Robin's Lists

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• 1903 Transkei Traders
  Source: "The Native or Transkeian Territories" by Caesar C Henkel (Hamburg 1903). An index to Licence Holders of General Stores, Hotels, Shops, Trading Stations etc as of January and February 1903.

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• Transkei Personalities - 1903
  This is another list from the same source as the Transkei Traders. The book does not have an index. The people mentioned were involved in the development of the Transkei in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I have included names mentioned in the advertisements (Roman numerals). Because the book is not indexed the page numbers MUST be included if anyone requires lookups.

• Explosive Manufacturing in South Africa
  Source: "The Dynamite Company, the story of African Explosives and Chemical Industries Ltd" by A P Cartwright (Purnell 1964) [Main plants were at Modderfontein, Somerset West and Umbogintwini. The initial production was concerned with explosives but developed over the years to include paint, plastics, fertiliser and other chemicals for industry.]

• THE SETTLER HANDBOOK by MD NASH (Chameleon Press, Cape Town 1987)
  The over 4,000 British people, who came to South Africa as the 1820 Settlers had a powerful impact on the development of the country. Today, their numerous descendants are scattered throughout the sub-continent, and the world, even though most of the Settlers were initially located on grants of land in and around Albany, in the Eastern Cape.

  Mrs Nash has compiled a revised list of the original settlers of 1820, working mostly from documents in the Cape Archives and the Public Record Office, London. The result is a valuable aid to researchers and settler descendants wanting to explore their ancestral origins.

  The author, herself a settler descendant, was born in Grahamstown, the 'settler city'. She has an MA degree in history from Rhodes University, and was head of the cultural history divisions of the Port Elizabeth and Albany museums. Her publications include BAILIE'S PARTY OF 1820 SETTLERS (Balkema, Cape Town 1982), and she is acknowledged as an authority on the 1820 settlers.

• THE SETTLER HANDBOOK by MD NASH List of 1820 Settler Ships

• POST 1820 SETTLERS

• 1820 'Duke of Marlborough' Passenger List
  This was a private migration and not part of the government assisted 1820 Settler group.

  The 'Duke of Marlborough' sailed from Portsmouth on 30 Mar 1820 and arrived at Table Bay on 18 Jun 1820 being the last of the settler ships to arrive. The ship carried 40 passengers of whom 'about 35' were part of the Daniell party. This was not a government assisted party and was therefore not part of the overall scheme.

• 'Umvoti County, Jewel of Natal', ISBN 0-620-10707-3, published in 1985 by the Greytown & District Council for the Care of the Aged, PO Box 212, Greytown, South Africa , 3500.

  The Settlers in this area were mainly from Germany and Britain.
  Umvoti County includes the areas surrounding Greytown, Muden, Seven Oaks, Hermannsburg, Kranskop, Dalton, New Hanover and Wartburg. The book has no index, names of interest to genealogists are only included and place names are omitted. Pastor, Father, Bishop, Archdeacon, Superintendent, etc. have been changed to Reverend for the sake of simplicity. Some of the names are probably duplicated because it cannot be assumed that, for example, J Bloggs was Joe Bloggs.

• The Pioneers of Vryheid the Nieuwe Republiek', by Basil JT Leverton and John A Pringle, published by the Natal Museum in 1974.

• 1961 (Sept 1) List of Passengers aboard the Pretoria Castle who departed from Cape Town to Madeira and Southampton.

• 'RICHMOND, Natal, Its People and History' by Charmian Coulson

• 'Yesterdays, The Story of RICHMOND' by Alice Hope

• 'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' Admissions Register
  Simon Haw with Richard Frame, MC Publications, Pietermaritzburg, 1988, ISBN 0 620 13086 5.
  [Please note: The list is not an index so Robin cannot provide look-ups unless the scholar is mentioned elsewhere in the book.]
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1873-1910
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1911-1930
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1931-1945
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1946-1960
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1961-1975
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1976-1988
  'For Hearth and Home, The Story of Maritzburg College 1863-1988' 1973-1988 - ALPHABETICAL LIST - 12,500 names

• 'The Happy Ship', A History of Durban Girl's College, 1877-1977" by Joyce Wrinch-Schulz (indexed by Robin Griffiths)

• Head Girls of Durban Girls' College 1922-1977

• 'Merchiston, A South African School, 1892-1953' by Professor Alan F Hattersley

• Alice Baptist Church Register

• Missionaries in South Africa

• List (kindly supplied by Desmond McAllister and transcribed by Robin) of long serving and well known Staff at Lovedale, Alice, compiled in 1955, but not necessarily including everyone. Where possible Robin Griffiths will provide more details on individuals if required.

• The Griquas of Griqualand - by Samuel James Halford.
  East Griqualand was centred on present day Kokstad and West Griqualand on present day Kimberley.

• South African Railways - Roll of Honour

• Consolidated Rolls of Honour - incorporating the South African Railways, Old Mutual, Maritzburg College, Durban High School, Hilton College, University of Natal, 24 Squadron South African Air Force, Natal Mounted Rifles, Durban Light Infantry, First City Regiment (Grahamstown) and a few other Military personnel (Signallers and Engineers) who were attached to these Regiments.

• A list of Civil Servants of the Natal Government, Railways and the Postal Department in 1902.

• List of Civil Servants and Justices of the Peace in the Orange River Colony (later the Orange Free State) in 1907.
  Where names are duplicated the person may hold several jobs in different districts (especially Court Officials).
  

• A list of Early Natal Settlers.
  An index to the book "Pioneers' Progress, Early Natal".

• List of Huguenots who arrived in South Africa - 1690.

• Jury List for Weenen County, Natal, South Africa, from the Natal Witness, 5 August 1859.
  Compiled by Graham Bingham. No other information available.

• A list of people licensed to practise at various levels of the Legal System in Natal in 1902.

• A list of Health Officials in the Natal Government in 1902.

• List of people mentioned in the book "The Diary of Iris Vaughan". Robin states: "I cannot offer look-ups but the book is widely available and well worth reading. Her father was a magistrate in various small towns in the Eastern Cape at the time of the Anglo-Boer War and Iris's descriptions of the events, places and people that she encountered are hilarious.

• List of Useful Symbols

• A list of the first Board Members of South African Breweries and its predecessors.

• A list of Pensioners of the Natal Government, Railways and the Postal Department in 1902.

• List of South African Railways Staff who received Decorations and Awards during World War II.

• Muster Roll for the 1st Transvaal Mounted Rifles who participated in suppressing the Zulu Rebellion of 1906. If required Robin is able to provide details of the rank and unit of each member.

• Continental Immigrants - List

• Gold Paved the Way - The Story of the Gold Fields - List

• An Index to the Settlers listed in "Germans in Kaffraria". Published by JF Schwar and PE Pape, 1958.
  Compiled by William Jervois. Converted by Robin Griffiths. Look-ups not available.

• A List of German Settlers who came to South Africa via East London in 1858, 1877 and 1878.
  Compiled from lists by Schnell, Pape and Spanuth.

• German Legion Mercenaries - List

• 1858 German Settler families in the Eastern Cape and the States from which they came

• 1865-66 Germans naturalized in British Kaffraria
  Transcribed by Anne Clarkson

• Norwegians in the Umzimkulu Mounted Rifles 1884-1888

• We thank the family of the late Mrs Clarry Watters for giving permission to publish the index of spouses and others mentioned in her book 'The German Settler Peinke Family in South Africa' by CM Watters, edited by her son Professor Brian R Watters, published in 2000.
  The index was compiled by Robin Griffiths. Please contact him at griffrob@telkomsa.net if you need any look ups of particular names.

• We would like to thank Mr David Fox, first Secretary and later Chairman of the Fort Nottingham Advisory Committee from 1972 to 2004, for giving permission to publish the index to his book 'The History of Fort Nottingham 1856 to 2005'. Mr Fox is the Consul General for Madagascar.

• Milly Rowe has kindly provided a passenger list of the RMMV Winchester Castle from a voyage from Cape Town to England via Madeira departing on 9 June 1939. Robin Griffiths has transcribed all the available passenger information so there are no other details.
  Winchester Castle Front Page

• Guilio Cesare Passenger List 1936
  Genoa to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban, departed 23 Jul 1936.
  Thanks to Shirley Paladin for allowing us to transcribe her original Passenger List.

• British Army Pensioners in South Africa 19th Century
  Information supplied by Harry Booyens and transcribed by Robin Griffiths. No other details so cannot supply look-ups.

• Northern Rhodesia School Registers of Pupils for 1925

• List of Casualties in Rhodesia during The Rebellion of 1896-7

• The Nominal Roll of the Rhodesian Pioneer Force from the book "The Northward Trek" by Stanley Portal Hyatt (1877-1914).
  Compiled by Graham Bingham.

• Rhodesian Treks - a list of people who participated in various Treks to what became Rhodesia

• Rhodesian Pioneers Society Index

• List of Personnel from Southern Rhodesia who were attached to the First City (Grahamstown) Regiment and the Cape Town Highlanders during World War 2 (1939-1945).

• A list of the original settlers of the Island of Tristan Da Cunha and Descendants

• List of names only of Heads of Households from the 1814 Census of the Island of St. Helena.