The information in this transcription is taken from the affidavits made
by persons wishing to marry by licence.
The date is the date of the licence, not the date of the marriage.
Repository where the records are held: Western Cape Archives 1/PTA 9/1/1
NOTE: The edges of the first few pages of this volume appear to have been chewed by mice. There is also some water damage. As a result, parts of names, etc. are missing.
George BING of Her Majesty’s Customs residing at Port Alfred states
that his wife Caroline BING born SUBDEN died in 1871.
[A sworn declaration]
5 February 18??
John JACOB, born in the Kariega division of Albany, living in the
Theopolis division of Albany, full age, bachelor, agriculturist
Mary SU . ., born in the Fa . .
division of Albany, living in the Theopolis division of Albany, full
age, spinster, no occupation
8 March 1880
James DOYLE, born in London, living in Port Alfred, full age, bachelor,
sawyer
Sarah Jane REYNO . ., born in Transkei, living in Port Alfred, full
age, spinster
20 August 1881
Augustus William [illegible] Richard PRESTON, born in Plymouth,
Devonshire, living at Victoria West, full age, bachelor, clerk to resident
magistrate
Florence Mary CANNE . ., born in Port Elizabeth, living in Port Alfred,
full age, spinster
11 September 1881
Thomas Henry IVEY, born at Padstow, Cornwall, living in Port Alfred,
full age, widower, carpenter, minor children resident in England
Rosetta Anne TOLLY?, born at Somerset East, living in Port Alfred, full
age, spinster, lady
10 September 1881
Edward Peregrine TOWNBY, born in Norwich, Norfolk, living in Port
Alfred, full age, bachelor, gentleman
Mary Ann SMIT[H]?, born at Pentey?, Norfolk, Living in Port Alfred,
full age, widow with no children, lady
27 November 1882
James Hartley Barrett CAWOOD, widower of the late Susannah Mary CAWOOD
born KEETON, widower, full age, farmer, born at Somerset East, living at
Lombard’s Post, Southwell
Mary McLUCKIE, spinster, full age, daughter of the late William
McLUCKIE, born at Woodlands Farm, Bathurst, living at Woodlands Farm, Bathurst
26 December 1882
Mitford Henry HATWARD, bachelor, full age, farmer, of Bathurst
Mary Jane DONNELLY, spinster, minor, daughter of William and Sarah
DONNELLY, of Bathurst
30 December 1882
John COLEMAN, bachelor, full age, wagon maker, of Grahamstown
Emma Christian Palmer WEST, spinster, minor, daughter of Henry West, of
Bathurst
5 July 1884
Daniel Joshua DAVIES, bachelor, full age, farmer, of Clumber
Mary Emma Selina TARR, spinster, minor, daughter of James and Hannah
TARR, of Clumber
8 July 1884
Albert Thomas DAVIES, bachelor, full age, farmer, of Clumber
Edith Amelia TARR, spinster, full age, daughter of Thomas and Mary
TARR, of Clumber
9 July 1884
Stephen Bertram BRADFIELD, bachelor, full age, farmer, of Clumber
Ann Devy DAVIES, spinster, minor, daughter of Stephen and Ann DAVIES,
of Clumber
1 September 1885
Charles Augustine WAGNER, widower, full age, Chief Constable for
Bathurst district, of Port Alfred. He married Christina ZIMMERMAN of
Grahamstown on 18 April 1864. She died
on 5 October 1884, leaving five minor children.
Mary Ann ROBINSON, spinster, full age, daughter of Abraham ROBINSON, of
Port Alfred
30 June 1885
Elijah HERMANUS, bachelor, servant, 28 years, of Port Alfred
Lizzie HANS, spinster, servant, 21 years, of Port Alfred
[A marriage certificate]
20 June 1885
Thomas HART, bachelor, full age, platelayer, of Bathurst
Mary McPARTLAND, widow, full age, matron of gaol, of Port Alfred
17 July 1886
William TANA, bachelor, full age, labourer, of Grahamstown
Uliza TULATI, spinster, full age, servant, of Grahamstown
9 January 1886
Edward Cuthbert NANGLE, bachelor, full age, medical practitioner, of
Alice
Dora BRISCOE, spinster, full age, of the Knysna
19 February 1887
George SCOTT, bachelor, full age, auctioneer, of Bloemfontein
Wilhelmina Bessie Taylor ROSE, spinster, full age, daughter of the Revd
A G ROSE and Mrs S C ROSE, of Port Alfred
5 May 1887
James Netherton COCK declares that his wife Florence Elizabeth born
KEEN died in 1885.
[A sworn declaration]
12 October 1887
Gustav THIEL, divorced from Maria Lisette Auguste THIEL born FRUHAEFF
on 12 August 1882, full age, shopkeeper, of Kimberley
Lillian Mary PIKE, spinster, minor, daughter of John PIKE, of Bathurst
15 March 1888
Thomas CHURCHES, bachelor, full age, labourer, of Port Alfred
Christina ROOSE born THOMPSON, widow, full age, daughter of John Peter
THOMPSON residing in Germany, of Port Alfred
30 July 1888
Alfred MFAMANA, bachelor, full age, an artisan in the employ of E W
WELLS, of Grahamstown
Martha MIYA, spinster, full age, domestic servant, daughter of Jacob
MIYA, of Salem
16 November 1888
Henry PEARSE, head overseer on the Kowie Convict Station, states that
he married Mary CHERRY of Grahamstown on 22 July 1873. She died on 3 April 1888, leaving no
children.
[A sworn declaration]
2 November 1888
Susan HIGGINS, matron of the Port Alfred Gaol, states that she married Denis HIGGINS, late gaoler at Port Alfred, on 26 March 1875. He died on 4 October 1886, leaving four minor children.
[A sworn declaration]
20 November 1889
Ross James MAKUBALO, bachelor, full age, carpenter, of KWT
Sarah GAIKA, spinster, 30 years, cook, daughter of Katje GAIKA, of
Grahamstown
22 May 1890
Benjamin FREEMAN, widower, labourer, 25 years, of Shaw Park
Annie PLAATJES, spinster, domestic servant, 21 years, of Kap River Farm
20 January 1890
Henry PITTAWAY, a farmer of Thornhill Farm in the Bathurst district
states that he married Harriet Ann WHITTAL of Cuylerville on 1 Jnuary
1872. She died on 23 August 1889,
leaving eight minor children.
[A sworn declaration]
1 December 1890
Zendzile SIGOKO, bachelor, full age, agriculturist of Kasouga
Lily TOLOMBA, spinster, full age, daughter of Dick TOLOMBE, of Kasouga