emily.

DEATHS
At Somerset Hospital
March 22: Edward DICKSON, aged 23 years.
March 26: Samuel GORDON, aged 37 years.
At Simon’s Town:
March 11: J. BEEDING, aged 36 years.
March 16: Johanna Elizabeth Hendrica RAVEN, aged 1 year 8 months and 5 days.
March 17: John NEWMAN
March 20: William TERRY, aged 20 years.