Third generation notes

Since she was born in between William and John, her brothers, who were born in May 1837 and December 1840 respectively, Susannah must have been born some time between about April 1838 and February 1840, so 1839 is a likely year.

She signed her mother’s death notice in 1894, so was still alive then at the age of about 55.

Sources for Susannah Fuller

Her name appears in the Lower Albany Chronicle, where it is mentioned on June 26 1849 that she was attending Southwell School.

Peter David Bertram

Peter David Bertram was a son of Johan Christian Bertram and Rosina Petronella Kock.
His death notice says that he died at 42 St. George’s Rd. in East London. It lists 12 children, indicating that the eldest two were already deceased, and reveals that one of his daughters, Annie, was married to a man by the name of Bell. It is signed by a P.D. Bertram, presumably the second youngest son, making it possible that it was at this son’s home that he died.

Sources for Peter David Bertram

Birthplace and death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/578 Ref. 2571. Will reference 133/114.

40. John Fuller

Death notices states that he was a farmer, married, aged 45 and a half years. Died at his residence Clapton in the division of Cathcart. Left moveable and immovable property.
There are seven minor children listed on his death notice, signed by E.F. Fuller, widow of deceased.
He is buried beside his brother William in the cemetery at Queenstown, where his gravestone inscription reads: “John Fuller born December 9 1840 died June 2 1886.”

Sources for John Fuller
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/233 Ref. 903. FHL film 1281555.

Eliza Fanny MacLachlan

According to Peter Fischer of New Zealand, who says he is descended from Eliza’s brother, Donald Spyron Maclachlan, (born 1864), Eliza Fanny Maclachlan is the daughter of Thomas Charles Maclachlan (born 25 April 1824, Cape Town; 75 Regiment) and Georgina Dewar Spyron (baptised 3 Jun 1832).
A note handed down by Eliza Fanny’s son John Desmond Fuller to his son John William Fuller reads as follows:
“It seems that after the death of John, Fanny disposed of the farm and settled in East London at number 2 Seaview Terrace, an imposing residence she named Langham House. The significance of the name I do not know, except there was a cousin Norah Lang living in the USA.”
In the souvenir of the centenary of the Thomas River Church, with which the Fuller family of Clapton farm had a close association, a letter was published written by Eliza Fanny, a staunch Anglican, to the church committee when she decided to leave Clapton. In her letter, dated 18 March 1890, she wrote that she was leaving Clapton in May and was only prepared to pay a half a year’s new rent to the Church of England (£3) and was reluctant to pay a full year’s monies, fearing that the Wesleyans would “take all.”
The church was “undenominational” and the congregation consisted mainly of Episcopals (Anglicans) and Wesleyans (Methodists).
(This anecdote supplied by John William Fuller)
Sources for Eliza Fanny MacLachlan
Birth and baptism: Methodist parish records, King William’s Town (LDS microfilm# 1560855, Methodist Parish Records KingWilliamstown Christenings: 1848-1865 Item 17). Her date of birth is also recorded in a birthday book she herself kept, which was passed down to John William Fuller, grandson of Gladys’s brother William Robertson Fuller.
Birthplace: Given as Queenstown in her death notice.
Death: The East London Daily Dispatch Death Notice says, “ Died at East London Monday, 11th instant, Eliza Fanny Fuller, widow of the late John Fuller of Thomas River, aged 66 years.” (Information supplied by her great-grandson John William Fuller)

155. Alice May Fuller

Sources for Alice May Fuller
Her date of birth is recorded in a birthday book kept by her mother Eliza Fanny and passed down to John William Fuller, grandson of Alice May’s brother William Robertson Fuller. This book also records that Alice May died on Oct. 11, 1918, although the month is indistinct and written in numerals. John William observes that the death of both Alice May and her mother Eliza Fanny in 1918 raises the possibility that they were consumed by the Spanish Flu epidemic, and notes that as he goes through the birthday book he sees that a number of friends and relatives died around 1918.
A note given to John William Fuller by his father indicates that Alice May married a Major Gedge and settled in England.

156. Clifton John Fuller

Sources for Clifton John Fuller
His date of birth is recorded in a birthday book kept by his mother Eliza Fanny and passed down to John William Fuller, grandson of Clifton’s brother William Robertson Fuller.
John William’s father John Desmond referred to his uncle in writing as Clifford, (which may be incorrect) whom he said remained a bachelor.
(Information supplied by John William Fuller)

41. Charles Fuller

Farmer.
Death notice was signed at Schaffhausen in the district of Cathcart on Oct. 18 1901 by Mary Adelaide Fuller. It lists three children, of whom one, Reginald Walter, was a major, and two were minors. Left stock and landed property and a will. Died at the home of Peter David Bertram, his brother-in-law, in East London.
Sources for Charles Fuller
Death: MOOC 6/9/438, Ref. 3886. FHL film 1281518.
Will reference 118/243.

161. Reginald Walter Fuller

Sources for Reginald Walter Fuller
It is believed to be his name that appears as “R.W. Fuller” in a birthday book kept by Eliza Fanny Fuller, wife of his cousin John Fuller, and passed down to John William Fuller, grandson of William Robertson Fuller. This is the source for his birthday, although the year is calculated from the age given in his death notice.
His death notice is scant, and was signed by Arthur John Ford, “neighbour nearby at time of death (no relative or connection of deceased was at the time anywhere near).” It states simply that he died on Dec. 2, 1943 aged 65 years 6 months at his residence on the farm “Avoca” in the district of Komgha in the Cape. It says he was retired, unmarried and had no children, and that he left no will and had no movable or immovable property. The death notice also indicates that both parents were deceased.
Death: Death notice #90940, MOOC 6/9/10754.

164. Percy Harold Fuller

His death notice says that he was a schoolboy, son of Charles and Mary Adelaide Fuller (born Filmer), who died aged 16 years and 5 months at Mr. Crulter’s (?) in Komga. It was signed by his father, C. Fuller Jr., at Kieserpos (?).
Komga is about 35 kilometres east-northeast of Kei Road, which is between King William’s Town in the south and Stutterheim in the north.
Sources for Percy Harold Fuller
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/320 Ref. 1780. FHL film 1281564.

George William Scandrett

Watchmaker.
His death notice lists eight children. It says that he died at the Buffalo Hotel in East London

Henry Charles Fuller, cousin to Susannah Fuller, wife of G.W. Scandrett, died at G.W. Scandrett’s house in Queenstown in 1881 when Henry was 39 and G.W. was 43. This information is contained on Henry Charles Fuller’s death notice.

Sources for George William Scandrett

Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/230 Ref. 394.

50. Amelia Jane Fuller

She was one of six Fuller children who were all baptized on the same day, Feb. 1, 1857, an event appearing in the parish records of the Methodist church in Queenstown. The six consisted of three children born to James and Elizabeth Fuller and three born to Charles and Mary Ann Fuller, all grandchildren of the 1820 Settlers Henry and Susannah.
Amelia Jane was born at Tylden, according to her death notice dated April 5, 1938, and died at her residence at Frantzkloof, Molteno. She was survived by her husband, and left an estate worth more than 300 pounds. The informant for the death notice was S.V. Blunden, her son, who was present at the death.

Her estate papers are in the Cape Archives (MOOC 6/9/5060, Ref. 58748), dated 1938.

Sources for Amelia Jane Fuller

Birth and baptism: Methodist parish records, Queenstown. FHL film 1560874, item 2, 1854-1883, entry #114.
Death: Death notice #58748. Reference for her estate papers is MOOC 6/9/5060 of 1938.

51. Frederick John Fuller

His death notice states that he was living at 46 Yeo Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg, when he died in Joubert Park Private Hospital. He was married, but separated, from his second wife, Amy Currie Fuller, born Phillips, to whom he had been married out of community of property. The signature on the death notice looks like “Hans Gordon” and underneath that it says “son-in-law -- saw deceased’s dead body.”

In his will he left everything to his two children equally. They each received £2,756 - 5 - 1. Interestingly, although the largest single asset in the estate was the £1,400 realized by the sale of the farm Klipfontein in Stutterheim district, by far the bulk of it consisted of bonds owed to Frederick John by 19 different people, which were worth more than £4,000 altogether. Several of these people, judging by the surnames, appear to have been Africans.

His ashes were buried in the town graveyard at Stutterheim, in the same grave with the remains of his first wife, Maria.

Sources for Frederick John Fuller

Birth and death: Death notice, will and estate papers are in the Transvaal Archives (MHG 91398).
Marriage: Parish records for St. Barnabas church, Stutterheim.

Maria Charlotte Hunt Wylde

Maria was the eldest of 10 children born to Frederick William Kekewich Wylde and Anna Elizabeth van Ryneveld. Frederick was a grandson of Sir John Wylde (1780-1859), who was for a period Chief Justice of the Cape Colony.

She was born on the farm Buffalo Kloof in Albany, her death notice says.

We can follow a number of social connections in the names of witnesses at her marriage to Frederick John Fuller and the baptisms of their four children at St. Barnabas in Stutterheim.
Maria, who had nine siblings, seems to have followed a policy of giving her brothers and sisters turns at being witnesses at the baptisms of her children -- eventually covering six of the nine, although sister Annie Amelia was obviously a favourite, witnessing the marriage as well as two baptisms.
At her marriage, the witness were F. Ryneveld (possibly Francis Guthrie van Ryneveld, an aunt who would have been relatively close in age to Maria) and Annie Amelia Wylde, a younger sister.
At the baptism of Clarence, the witnesses were her siblings Edward and Annie Amelia Wylde (although the Edward could possibly be an uncle).
At the baptism of Ryno, the witnesses were A.C. Wylde, G.F. Philips and M.A. Philips, respectively a brother and two members of the Philips family, relatives of the woman who would eventually become Frederick John’s second wife.
At the baptism of Dorothy, the witnesses were C.R. Wylde, A.A. Wylde and M. Blunden, two siblings plus, presumably, a relative of Frederick John’s brother-in-law Edward Austen Blunden.
At the baptism of Dagmar, the witnesses were F.H. Wylde, A. Thorne and M. Wylde. Again we have two siblings, but A. Thorne is interesting -- this is Frederick John’s future second wife, Amy Currie Thorne, born Philips, whose husband had died just four days previously.

Interestingly, at the baptism of Amy Currie Thorne’s son, John Maquire Thorne, on Nov. 7,1903, the four witnesses included F. Fuller and M. Fuller, presumably Frederick John and Maria, indicating some kind of family friendship with the already widowed Mrs. Thorne.

Maria is buried in the cemetery at Stutterheim, where her gravestone inscription reads:
“In loving memory of Maria Fuller (born Wylde)
who departed this life February 13 1906”
Further down on the gravestone there is an inscription for her husband:
“Frederick John Fuller September 21 1935”

Sources for Maria Charlotte Hunt Fuller

Marriage: Parish records, St. Barnabas, Stutterheim.
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/542 Ref. 658. (Note: This document mistakenly gives her mother’s name as Annie Emilia Wylde; it should be Anna Elizabeth Wylde.) It also indicates that she was married out of community of property to Frederick John Fuller.
Will: General Register Volume 129 Folio 869

180. Clarence Wylde Fuller

This little boy drowned tragically in a pond near his parents’ home at the age of 2 years and 9 months.
At the time of his death, his mother, Maria, would also have been preoccupied with her second son, who would have been just over a year old at the time.
Clarence’s death notice was signed by his mother, with a large ink blot staining the page over her signature at the bottom. We can easily imagine a falling tear doing that.
Maria herself died just 11 years later at the age of 36, perhaps the victim of her grief, having lost a baby daughter in the meantime as well.
The archives also contain an inventory of the young Clarence’s estate, consisting of £2 in a post office savings bank account.
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The Daily Dispatch of March 31, 1894, mentioned Clarence Wylde Fuller’s death in a report from Stutterheim:
SAD DEATH. SAD DROWNING INCIDENT.
We have had any amount of rain lately, but luckily Good Friday and Easter Monday were fine. We have had rather a lively Easter: a tennis tournament, a polo match, and a bazaar in aid of the English Church here.
We had two funerals here last week. The first took place on the 19th March, when Miss Harriet Mabel Hughes, the daughter of an English clergyman, was buried. She only came from England about a year ago, and became a governess in Cathcart. She went to Kingwilliamstown to pass the teachers’ examination and was taken sick there . . . She died at the residence of Mr. P.J. Mullins, near Isidengi. I am informed that Miss Fuller and Miss Phillips were unremitting in their attention, one or the other, with Mrs. Collins, being at the patient’s bedside for the last three months, day or night. The poor girl for the last three months was supported by members of the Roman Catholic Church, and was also buried at their expense. The Rev. Mr. Brereton, the minister of the English Church here, being absent, the funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Beste, pastor of the Lutheran Church. Dr. Cumming attended Miss Hughes, and with his wife rendered her many little services. The cause of her death was consumption. She was an orphan, aged 27; “a stranger in a strange country.”
The other funeral was on Good Friday, and was another very sad case. On Wednesday, the 21st March, the wife of Mr. F.J. Fuller missed their little boy Clarence, aged two years and nine months, and after about half an hour he was found dead, floating face downwards in a small pond near Mr. Fuller’s residence. Every effort was made to resuscitate him, but without success. He was a fine little fellow. Much sympathy is felt for the parents, both of whom are popular and well liked, in their sudden and painful bereavement.
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Sources for Clarence Wylde Fuller
Birth and baptism: Parish records for St. Barnabas, Stutterheim.
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/336 Ref. 107.
Liquidation and distribution account: MOOC 13/1/713 Ref. 141.

182. Dorothy Clare Fuller

Sources for Dorothy Clare Fuller
Birth and baptism: Parish records for St. Barnabas, Stutterheim. Viewed on site.

183. May Dagmar Fuller

Died tragically young, aged less than seven months. Her mother died not much more than two years later.
May Dagmar is buried in Stutterheim cemetery next to her mother and father and also her aunt, Mary Wylde, her mother’s youngest sister, who died in 1915 aged 21.
May Dagmar’s gravestone inscription reads:
In loving memory of May Dagmar Fuller died December 7 1903 aged 6 months.
Sources for May Dagmar Fuller
Birth and baptism: Parish records for St. Barnabas, Stutterheim. Viewed on site.

53. Frederick Henry Fuller

Farmer. Died aged only 37.
His death notice says he died at his own house The Dales in the district of Cathcart, on Jan. 30, 1894, aged 37 years and three months, leaving his wife and two minor children. It is signed by “Fred Mills (A friend). In charge of the house where F.H. Fuller died.”
Left a will, life policy, livestock and furniture.

Sources for Frederick Henry Fuller
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/325 Ref. 311. Will reference 101/186.

Mabel Harriet Douglas Brown

Sources for Mabel Harriet Douglas Brown
Birth date: LDS Microfilm #2102180, Item 11: Grahamstown Births, Book 39, 9/1863-12/1865 (these are civil registration entries, not baptismal records). Parents’ address given as 14 Beaufort Street, Grahamstown.
Mother Harriet Brown’s death notice, MOOC 6/9/170 Ref. 7187, gives her age as 15 at the time the death notice was signed on Sept. 15, 1879. This death notice is misfiled in the online NAAIRS data base, where Harriet’s maiden name is listed as Puller instead of Fuller.

184. Helen Violet Liddle Fuller

Sources for Helen Violet Liddle Fuller
Father’s death notice MOOC 6/9/325 Ref. 311.

185. William Cyril Liddle Fuller

Sources for William Cyril Liddle Fuller
Father’s death notice MOOC 6/9/325 Ref. 311.

54. George Liddle Fuller

The Grahamstown Journal of Nov. 23, 1882 records: “Married, on 15th at Christ Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. J.F. Sinden, George Liddle Fuller, second son of William Fuller of “Rockwood,” district of Bedford, to Emmeline Edith, second daughter of Charles Callaghan, Justice of the Peace of Adelaide.”

There is a casualty list from the 1896-1897 Rhodesian Rebellions at http://www.genealogy.co.za/rebellion.html which includes a George L. Fuller, murdered or missing (as opposed to killed in action, wounded and so on). Since this coincides with the death date given for him on his mother’s death notice, we can assume that it is him.

Sources for George Liddle Fuller
Death: Mother’s death notice MOOC 6/9/483 Ref. 3012.

Emmeline Edith Callaghan

Sources for Emmeline Edith Callaghan
Her marriage to George Liddle Fuller was recorded in the Grahamstown Journal (see notes for her husband).

186. Charles Liddle Fuller

Source for him is his grandfather’s will -- see notes for William Fuller.

187. Gladys Liddle Fuller

Source for her is her grandfather’s will -- see notes for William Fuller.

188. Dulcie Liddle Fuller

Source for her is her grandfather’s will -- see notes for William Fuller.

189. Claud Liddle Fuller

The date of Claud Liddle Fuller’s death during World War I coincides exactly with that of the Battle of Sandfontein, a disaster for the South African forces invading the German colony of South West Africa at the start of the war. It is most likely that he died in this battle, an excellent account of which can be found here: http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/sandfontein.htm
Sources for Claud Liddle Fuller
An entry in the Farmers Chronicle of Thursday 22 May 1890 (held at British Newspaper Library, Colindale, London) circulated in the Districts of Cathcart, Queenstown,Whittlesea, St.Marks, Maclear, Stutterheim, Komgha, Transkei, King Williams Town and East London, reads as follows:
Birth at The Dales on Monday May 5th, the wife of W.J. FULLER of a son.
This could be Claud Liddle Fuller ( The Dales, Cathcart district, appears to have been a Fuller family farm; it is named in the death notice of Frederick Henry Fuller).
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website at www.cwgc.org lists a Claud Liddle Fuller, son of Mr. W.J. and Mrs. E.M. Fuller of 3 Warren Street, Grahamstown, killed in World War I on Sept. 26, 1914. This must have been in the former German South West Africa, because he is buried at Warmbad cemetery. He was a rifleman in the South African Mounted Rifles.
His name appears on the Cape Mounted Rifles and 1st South African Mounted Rifles Great War Memorial in Market Square, Umtata, a monument unveiled on Aug. 4, 1923 in memory of the men who laid down their lives in the Great War of 1914-1918.

190. Kathleen Maud Liddle Fuller

Sources for Kathleen Maud Liddle Fuller
Birth: An entry in the Farmers’ Chronicle of Thursday January 10 1889 (held at British Newspaper Library, Colindale, London) circulated in the Districts of Cathcart, Queenstown,Whittlesea, St.Marks, Maclear, Stutterheim, Komgha,Transkei, King Williams Town and East London, reads as follows:
Birth at Adelaide on December 4th the wife of W.J.FULLER of a daughter
Death: An entry in the Farmers Chronicle of Thursday 29 May 1890 reads as follows:
Died at The Dales on May 22nd, Kathleen Maud Liddle,only daughter of W.J. and E.M. FULLER, aged 1 year, 5 months and 17 days.

61. Harry James Fuller

According to the family tree referred to in sources below, the first three children born to Harry James and Emily died very young. There was a child who died at birth, followed by a boy and girl who died within three days of each other at the age of one. They are not listed here.
The loss of their son Ernest at age eight is confirmed by a gravestone in the old Grahamstown cemetery, recorded in the Genealogical Society of South Africa’s data base: “Ernest Fuller. Died 24-08-1892. Aged 8 years. Eldest son of Harry and Emily Fuller.” Harry James was farming in the Orange River Colony in 1920, according to the Souvenir of Centenary of 1820 Settlers, which also confirms that he was the eldest son of James (see notes for James Fuller).
Harry James is listed in his father’s death notice as Henry James Fuller, it being quite common of course for people named Henry to be called Harry.

Sources for Harry James Fuller (and all descendants of his listed)
Family tree compiled by one of his descendants.
Estate papers: The estate went through the Orange Free State courts, as can be seen on FHL film 1367419, Index of OFS Estates. Entry no. 18231 reads: 1925 Fuller, Harry James, s.s. E.L. Fuller.

191. Ernest Fuller

There is a gravestone in the old Grahamstown cemetery, recorded in the Genealogical Society of South Africa’s data base, which can be viewed online at the NAAIRS website: “Ernest Fuller. Died 24-08-1892. Aged 8 years. Eldest son of Harry and Emily Fuller.”

62. Alfred William Fuller

He was one of six Fuller children who were all baptized on the same day, Feb. 1, 1857, an event appearing in the parish records of the Methodist church in Queenstown. The six consisted of three children born to James and Elizabeth Fuller and three born to Charles and Mary Ann Fuller, all grandchildren of the 1820 Settlers Henry and Susannah.

His death notice indicates that he was a diamond buyer, or digger (the word “buyer” is either crossed out or underlined, after which the word “digger” is added). It says that he died “On the road to Longlands, C.C.” (Cape Colony) and was signed at Johannesburg May 27 1909 by H.N. Fuller, son. It lists two major and three minor children. Deceased left a will but no property.

A great-granddaughter of Alfred William’s, Clarice Ballendyn (born Comyn), reports the existence of a family tale that he died after falling off a bicycle, and that he had a diamond in his pocket at the time.

Interestingly, Alfred William’s estate papers contain a lengthy antenuptial contract that was apparently drawn up at the behest of parents when he and Jessie Ann King were married. She was only 18, hence a minor and had to be assisted by her father in getting married. Both partners to the marriage renounced all claim to community of property and the contract also stipulated that Alfred William had to maintain an insurance policy for £500 on his life, payable to his wife in the event of his death (as it happened, she died first) and to be free of the control of any future husband. The contract appointed Alfred William’s brother, Arthur John Fuller, as trustee.

Sources for Alfred William Fuller
Birth and baptism: Methodist parish records, Queenstown. FHL film 1560874, item 2, 1854-1883, entry #118.
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/637 Ref. 623 of 1910.

Jessie Ann King

Daughter of Thomas Alfred King, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1869 to 1878, and Martha King, born Knott, whose marriage on Feb. 13, 1855 appears in the Presbyterian parish records for Grahamstown. Thomas and Martha are reportedly buried in the East Bank cemetery in East London.
Jessie’s father was a prominent citizen of East London; a biography of him can be found on Dr. Keith Tankard’s excellent website Knowledge4Africa at http://knowledge4africa.com/eastlondon/king.htm.
Jessie Ann’s death notice confirms her parents’ East London connection. It also indicates that she died at 308 Troyeville in Johannesburg and was signed by surviving spouse Alfred William Fuller on Sept. 15 1903. She left a will and immovable property and was married out of community of property.

Sources for Jessie Ann King
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/491 Ref. 210.
Parents’ marriage: LDS Microfilm# 1560913, Presbyterian Parish Records, Grahamstown Marriages: 1849-1896, Item 10, Entry #325.

198. Jessie Maud Fuller

Did not marry, according to a family tree supplied by Aldyth Fuller.

65. Edith Fuller

Mike Heenan of Mississauga, Ontario, a grandson of Edith’s, wrote the following account of how his grandparents met:
“My grandfather was Robert Henry Hammersley-Heenan. He was born in Birr, Ireland, became a civil engineer, and emigrated to the Cape Colony. He was employed in laying out the route for the railway north from East London and was camped in the vicinity of Kei Road when he heard that an English settler/farmer nearby had a number of attractive daughters and rode over to say hello. He married Edith and they stayed in South Africa until his retirement, when they went to live in London and later in Hollywood, California. They had six children.”
The details for those children are as supplied by Mike.
Other sources for Edith Fuller
According to the biography of her father in the Souvenir of Centenary of 1820 Settlers (see notes for James Fuller), she married a man called Herman, who was the Resident Engineer of Cape Town, and at the time of publication in 1920 was living in England (Note: “Herman” is clearly an error).

66. Helen Frances Fuller

Trinity Church in King William’s Town has a three-pane window erected to her memory by the officers and men of the Cape Mounted Police, who all gave one day’s pay for the same. The circumstances behind this no doubt relate to her husband’s career as a military man.
In notes left by her daughter Edith, mentioned is made of a wedding day of 10th March 1879 but it has a (?) after it.
In the biography of her father in the Souvenir of Centenary of 1820 Settlers (see notes for James Fuller), published in 1920, she is referred to as “the late Mrs. Davies, wife of the late Col Davies.”
Sources for Helen Frances Fuller
I am indebted to Cheryl Carpenter, a great-granddaughter, for the information about the children of Helen Frances Fuller and her husband, Colonel Henry Lee Davies. Unless otherwise indicated, all information about members of this family was supplied by Cheryl Carpenter.

Colonel Henry Lee Davies

According to his great-granddaughter Cheryl Carpenter (see notes for Emma Susannah Fuller), Henry Lee Davies is buried at the private graveyard of the Bertrams family in Constantia, a family into which his sister-in-law had married.
Sources for Henry Lee Davies
A search of the NAAIRS database at www.national.archsrch.gov.za produces two hits:
Davies, Henry Lee. Death Notice. MOOC 6/9/684 Ref. 306.
Davies, Henry Lee. Liquidation and Distribution Account. MOOC 13/1/2027 Ref. 160

214. Helen Frances Davies

Cheryl Carpenter of London, a granddaughter of Helen Frances Davies, wrote the following account of her family’s history [Helen Frances Davies, Helen de Wet Davies and Nellie de Wet are the same person, her name having apparently changed at some point after the death of her mother, when she was taken in by her aunt and uncle De Wet]:
Helen de Wet Davies was born on 20th March 1894 in Eastbourne. She was the eighth child of Helen Frances Davies (formerly Fuller) and Henry Lee Davies who was at the time living in King Williams Town, South Africa. Helen Frances died four days after giving birth to her last born child, the last-born of eight and was buried in Eastbourne. where her sister Emma De Wet lived together with her husband. It appears from the photograph taken of the five Fuller sisters that they were all in Eastbourne in early 1894. After my grandmother’s birth she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Emma and Jacobus Petrus de Wet in England. She did however have contact with her family in South Africa who travelled to both England and Jersey Island where her father planned to retire. I believe she was with them at the time. When her father returned to South Africa (after having second thoughts about settling in Jersey) Helen remained in England. I know Aunt Enid was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and I know that my grandmother and her sisters attended school in Jersey for a time. Aunt Enid, my grandmother’s sister, wrote a family history which was sent to my father, Barry Burdett Braithwaite on the Fuller/Davies family and provided the foundation for our current research.
According to our family records (provided by Enid Grace Davies), Helen Frances Fuller and Henry Lee Davies had the following children:
Douglas David – born 10th March 1881 – died about 1953
Arthur – born 1882(?) died about 1887 and was buried in King Williams Town
Edith Joyce – born 21st March 1884
Maude – born 21st January 1886 – died 22nd December 1911
Enid Grace – born 6th September 1888
Mary Mildred – born 17th April 1890 – died 18th June 1925
Noel Anne – born 21st December 1891
Helen Frances – born 20th March 1894 – died 1970
Henry Lee Davies was buried in the private cemetery at High Constantia which belonged to Bob Bertram (married to Gypsey (nee Fuller) as was Mary Mildred (Molly).
Footnote: Interestingly, Helen Frances Davies crops up in the 1901 British census, which lists a Nellie Dewet aged 7 living in Tonbridge Urban parish in Kent, born Lashington Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Cheryl Carpenter (see notes for Emma Susannah Fuller and Helen Frances Fuller) confirms after a conversation with her father that young Helen was called Nellie by Emma, that they have her birth certificate and that she was indeed born at No. 5 Lushington Road (not Lashington) in Eastbourne.

68. Elizabeth Maud Fuller

In the biography of her father in the Souvenir of Centenary of 1820 Settlers (see notes for James Fuller), she is referred to as “Mrs. Bertram of High Constantia.”
Sources for Elizabeth Maud Fuller
Her middle name and nickname come from a handwritten family tree originating from Harry James Fuller’s side of the family.
I received an e-mail from Kenneth James Fuller in 2003 in which he told me that when he was a cadet on the training ship “General Botha” in 1944, he met fellow cadet David Williams-Freeman, whose mother, Phyllis, he said, was the daughter of Elizabeth Maud Fuller (daughter of James), who married Robertson Fuller Bertram. Phyllis married Williams-Freeman. This is the source for this marriage.

77. Mabel Harriet Douglas Brown

Sources for Mabel Harriet Douglas Brown
Birth date: LDS Microfilm #2102180, Item 11: Grahamstown Births, Book 39, 9/1863-12/1865 (these are civil registration entries, not baptismal records). Parents’ address given as 14 Beaufort Street, Grahamstown.
Mother Harriet Brown’s death notice, MOOC 6/9/170 Ref. 7187, gives her age as 15 at the time the death notice was signed on Sept. 15, 1879. This death notice is misfiled in the online NAAIRS data base, where Harriet’s maiden name is listed as Puller instead of Fuller.

Frederick Henry Fuller

Farmer. Died aged only 37.
His death notice says he died at his own house The Dales in the district of Cathcart, on Jan. 30, 1894, aged 37 years and three months, leaving his wife and two minor children. It is signed by “Fred Mills (A friend). In charge of the house where F.H. Fuller died.”
Left a will, life policy, livestock and furniture.

Sources for Frederick Henry Fuller
Death: Death notice MOOC 6/9/325 Ref. 311. Will reference 101/186.

90. Agnes Amelia Stone

Sources for Agnes Amelia Stone
Genealogy posted to the SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH mailing list on www.rootsweb.com by Antony Cooper; this is the source for her birth, marriage and children.
Agnes also appears in a family tree supplied by Aldyth Fuller. Original source unknown.

David Robert Hume

Sources for David Robert Hume
Genealogy posted to the SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH mailing list on www.rootsweb.com by Antony Cooper; this is the source for his birth, marriage and children. His marriage to Agnes Amelia Stone was his second; his first wife was Mary Ann Abigail Thomas (born about 1841 in Albany, died Nov. 17, 1865 in “Glen Cliff”, Bedford. They had two children: Alice Margaret Hume, born 1858, and Amy Agnes Hume, born 1859.

220. Cyril James Hume

Occupation: amalgamator. Died unmarried and without children. Worked for the New Modderfontein
Gold Mine.

222. David Herbert Hume

Dairyman. He died unmarried and without children. He owned a dairy. His death notice says that his mother’s name was May.

224. Cecile Geraldine Hume

Teacher. Died unmarried, no children (see notes for her mother).

91. James Montagu Stone

The Grahamstown Journal of July 29, 1872 records: “Married at St. George’s Cathedral 24th July 1872, James Montagu Stone, eldest son of J.J.H. Stone, to Elizabeth Anne Davies.”

225. Ethel Maud Stone

Grahamstown Journal entry of June 11 1900 (FB p. 178) records: “Died at
Grahamstown, 10th June 1900, Ethel Maud Stone, eldest daughter of James Montagu
and Elizabeth Stone, aged 24.” (Three articles, including obituary and funeral
description).

99. Theophilus Tylden Shepstone

Civil servant. Twice married. Died at his residence in Rhodes (in Eastern Cape near Lesotho border).
Children of first marriage:
Helen Amelia Ann Douglas (nee Shepstone), married to Hector Douglas.
Emmie Jane Eleanor Shepstone
Children of second marriage:
Mark Fuller Every Shepstone

Sources for Theophilus Tylden Shepstone
All the information about him, his wives and children is from his death notice, LDS Microfilm #1281527
Cape Province Death Notices 1910 Item 3 Entry #407.

113. Winifred Mary Claridge Fuller

Sources for Winifred Mary Claridge Fuller
The information about her marriage and children is from a family tree compiled by Aldyth Fuller of Fish Hoek.
Birth and baptism: LDS microfilm #1560855, Methodist Parish Records, Kingwilliamstown, Christenings: 1873-1912 Item 19, entry #1114

140. Alfred William Fuller

Sources for Alfred William Fuller
Birth entry for his son in 1895 indicates that Alfred William Fuller was a baker aged 29 who lived at 127 Caledon Street in Cape Town. (LDS Microfilm #1926298, Cape Town Birth Certificates: 1895)

236. Unknown Fuller

Sources for this child
See notes for her brother; his birth entry indicates that he had a sister already living.

237. Unknown Fuller

Sources for this child
LDS Microfilm #1926298
Cape Town Birth Certificates: 1895
Item 1
Entry #1276
Husband: Alfred William FULLER, European, 29, Baker, born Cape Colony
Wife: Elizabeth HOOGENDOORN, European, 25, Housewife, born Cape Colony
Child: No Name Male
Born: 7/17/1895
Date of Marriage: February/No Entry/1891
Other Children: 1 Daughter (living)
Residence: 127 Caledon Street
Witness: Mrs. HANSLO

141. Ada Ann Fuller

Sources for Ada Ann Fuller
All information for this family comes from LDS Microfilm #1926298, Cape Town Birth Certificates: 1895
Item 1, entry # 1962, recording the birth of a daughter .

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