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ABBOTT and ABBOT families
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Foundling fathers - First Immigrants

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This web page honours those ABBOTT individuals and ABBOTT families which contributed to the history of South Africa and Southern Africa. It gives a photograph and short history of each Foundling father and his spouse.

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The latest addition to this site, the photo of Richard ABBOTT was obtained with the kind help of Philip Romeyn, the curator of the Rhode House Museum in Mooi River, Natal.

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ABBOT and ABBOTT Foundling Fathers :-
Surname ABBOT

(Matching colours in the left-most column shows confirmed or suspected kinship.

ABBOT, Richard - arrived between 1901 and 1906.
b. 1867 - Thuxton, Norfolk?, England
d. 05-10-1957 age 90 yr 9 mth, Mooi River, Natal
Married to:
Ellen Elizabeth Banham
b.Abt 15 Oct 1866 Runhall, Norfolk, England
d. 15-10-1952 age 86 yr 6 mth, Mooi River, Natal

Children:
Raymond Lionel William ABBOT x Virginia Agnes Elizabeth BROOM
Gwendolen Agnes (Never married)
Keneth Oswald ABBOT (29 Mar 1904 - 22 Mar 1972) Mooi River, Natal x Una Beatrice WILSON

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No. of people in database - 11
Richard Abbot
Richard Abbot

Ellen Elizabeth Banham
Ellen Elizabeth Banham


ABBOT, Richard Hope - arrived abt. 1925.
Engineer, worked as "engine minder" on gold mines at Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, South Africa

b. 3 Feb 1891, Bishop Auckland, County Durham - England
Married to:
Sarah Annie Makinson
b. 16 Apr 1890, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Children:
Ernest Abbot
Annie Abbot

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No. of people in database - 6 (2 pictures)
Richard Hope Abbot
Richard Hope Abbot
Makinson Sarah Annie
Sarah Annie Makinson



Surname ABBOTT

ABBOTT, Alfred Armstrong
b.1882 - Kingston, England, d. 1940, Cape Town
Married to:
Margaret Johanna Meyer

Children:
Alfred Thomas Frederick ABBOTT
Clyde Armstrong ABBOTT
Frank R. ABBOTT

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No. of people in database - 10
Alfred Armstrong ABBOTT
Alfred Armstrong ABBOTT
Margaret Johanna Meyer
Margaret Johanna Meyer


ABBOTT, Charles Edward -arrived, 1940
Came as RAF instructor to Knysna, South Africa. Later builder and Hotellier.
b.1920 - Weymouth, England, d. 26 Jan 1996, Knysna
Married to:
Daisy Perks. b. Knysna; d. abt. 1966, Knysna

Children:
2 children.
Some info on ancestors available.
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No. of people in database - 5
Charles Edward ABBOTT
Charles Edward ABBOTT
Daisy Perks
Daisy Gwendolin PERKS


ABBOTT, Charles Henry - arrived 1879]
Shop owner, Businessman, Shopkeeper and Town Councillor, Grahamstown, South Africa.
b.22 aug 1854 - Leicester, England
d. 25 Feb 1918, Grahamstown
Married to:
Ellen Palmer
b. 7 Jun 1841, England; d. 18 Aug 1927, Grahamstown

Children:
Ernest Henry Palmer ABBOTT x Bertha May EMMS
Edmund Arthur ABBOTT (FRCO) x Mary LEWTHWAITE
Charles Garnet ABBOTT x Florence Hannah NUNN
Walter Jackson ABBOTT (died young)
Leicester Graham ABBOTT x Edith Grace HUBBARD
Gertrude Ellen ABBOTT x TOWNSHEND
Sydney Lawrance ABBOTT x Edith Letitia NUNN
Melville Leslie ABBOTT ("Tooney") (died young)

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No. of people in database - 26 (5 pictures)
Charles Henry ABBOTT
Charles Henry ABBOTT
Ellen Palmer
Ellen Plamer



ABBOTT, Frank - arrived 1899
b. 9 Nov 1880 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
d. 5 Mar 1947, Kimberley
Married to:
Daisy Edith Cudlipp
b. 3 Dec 1883, Southampton, England
d. 20 Jul 1960, Kimberley

Children:
1 Child. (info on living people are not given on the internet).
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No. of people in database - 6 (4 pictures)
Frank ABBOTT
Frank ABBOTT

Daisey Edith Cudlipp
Daisey Edith Cudlipp
ABBOTT, George Bedford
b.1861 - Bermondsey, Surrey,
England
d. 13 Apr 1934, Kimberley
Married to:
Laura TUCK

Children:
Elisie ABBOTT x Gerald Rugby Maxfield HONEY
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No. of people in database - 1
George Bedford ABBOTT
George Bedford ABBOTT
Laura TUCK
Laura TUCK

ABBOTT, Harry Joseph
b.Feb 1865- Bermondsey, London, England
d. 3 Apr 1923, Kimberley
Married to:
Sarah Grace STEVENSON

Children:
Lilian Grace ABBOTT x Albert SILSON
John Stevenson (= Jack) ABBOTT (b. 1697, 1961 Kimberley) x Avis Mary LONG
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No. of people in database - 1
Harry Joseph ABBOTT
Harry Joseph ABBOTT
Sarah Grace Stevenson
Sarah Grace STEVENSON


ABBOTT, George Curral
b.1860 - Bedford, England
d. 16 Sep 1900, Bullawayo, Rhodesia
Married to:
Not known if married

Children:
None known.
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No. of people in database - 1
George Curral ABBOTT
George Curral ABBOTT
Unknown
Unknown



ABBOTT, George Edwin
b. abt 1880 - Newcastle on Tyne, England
d. 20 jun 1917, Pretoria
Married to:
Susan LITTLE b. (Ireland), d. 1944

Children:
Ernest ABBOTT x Mary (Mrs ABBOTT)
Gladys May ABBOTT x HUMPHREYS xx Claude Edward NEL
Edwin ABBOTT
Herbert Leslie ABBOTT x Nancy (Mrs ABBOTT)
Godfrey Charles ABBOTT x Ella Catherina DU PREEZ
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No. of people in database - 65
George Edwin ABBOTT
George Edwin ABBOTT
Susan Little
Susan Little



ABBOTT, Henry
b.14? Dec 1861 - Yeovil (Somersetshire?), England
d. 14 Oct 1930, Baberton
Married to:
(1) Carrie Manuel
(2) Edith Barker

Children:
James Henry ABBOTT
Evelina Ada ABBOTT
Myrtle Ruby ABBOTT
Winnie ABBOTT
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No. of people in database - 7
Henry ABBOTT
Henry ABBOTT
Carrie MANUEL/Edith Barker
Carrie MANUEL


ABBOTT, Henry Lewis
b.1853 - Cheetham, Lancaster, England
d. 31 12 1914, Capetown
Married to:
Emma Augusta Taylor - b. 1855

Children:
Arthur (Pereirra) ABBOTT x Elsie SCOTT or Elsie Scott (Mrs ABBOTT)
Walter Henry (Perreira) ABBOTT
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No. of people in database - 5
Henry Lewis ABBOTT
Henry Lewis ABBOTT
Emma Augusta Taylor
Emma Augusta Taylor


ABBOTT, James (Also Abbot)
b.17? Apr 1827 - Death Notice claims born England, Possibly born South Africa
My theory that these are descendants of James ABBOTT, 1820 Settler, based on Beaufort (West) locality. d. 17 Jan 1864, Salt Miners Post? Beaufort West district

Married to:
Catharina Espag (or Esbagh) - d. 1855

Children:
Pieter ABBOTT
Lena ABBOTT
Elizabeth ABBOTT
Jane ABBOTT
Charles ABBOTT
Jacob ABBOTT
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No. of people in database - 20
James ABBOTT
James ABBOTT
Catharina Espag
Catharina Espag


ABBOTT, James Wilson - arrived Feb. 1862, on Matilda Atheling II
Builder of Grahamstown Town Hall and other structures in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa
b.1826 - Northampton, England
d. 10 Apr 1898, Grahamstown, aged 73y
Married to:
Mary Ann York

Children:
Sarah Jane Guuby ABBOTT x Joseph Walter MORRIS
Elizabeth Kate ABBOTT x Thomas H ADDISON
Walter Wilson ABBOTT
William Brooks ABBOTT x Heyla Magdalena Johanna HORN
Fred James ABBOTT x Ida Emily ESTMENT
Athur Alfred ABBOTT
Ernest Walter ABBOTT x Alice Maud COPELAND
Walter James ABBOTT
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No. of people in database - prev.62, now 75 (5 pictures)
James Wilson ABBOTT
James Wilson ABBOTT
Mary Ann York
Mary Ann York



ABBOTT, John Wilson - arrived abt. 1870
In Natal mounted police, part of Shepstones escourt to the Transvaal, later shareholder in numerous Baberton gold mines. He died in Durban, South Africa but an inscription was put on his parent's gravestone in Lazonby, England, which allowed his details to be traced in the South African archives.
b.1850 - Lazonby, Cumberland, England
d. 10 Feb 1890, Addington Hospital, Durban
Married to:
Never married

Children:
None known
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No. of people in database - 1 (several ancesters in UK, 1 picture)
John Wilson ABBOTT
John Wilson ABBOTT


ABBOTT, John (Henry?) - arrived 1849 on Henry Tanner, (brother of Thomas Natahaniel)
Came under Byrne Settlment scheme, Port Natal, (now Durban, South Africa.
Carpenter, Later Farmer in Hopetown (south Africa) area
b. 28 Feb 1828 Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England
d. 12 Oct 1901, Danielskuil, South Africa, aged 73y
Incorrectly given in many sources as: born in Bristol, son of John ABBOTT and Charlotte
Married to:
Hester Geertruida Koorzen (also Koortse)
b. 15? Sep 1832; d. 15 Jul 1895, Waterkop, district Hay

Children:
John Edward Marthinus ABBOTT x Johanna Sophia VAN DEN BERG
Thomas ABBOTT x Petronella Marthina Johanna GOUS
James Charles ABBOTT x Maria Johanna BURGER
Henry Lawrence ABBOTT x Henrietha Johanna BELLINGHAN
Anna Geertruida ABBOTT x Charles WILLIAMS
Johannes Christiaan ABBOTT
Johanna ABBOTT x Henry B WILLIAMS
Hester Cornelia ABBOTT x Andries Stephanus AVENANT
Charles Henry James ABBOTT
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No. of people in database - Descendants 480 - Related 665 (215 pictures)
John Henry ABBOTT
John Henry ABBOTT


Anna Geertruida Koortsen
Anna Geertruida Koortsen


ABBOTT, Thomas Nathaniel Arrived in 1851 on the Dreadnaught (Brother of John Henry)
Initially Port Natal (Durban) South Africa. Carpenter,Shipbuilder. Later Post Master Hopetown.
b. 1826, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England
d. 16 Jan 1865, Hopetown, aged 40y
Married to:
Mary Ann Hill
b. 1 Dec 1823, Bristol, England; d. 4 Apr 1901, Hopetown

Children:
Susan Mary ABBOTT x Charle John Griffith WATSON
Mary Ann ABBOTT (Never married)
Carter ABBOTT (Never married)
Kate Isabella ABBOTT x Joseph Henry VOSS
James William ABBOTT (Never married)
Thomas John ABBOTT x Katherine Ellen HUGHES
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No. of people in database - 42 (8 pictures)
Thomas Nathaniel ABBOTT
Thomas Nathaniel ABBOTT
Mary Ann ABBOTT
Mary Ann Hill



ABBOTT, Neil Harold Melville
b. 24 April 1901 India; d. 28 9 1949, Durban
Married to:
Adeline Eleanore Thorpe
b. Unknown, India; d. 1997, South Africa

Children:
Living, info kept back

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No. of people in database - Descendants 69 - Related 88 (10 pictures)
Neil ABBOTT
Neil Melville ABBOTT


Adeline Eleanor Thorpe
Adeline Eleanor Thorpe




ABBOTT, George
b.1862 - Suffolk or Sussex;
d. 28 2 1924/ 7 4 1924, Ipswich East, England
Date of arrival unknown. Married in Cape Town, South Africa. Divorced and returned to Ipswitch, England. Wife lived in Queenstown, South Africa
Married to:
Annie Schroeder - b. 1866, Cape Town
d. 17 Jul 1931, Queenstown, South Africa

Children:
Harry Robert ABBOTT x Dulcie Mavis DIEMER
William Edward ABBOTT x UNKNOWN
George Ambrose ABBOTT (Never Married!)
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No. of people in database - 23 (8 pictures)
George ABBOTT
George ABBOTT

Annie Schroeder
Annie Schroeder



Abbott, Walter Ayling
b.1880, 4th quater - West Ham, England; d.1955
Was living in Leyton, Essex in 1881. Estate agent. Sandown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Married to:
1. Kathleen Clara Maynard-Carter xx S-Sp - d. 1963
2. Florence Ada Oates (Pr-Sp)
b. Abt 18 Sep 1879, Leytonstone, Essex, England?
d. 18 Jun 1927, Observatory, Johannesburg

Children:
Walter James ABBOTT x Patricia Kathleen DREYER
George Eric ABBOTT x Marjory Sutherland LEITCH
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No. of people in database - 12
Walter Ayling ABBOTT
Walter Ayling ABBOTT
Florence Ada Oates
Florence Ada Oates


ABBOTT, William
b.1803 - Frithelstock, Bideford, North Devon, England
d.1955
Married to:
Elizabeth Roberts

Children:
Mary ABBOTT
John ABBOTT x Helen PEDLER
William ABBOTT x Mathilda Maud CHRISTOPHERS
Mary ABBOTT
Thomas ABBOTT
Alfred ABBOTT
James ABBOTT
Ellen ABBOTT
Edward ABBOTT x Lilly PEARD
Frederick Thomas ABBOTT x Mary Elizabeth GREEN
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No. of people in database - Descendants 38 - Related 83 (mainly UK, 8 pictures)
William ABBOTT
William ABBOTT - Frithelstock
Mathilda Maud Christophers
Mathilda Maud Christophers


ABBOTT, William [arrived 1820]
b.1781; d. Unknown, Warwickshire, England;
1820 Settler - H.E. Hockley, "1820 British Settlers" p. 257 Per "Sir George Osborne. Gardner's party." William ABBOTT, Age 39.
Married to:
Unknown

Children:
Unknown
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No. of people in database - 32 (Not confirmed that they are his descendants.)
William ABBOTT - 1820 settler
William ABBOTT - 1820 settler
Unknown
Unknown



ABBOTT, William Richard - arrived 1890]
b.????, Xavier, Ireland
Married to:
Elizabeth Rachel Humphries - d. 1921

Children:

Humphrey ABBOTT x UNKNOWN
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No. of people in database - 12
William Richard ABBOTT - 1820 settler
William Richard ABBOTT
Elizabeth Rachel Humphries
Elizabeth Rachel Humphries


ABBOTT, William D'Auvergne - arrived 1880
b.1856 - India, Calcutta
Married to:
Margaret Christie

Children:

Unknown
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No. of people in database - 2
William D'Auvergne ABBOTT - 1820 settler
William D'Auvergne ABBOTT
Margaret Christie
Margaret Christie




ABBOTT, William Thomas [arr.1890]
b.1869 - (St. Austell?) Fowey, Cornwall, England
Married to:
Eva Anna Priscilla Eglington

Children:
Cyril William ABBOTT x Mabel Lilian THOMPSON
Elsie ABBOTT
Wilfred Ernest James ABBOTT x Mary Arabella MILLS
Walter Magnus ABBOTT x Mary (Mrs ABBOTT)
Lillian Bessie ABBOTT x David FRYER
Mary ABBOTT (twin, died as infant)
Joyce ABBOTT (twin, died as infant)
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No. of people in database - 33
William Thomas ABBOTT
William Thomas ABBOTT
Eva Anna Priscilla Eglington
Eva Anna Priscilla Eglington


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