The Shipwrecked Mariner and the Spanish Ladies 1873

Sturges Bourne Bell was born in Port Natal on 17 July 1852 to Captain William Bell and his wife Mary Ann nee Caithness. Apart from his birth and baptism, records concerning Sturges were scarce.

However, an unusual pair of forenames can be an advantage when tracing an ancestor - especially in that mine of information, contemporary newspapers. So it proved in the case of Sturges Bourne Bell.*

Apparently he stayed with family tradition and became a mariner. In 1873 he turns up as crew member on the collier Beckton sailing from Cardiff to Malta, when on the night of 28 November this screw steamer struck a sunken reef in heavy fog about three miles off the coast of Spain. There was a strong gale whipping up the sea and within minutes it was evident that the ship would soon break up.

The crew launched a lifeboat but it was immediately swamped, with the loss of eleven men. An attempt to launch the jolly-boat also failed. Several seamen including the mate leapt into the waves or were washed off the vessel. Only the captain and Bell were left on deck. Bell managed to get a lifebelt to the captain, who could not swim, but the captain was swept away and Bell then decided to try and make for land, stripping off all his clothing except his shirt.

As he swam he called out for any possible survivors in the water and was answered by the mate, the two men swimming together for some distance. When the mate’s strength began to fail, Bell found him a plank and the mate clung to this but was unable to continue, asking Bell to go and see his wife and five children to tell them how he’d died. Later the mate’s body was washed up, still clasping the plank. The bodies of seven other seamen and that of the ship’s cook followed.

Bell reached the shore alive, though severely bruised and cut from his passage through the reef. He might have bled to death if he hadn’t torn his shirt into strips and bandaged himself as best he could. After four hours in the sea he lay exhausted and helpless on the beach until eventually found by two young women and assisted to the nearest village. The local inhabitants tended his wounds and Bell afterwards spoke warmly of their kindness. When he was sufficiently recovered they sent him on to Corunna where the packet Onward took him on board. Bell was duly landed at Plymouth, the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society offering him a temporary refuge at the Sailor’s Home.

It had been a dramatic wreck, with over 20 lives lost, Bell being the sole survivor. He seems to have acquitted himself well and his actions in assisting others showed some heroism. Accounts were published in several British newspapers, identifying him as Sturges Bourne Bell, aged 20, from Port Natal. He is variously described in the reports as Ordinary Seaman and Able Seaman.

Crew members listed: Central Press 17 Dec 1873

According to one news column, when Bell left Plymouth he headed for London but at that point he drops out of sight. It hasn’t yet been established whether his family in Natal ever saw him again or heard about the shipwreck and his miraculous escape from the deep.

As Sturges Bourne Bell sailed away from the shores of Spain, perhaps he whistled the old Navy refrain:

‘Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish Ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;
For we've received orders for to sail for old England,
 But we hope in a short time to see you again.’

Spanish ladies: Raquel and Manuela by Sir William Russell Flint

Lloyd's Register entry 1873/74 for the Beckton; here her captain's name
is given as Howley; she was built in Newcastle in 1869, and sailed between
London and Mediterranean ports; it is noted that she was wrecked.

* For more on the origin of his forenames:

molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/09/caithness-and-bell-mystery-solved.html

Acknowlegement

Tom Sheldon 

Passenger arrivals at Natal October 1875

MISCELLANEOUS ARRIVALS Natal Mercury 2 October 1875 
Hannah Nicholson, Actaea, Natal, Zulu, Umkomanzi, Adonis, Elizabeth Martin, Kafir, Lady Selborne, Florence

SHIPPING

Sept 3 - Hannah Nicholson, barque, of Adelaide, 252 tons, Farquhar, from Adelaide, sailed July 16. Cargo: flour. 
PASSENGERS 
Messrs 
Hardy 
Rodds 
H and T McCubbin, agents.

Sept 7 - Actaea, barque, of London, 300 tons, A Walker, from Calcutta and Mauritius, sailed from Calcutta, July 11. Mauritius, Aug 25. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
Mrs and Miss Maingard 
Mrs Porley and four children 
Mr and Mrs S Guillaman and three children 
Mr Nicholas and four children 
E Snell and Co., agents.

Sept 7 - Barbara Taylor, 3-masted schnr, of Greenock, 252 tons, Taylor, from London, sailed June 12. Cargo: general. 
Bullard, King and Co., agents.

Sept 7 - Surprise, barque of Norway, 454 tons, Wagner, from London, sailed June 1. Cargo: general. 
Steel, Atkinson and Co., agents.

Sept 8 - Natal, RMS, of Southampton, 587 tons, JC Gilbert, from Capt Town and intermediate ports. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
From Southampton 
Mrs King and 4 children 
Lieut de Hoghton 
Messrs 
E Escombe 
Heys 
Macfarlane 
Gregory 
5 men, 2 women, and 5 children. 
From Cape Town 
Mrs H De la Cour Travers, child, and servant 
Messrs Pretorius 
C Fleek 
G Bocca 
Beather 
Henderson 
Kennedy 
J Noeman 
H Thomas 
A Fisher 
C Kirsten 
J Domon 
R Cook 
From Algoa Bay 
Mr and Mrs Railie 
Dr Barbour 
Mr L Bamball 
Messrs 
Barbour 
Somberg 
W Reigg 
Weitzel 

Report 
Left Cape Town at noon on the 3rd Sept., experienced light variable winds till midnight, then the wind freshened to NW and increased till morning. During the 4th strong gale; at midnight heavy gale with violent squalls, wind, hail and rain, thunder and violent lightning. Arrived Algoa Bay 5th, at 1 p.m. Off Cape. St. Francis, on the morning of the 5th passed RMS Kafir bound to the westward and a brigantine running. Left Port Elizabeth on the 6th at 3.20 p.m., anchored off East London next morning at 7; left again at 11.20 a.m. From Port Elizabeth to Port Natal, light easterly winds and fine. 
Escombe and Co., agents.

Sept 11 - Annie, schooner, of London, 40 tons, Le Clercq, from East London, sailed Sept 8. Cargo: general. 
S Crowder and Co., agents.

Sept 11 - Zulu, RMS, 678 tons, H de le Cour Travers, from Zanzibar and intermediate ports. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
Alex Turnbull, Esq., MD, Staff-Surgeon HMS London, 
Messrs 
Thompson 
Brown 
Joublet 
Mrs and Miss Samuel 
17 Naval invalids 

Report 
Left Natal August 19, 9 a.m., arrived Mozambique August 25, 3.15 p.m.; arrived Zanzibar August 28, 9.15 a.m. From Natal to 26° S experienced heavy NE gale and very high sea; thence to Zanzibar moderate fair winds and strong adverse currents. Left Zanzibar August 31, 3.15 p.m. arrived Lindi Bay September 2, 8 a.m.; sailed at noon same day; arrived Mozambique September 4, 7.30 a.m.; left 3.15 p.m. same day; arrived Delagoa Bay September 8, 2.30 p.m.; sailed September 9, 11.45 a.m., arrived Natal September 11. From Zanzibar to Cape Delgado experienced light SW monsoon and strong adverse currents, thence to 21° S light fair winds, but no current; thence to C Corrientes similar weather; Delagoa Bay to Natal, strong gale and heavy head sea. 
Escombe and Co., agent.

Sept 12 - Umkomanzi, barque, of Aberdeen 397 tons, Airth, from London, sailed June 29. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
Mrs Bachan and seven children 
Steel, Atkinson and Co., agents.

Sept 12 - Adonis, of Amsterdam, SS, 80 tons, Thompson, from Scottburgh, sailed Sept 12, not having effected a landing. Cargo: sundries. 
PASSENGERS 
Mrs Collingham and three children 
S Crowder and Co., agents.

Sept 15 - Elizabeth Martin, CMS, of Leith, 1500 tons, Duncan, from London and Cape ports. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
Messrs 
Mc-om-ie 
Ridson 
Buyers 
Report 
Sailed from London, August 4th; arrived at Cape, Sept 2nd, left 5th; arrived Mossel Bay, 6th, left 7th; arrived Algoa Bay, 8th, left 10th; arrived at Kowie, 11th, left 13th; arrived East London, 13th, left 14th; arrived Natal, 15th. 
Black, Baxter and Co., agents.

Sept 15 - Eastern Star, brig, 208 tons, GW Arnot, from London, sailed Jan 10th. Cargo: general. 
Steel, Atkinson and Co., agents.

Sept 22 - Kafir, RMS, of Southampton, 900 tons, Garratt, from Cape ports. Cargo: general. 
PASSENGERS 
From Southampton 
Mr and Mrs Topham, four children, and nurse 
Rev., Mrs and Mr AJ Abrahams 
Mr G Woodley 

Mr Krafer 
Miss Nickse 
Mr Dowse 
Mr Hooper 
Mr RG and Mr G Hooper 
Sergt Hawgood 
Mr and Mrs Fairburn 
Misses Pople (2) 
Mrs Heller and daughter 
From Cape Town 
Miss Lloyd 
Mr GL Morton 
Mr and Mrs Bonever 
Mr E Moore 
Mr Thomas Kirkwood 
Mr T Hastings 
Messrs 
A Nelson 
J Leis 
Robert Hunter 
From Algoa Bay 
Messrs 
Macleroy 
Mann 
TA O'Flaherty 
Bisset 
From East London 
Mr JN Holden 
John Nixon 
From Cape Town for Zanzibar 
Muchmoet 
Noomen 
one boy 

Report 
Left Cape Town, Monday, Sept 13th, 4 p.m., light variable winds, to Mossel Bay; arrived at Mossel Bay, Tuesday, Sept 14th 7.30 p.m. left Mossel Bay, Wednesday, 15th, 2.30 p.m.; moderate head winds to Algoa Bay; arrived at Algoa Bay, Thursday, 16, 8.30 p.m.; left Algoa Bay, Sunday, 19th, 10 a.m.; light fair winds and calm to East London; arrived at East London, Monday, 20th, 5.30 a.m.; left East London, Monday, 20th, 5.30 p.m.; light fair winds and calm to Natal; arrived at Natal, Wednesday, 22nd, 5.30 a.m. 
Escombe and Co., agents.

Sept 23 - Lady Selborne, 3-masted brigantine, of Plymouth, 299 tons, N Keen, from Port Alfred, sailed Sept 19, in ballast. 
PASSENGERS 
S Stanley 
J Lyons 
P Murphy 
R Wilhelm, agent.

Florence, CMS of Leith.

Passengers to Natal: Zulu 1873

Arrival of RMS Zulu Natal Mercury 9 August 1873

SHIPPING GAZETTE

ARRIVED
August 8 - Zulu, RMS, 678 tons, Valler, from Table Bay, August 1; Mossel Bay, Aug 4; Algoa Bay, Aug 5; and East London, Aug 6. Cargo general

PASSENGERS
Mrs Feltham
Mrs Ellis
Mrs W H Piers
Mr and Mrs Lloyd
  and two servants
Miss Bennett
Mrs Tritton
Mr Cowley
Mr Compton
Mr Grady
Mr D'Montillo
Mr W Collier



Left Cape Town, 1st August at 6 p.m. Light, moderate head wind and foggy.
Arrived at Mossel Bay on the 2nd August, at 11.10 p.m.; on the 4th August, at 1.35, left Mossel Bay; light westerly wind, and hazy, to Algoa Bay, where she arrived on the 5th August, at 1.40 p.m.; left again the same day, at 5.30 p.m.; had moderate head wind to East London, where she anchored at 1.15 p.m., on the 6th August; very heavy southerly swell; left same day at 6.10 p.m.
Escombe and Co., agents.


Details of a typical voyage at this date between Cape Town and Durban via intermediate ports giving an idea of the time taken.

Huguenot Ancestors

Kenn Joubert has achieved what many family historians only dream about - transforming the family history into a fictional narrative. His Huguenot Trilogy is the result: three volumes of action, adventure and romance which will appeal whether you have Huguenot ancestry or not.


1. ESCAPE TO FREEDOM

It is 1687 and the Sun King of France has grown frustrated by the challenges of the Protestant heretics and sends his dragoons into Southern France. 

Pierre Jaubert, a shy young farmer, living in the village of La Motte d'Aigues in the sun-kissed hills of Provence, is catapulted into the life of an outlaw when he impulsively attacks a vicious Dragoon Captain. The officer swears revenge as the festering scar on the cheek fails to heal. The very last thing Pierre wanted to be was a hero. He is forced to join a tidal wave of Huguenots trying to escape France. Huguenots caught fleeing are faced with imprisonment or death. 

Attend a colourful village wedding of Isabeau Richarde - a woman Pierre has secretly admired - as she marries into the Mallan family. Follow Pierre's many disastrous attempts to reach safety and the parallel escape attempts by Isabeau and her Mallan family. 

2. FOLLOW THE WIND

This exciting historic novel will bring the reader directly into the trauma faced by the French Protestants in the 1600s. The first book in the Huguenot Trilogy was Escape to Freedom. The second book, Follow the Wind, introduces new and old characters that readers have enjoyed.  It is 1687. Although a group of Huguenots refugees from Provence have skillfully escaped from France into free Switzerland, they are pursued by an avenging troop of disguised French Dragoons determined to assassinate key members of the party.

Feeling helpless, a new character, young Susanne Reyne, watched her family murdered during a safe border escape into Switzerland. Now, penniless in Geneva, she is desperate until she recognizes a neighbour from Provence, Pierre Jaubert, in Geneva streets and attempts to seek his aid. Join the group as, swept by the tidal wave of refugees, they are attacked continuously while searching through Europe - through the cantons of Switzerland, down the Rhine River and eventually ending up into the Netherlands – still searching for a future.

Here in Holland, the group is both terrified and excited, as fate throws a daring challenge - an offer of farm land and freedom in Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Never having been to sea before, the group journey on a small Dutch galleon, the China, to the bottom of the world. 

3. THE EARLY YEARS

After a shockingly dangerous voyage on the galleon China, the passengers, which included a group of young would-be brides - orphan girls from Rotterdam - arrive in Cape Town. Rejoin the young Huguenot couple, Pierre Joubert and his wife, Isabeau. Each settler, is expected to develop a farm on free land. A major task when you have to deal with lions, elephants and other wild creatures - warthogs, baboons and pythons. 

Each family must build their own house, clear the frightening land and raise crops, as they promised they would. Follow their struggles not only to survive but to tackle and defeat the many challenges they face.

The Huguenot Trilogy is available online at: 

www.trafford.com/05-2075

Reformatory Ancestors

William Caithness Bell and his brother Alfred Douglas Bell, grandsons of Captain William and Mary Ann Bell nee Caithness, are missing from their family’s entry in the 1891 UK Census. Parents James Colquhoun Bell and Sarah nee Clark are at home in Lyndhurst Street, South Shields, with their other children ranging in age from 11 years down to the infant Elizabeth. Where were William and Alfred, then aged 15 and 14 respectively, on Census night, 5/6 April 1891 - perhaps away working, possibly apprenticed to a trade?

These would be reasonable assumptions but the truth is that, unexpectedly, the two boys are listed elsewhere. On that date they were guests of the North Eastern Reformatory, Netherton, near Morpeth, Northumberland.

William Caithness Bell was born when his parents were living in Mile End Old Town, London. 

A photograph of him in a dress (as small boys were before being ‘breeched’) and wearing only one shoe, shows William as bright-eyed and chubby-cheeked. Unusually, there’s a date written on the back of the photograph, 9 November 1876, so William was a year old. Tartan or similar checked fabric was a popular choice for children and there are yards of it in William’s outfit, complete with a large bow, as if he’d been gift-wrapped.

By 1881 William (5) had two younger brothers, Alfred Douglas (4) and James Colquhoun Bell jnr (1). Ten years later the family were in South Shields, probably having moved there due to work opportunities for James snr: he was a ‘Marine Enameller’. Additional children had arrived in the interim and seven are listed in 1891: James jnr (11), Hester, Henry, Ellen, Victor (his full name was Sturgeous Victor), and Frederick.

Local newspapers provide nuggets of information about the absent sons. On 31 December 1890, a brief report appeared in the Shields Daily Gazette:

Today's Police News: Pigeons.—William Caithness Bell (I4) and James (16) [no surname given] were charged with stealing two pigeons, the value 3s, the property of Charles Temple, joiner, 109 Edith Street. James Townsley, pigeon dealer, Mill Dam, said the elder lad brought the birds to his shop and he bought them from him. Fined 5s and costs each.

This was a relatively minor brush with the law, but there had been at least one previous misdemeanour in October 1890 and William was soon to be in the news again. In February 1891 he and Alfred were charged with three separate incidents of breaking and entering. The Bell brothers were duly sentenced and served two weeks in prison after which they were sent to the North-Eastern Reformatory for four years.

South Shields Gazette and Shipping Telegraph
Tuesday 24 February 1891

It seems a harsh punishment, though in an earlier era they might have been transported or worse. As the 19^th c neared its close, there was a slightly more enlightened view. Juvenile offenders, especially those who had appeared before the court more than once, could be placed in Reformatories and hopefully redirected onto the straight and narrow path. These institutions weren't holiday homes, as entries in the Punishment Book for 1891 reveal, and the cane was frequently used:

Reformatory punishments for 1891 include
 '6 stripes on hand with cane ... for repeatedly talking during religious instruction';
 '3 days cell, low diet, 8 stripes on hand ... for striking boy' **

The North-Eastern Reformatory School for Boys was founded in the mid-1850s, moving to a site at Netherton near Morpeth in 1859. By William’s and Alfred’s time there would have been 210 boys at the Reformatory. From 1933 the establishment became the Netherton Training Approved School.

Alfred Douglas Bell’s further adventures remain unknown but William Caithness Bell emerged apparently unscathed after his four year stint, marrying a Durham girl, Elizabeth Mankin, in May 1900 and settling down to raise a family. William was ‘in work’ at the shipyard. By 1911 they had a daughter Victoria Josephine and a son named James Colquhoun Bell (the third in that line), evidence that William valued family tradition and that his life was back on track.

For more on James Colquhoun Bell snr and family see:
molegenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/06/souvenir-saturday-james-colquhoun-bells.html

* Photo by H Turner, Bedford House, 245 Commercial Road, E. Inscription on reverse: 'William Caithness Bell, aged 12 months, with love to his Great Grandma A. Caithness. Taken on his first Birthday 9/11/76.' Acknowledgement: Don Gaff, Peter Hay.

**See zoomed pages:  http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/008669FS.htm

Tracing an ancestor in the South African Constabulary

If your ancestor served in the South African Constabulary (SAC), his Record of Conduct and Service is an important source of information. 

These personnel files provide the individual’s full name, birthplace and date, a detailed physical description, his marital status, occupation, religion, list of promotions or transfers, any medical reports, date of and reason for discharge, address in cases of change of location, as well as name and address of next-of-kin. Should he have defaulted in any way during his period of service that will show in the record. 

The South African Constabulary was established to keep law and order in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony (Orange Free State) and Swaziland. It was a semi-military force recruited from British men in the Cape and Natal as well as from further afield – Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India and Ceylon. Over 1200 Canadians served in the SAC; their records are held in South Africa.

There are 9 452 Records of Conduct and Service files held in the National Archives, Pretoria. These are indexed and reflected on NAAIRS at www.national.archives.gov.za  under the database TAB. Search on your ancestor’s name to find the full file reference.

To access the record or acquire a digital copy of the contents, rather than attempting to involve the various SA archival repositories directly, it’s advisable to delegate to a private researcher or alternatively to use the eggsa document-ordering facility. For more about the latter see http://www.eggsa.org/sales/help_archive_docs.htm

In the Free State the SAC, initially known as the ORC (Orange River Contingent) was later (1908 - 1913) the ORC Police. Filmed records are available via FamilySearch: read more at

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/543629?availability=Family%20History%20Library

About 5 000 service records of the Free State Police (FSP) are held in Free State Archives and these are also indexed on NAAIRS under the database VAB.

South African Constabulary

Haven Meesters and Port Captains: Port Natal/Durban

From 1839:

REPUBLIC OF NATALIA

Carel Velentyn Buchner
1839-1840 Havemeester and Havecommandant
Appointed by Volksraad between 11 November 1839 and 2/3 January 1840. Held both offices officially until 5 January 1840. Appointed Havecommandant only provisionally from 6 January 1840.

Cornelius Botha
1840 Haven Meester
Appointed between 6 January 1840 and 4 March 1840. Resignation accepted 29 September 1840.

Edmund Morewood 
1841-1842 Havemeester
Appointed provisionally at Volksraad meeting 12 August 1840. Appointed effective 1 year 17 November 1840. Completed 1 year appointment 17 November 1841, confirmed at Volksraad meeting 12 October 1841. Landdrost of Port Natal was appointed as Havemeester with no additional salary from 18 November 1841. This continued until Landdrost resigned: Volksraad meeting 25 February 1842.

Matthys J Stadtler
1842 Havemeester. Appointed provisionally 25 February 1842. Held office to 27 April 1842.

Johannes Bodenstein
1842 Havemeester and Landdrost, Member of Volksraad 1842
Appointed 28 April 1842, held office until 25 June 1842.

Port Natal was re-occupied by British forces on 26 June 1842

COLONY OF NATAL

William Douglas Bell
b. 1807 Glasson, Bowness, Cumberland
Baptised 2 Oct 1807 Bowness-on-Solway
d. 10 April 1869 Durban
1845-1847 Harbourmaster
Master of schooner Conch trading on South African coast in the 1830's. On 24 June 1842 arrived off Port Natal with troops taken aboard in Algoa Bay. On 26 June 1842 Conch crossed bar towing boats carrying troops from HMS 'Southampton'. British troops re-occupied Port Natal. Bell accepted and appointed Harbour Master, Port Natal, December 1844. Arrived in Durban to take up post March 1845. Served in this capacity until 31 March 1847 when he resigned over conditions of service; he was reinstated 2 years later. 

John Douglas
b. c1816
d. 24 April 1849 Natal
Assumed duty as Port Captain 1 May 1847, Resigned and left office 22 November 1847.

George Freeman
b. c1825
1847-1849/50 Port Captain
Appointed 23 November 1847. Resigned post October 1849 but probably remained in office until Captain Bell arrived January 1850.

William Douglas Bell
1849/50-1869 Port Captain
Accepted appointment 24 December 1849. Arrived in Durban 19 January 1850 with wife and family. Died in office 10 April 1869

George Christopher Cato
b. 25 Feb 1814 London
d. 9 July 1893 Durban
1869-1872 Port Captain
Appointed temporarily and provisionally as Port Captain vice W D Bell. Resigned 6 September 1872 on appointment of Alexander Airth from 7 September 1872.

Alexander Airth
b. c1833 Aberdeenshire, Scotland
d. 16 Dec 1903 Bellair, Natal
1872-1883 Port Captain and subsequently Shipping Master; retired at own request; in office until 14 March 1883.

James Joseph Lawson Sisson Commander, Royal Navy
b. c1846
d. 23 Dec 1883 Durban
1883 Port Captain and subsquently Shipping Master
Died in office, aged 37 years; only 9 months in office.

Henry Ballard CMG
1884-1903 Port Captain. Appointed and travelled from UK to take up post; took office 5 April 1884. Captain Strachan, 1st Pilot, acting Port Captain, formally handed over keys of office. Retired after 18 years in office. Handed over 4 November 1903.

Colony of Natal became part of Union of South Africa 31 May 1910

John Rainnie RNR
b. 1 April 1863 Glasgo, Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents: John Rainnie and Helen Croll
d. 16 Jan 1944 Durban
1903-1919 Port Captain and Nautical Adviser to the Government
Retired at own request 30 April 1919. 

Samuel George Stephens RNR
b. 2 Jan 1871 Devoran, Cornwall
d. 8 March 1933 Durban
1919-1930 Port Captain
From inception - 1920 Marine Superintendent of Government steamers
1928 Nautical Adviser

Percy Hyett Flack Shepherd
b. 23 Nov 1873 Adelaide, Australia
Previously Port Captain, East London
1930/1-1932 Port Captain

Willem Weller
b. ?UK
Previously Port Captain, Port Elizabeth
1932 Port Captain
1933 Nautical Adviser and Port Captain at Durban
1935 Nautical Adviser and Port Captain at Cape Town
1941-1944 Nautical Adviser at Headquarters, Johannesburg

James E Eaglesham DSC UK
Previously Port Captain, East London
1935 Port Captain
1944-46 Nautical Adviser and Port Captain

Henry George Jarvis
b. 3 Dec 1891 UK
1946-1951 Port Captain

John Cox
b. 7 July 1899 UK
1851 Port Captain
1856-1962 Nautical Adviser and Port Captain at Durban
Previously Assistant to the Port Captain, Durban.

James Ellis
b. 31 July 1900 UK
Previously Senior Assistant Port Captain, Durban
1962-1963 Port Captain
Died in office

Eric B Sharratt
b. 30 April 1901 UK
Previously Port Captain, Port Elizabeth
1963-1964 Port Captain

Cornelis AE Deacon
b. 28 Nov 1903 UK
Previously Port Captain, East London
1964 Port Captain
1965 Nautical Adviser and Port Captain at Durban
1965-1966 Nautical Adviser at Durban

Leslie A Dickenson
b. 1 Sept 1909
Previously Senior Assistant Port Captain (Staff) Durban
1966 Port Captain
1966-1970 Nautical Adviser at Durban

Terence Donald McKinnon
b. 6 Jan 1910 Durban
Previously Port Captain Port Elizabeth
1966 Port Captain
1970-1973 Nautical Adviser at Durban

T Oliver Clark
b. 6 April 1912
Previously Port Captain, East London
1970-1975 Port Captain

Eric Ebelthite
b. 28 Dec 1913
Previously Deputy Port Captain, Durban
1975-1976 Port Captain

Malcolm Rose
b. 24 Dec 1919
Previously Port Captain, Walvis Bay
1976-1982 Port Captain

Ian William Edwards
b. 31 March 1925 Kroonstad, OFS
Previously Port Captain, East London
1983-1986 Port Captain

Kenneth L Carter
b. 18 Nov 1926
Previously Deputy Port Captain, Durban
1986-1986 Port Captain

Edward S Page
b. 12 April 1928
Previously Port Captain, Port Elizabeth
1987-1989 Port Captain

Michael Anthony Cooper
b. 12 Oct 1934
1989 Port Captain

Burgess Roll: Durban 1856/57

List of Persons Qualified to Vote at the Election of Councillors for the Borough of Durban, District of Natal, for the Year commencing 15th July 1856 and ending 4th July 1857.

ACUTT William	Smith Street	Merchant
ACUTT Robert	Smith Street	Auctioneer
ADAMS	Pine Terrace	Ordnance Store Keeper
ADAMS John Corbett	West Street	Storekeeper
ADLAM Joseph	Pine Terrace	Carpenter
AGAR Charles	Market-square	Canteen-keeper
ANDERSON Robert	Smith Street	Surveyor
ARCHER George	St George St	Pilot
ARNOLD Thomas	Pine Terrace	Hotel-keeper
BAKER Robert	Smith Street	Commissariat Officer
BANGER Henry	Smith Street	Joiner
BARKER Thomas	West Street	Miller
BAUMANN John Fred	West Street	Baker
BAYNES Richard	West Street	Butcher
BELL William	The Point	Port Captain
BLACKWOOD James	West Street	Storekeeper
BOAST William	Market-square	Stable Keeper
BOOKLESS Robert	Smith Street	Blacksmith
BOTTOMLEY George	Congella	Gardener
BOYNE Robert	St Andrew St	Boatman
BRICKHILL James	Bank	Manager
BRISTOW Charles	St Andrew St	Policeman
BROCKMAN William	The Point	Watchman
BROWN John	Smith Street	Merchant
BROWN Robert	West Street	Butcher
BRUNTON Walter	Cato's Creek	Lime-burner
BUTTERY Thomas	Pine Terrace	Waggoner
CAMPBELL William	Pine Terrace	Contractor
CASS Thomass (sic)	Smith Street	Labourer
CATO George Christopher	Smith Street	Lloyd's Agent
CATO Christopher Joseph	Smith Street	Civil Engineer
CATO John Pearson	Smith Street	Engineer
CHALLINOR Edwin James	West Street	Druggist
CHAPMAN Thomas	West Street	Baker
CHEESEBOROUGH John	Smith Street	Clerk
CLARENCE Arthur	West Street	Auctioneer
CLARK William	Pine Terrace	Wheelwright
CLARK George William	Field Street	Clerk
COLES William Fred	Pine Terrace	Cooper
COOPER Thomas	West Street	Cabinet Maker
COOPER William	Beach	Ship Carpenter
COWEY Henry	West Street	Storekeeper
COWEY William	West Street	Storekeeper
CROCKER John	Pine Terrace	Stonemason
CROWDER Samuel	Pine Terrace	General Dealer
CROWDER Samuel jun	Pine Terrace	Clerk
CULLINGWORTH Jeremiah	West Street	Printer
CULLINGWORTH Lewin	Market-square	Saddler
CURRIE Henry William	West Street	Machinist
DACOMB William	Field Street	Wine Merchant
DALES William	West Street	Storekeeper
DAND Thomas	West Street	Gaoler
DICKENS Woolston	Grey Street	Carpenter
DICKINSON Robert Wm	West Street	Ironmonger
DREW George	Grey Street	Canteen-keeper
DUBOIS James	Smith Street	Painter
DUNCAN George Will	West Street	Gunsmith
ELLIOTT Robert	West Street	Joiner
ELSTON James	West Street	Clerk
EVANS Alfred Winter	Smith Street	Merchant
EXALL Henry	Pine Terrace	Labourer
FERGUSON Archibald	St George St	Wheelwright
FIELD Edwin	West Street	Cooper
FISHER Henry Holmes	Pine Terrace	Collector
FOGGITT Mark	Smith Street	Town Clerk
FOREST John	Congella	Farmer
FULLER James	West Street	Baker
GAVIN John	West Street	Blacksmith
GAVIS John	West Street	Canteen-keeper
GEORDGE William	Congella	Farmer
GILLESPIE Hugh	St Andrew St	Merchant
GODDEN Richard	Pine Terrace	Mason
GOODRICKE John R	Smith Street	Attorney
GRANT John Hannibal	West Street	Baker
GRAINGER William	St Andrew St	Thatcher
GRAINGER John	West Street	Mason
GREY John	West Street	Storekeeper
GREY John	Smith Street	Gentleman
GRIFFIN Stephen William	Rose Cottage	Wheelwright
HANKEY Thomas	Smith Street	Bootmaker
HARBEN John	West Street	Carpenter
HARPER Isaac	Smith Street	Labourer
HARRISS John William	Smith Street	Gardener
HARRISON William	Smith Street	Chief Constable
HARRISSON William	Pine Terrace	Policeman
HARTLEY William	West Street	Merchant
HART William	West Street	Sawyer
HARVEY Francis	Pine Terrace	Out of Business
HARWIN Richard	West Street	Storekeeper
HENWOOD John	Field Street	Butcher
HENWOOD Paul	West Street	Millwright
HEYS Thomas	West Street	Tailor
HOBDAY Richard	Smith Street	Warehouseman
HODGSON James	Gardiner Street	Waggoner
HOLLAND Edward Wm	West Street	District Surgeon
HORNE William	West Street	Gunsmith
HOVENDON Charles	Pine Terrace	Blacksmith
HOUY Isadore Henry	West Street	Labourer
HULL Daniel	Pine Terrace	Storekeeper
HUMPHRY Robert	St George St	Tailor
HUNT George	Berea	Printer
HUNT John	Field Street	Carpenter
JACKSON William	Pine Terrace	Wheelwright
JACQUES Alexander	West Street	Storekeeper
JARGAL Hipolyte	Field Street	Gentleman
JOHNSTONE Charles	West Street	Surgeon
JOLLY Robert Stratford	Pine Terrace	Druggist
KAHTS Joachim Fred	Smith Street	Landing Agent
KERMODE Edward	Smith Street	Baker
KING John	Smith Street	Trader
LAMPORT Edward Parke	Aliwal Street	Merchant
LANSDELL George	Grey Street	Labourer
LAWRIE George	West Street	Attorney
LEDSON Thomas Moodie	The Point	Boatman
LEE Edwin	The Point	Landing Waiter
LENNOX Peter	Smith Street	Miller
LEUCHARS Henry James	Pine Terrace	Carrier
LOFTHOUSE John	Pine Terrace	Carrier
LUCAS Lawrence John	West Street	Druggist
LUMSDEN John	Pine Terrace	Clerk
MASON Joseph	St George St	Clerk
MAXWELL Patrick Joseph	St Andrew St	Gentleman
M'ARTHUR Alexander	Smith Street	Merchant
M'DONALD Charles	Aliwal Street	Lime-burner
M'DONALD Donald	Smith Street	Blacksmith
M'KENZIE Archdeacon	West Street	Minister
M'LAREN John	Pine Terrace	Boarding House
MILLAR John	Smith Street	Merchant
MILNE John	The Point	Government Resident Engineer
MILNER Henry	Smith Street	Merchant
MOORE Alfred	West Street	Storekeeper
NIMMO Robert	West Street	Merchant
PALMER William	West Street	Merchant
PAY George	Grey Street	Salter
PARKER Richard	West Street	Sawyer
PAUL James Louis	Pine Terrace	Trader
PENFOLD Marchant	West Street	Storekeeper
PETTY William Thomas	Pine Terrace	Thatcher
PINSENT Savery (sic)	West Street	Attorney
POLKINGHORNE John T	Aliwal Street	Trader
POVALL Charles	Smith Street	Carpenter
PRINCE John	West Street	Blacksmith
PULLEYN James	West Street	Watchmaker
PUTTERILL James	West Street	Builder
QUESTED William	Congella	Farmer
RAW Robert	West Street	Druggist
REDDISH Samuel	Smith Street	Carpenter
RIDER William Robert	The Point	Boatman
RIGBY Robert	Smith Street	Mason
ROBARTS Emery	West Street	Bootmaker
ROBERTS James Baker	St Andrew St	Attorney
ROBERTSON Robert T	St George St	Canteen-keeper
ROBINSON George	Smith Street	Editor
ROGERS Richard	West Street	Blacksmith
ROYSTON William	Smith Street	Joiner
RUSSELL George	Market-square	Clerk
RUTHERFORD George	Smith Street	Collector of Customs
SALMON Farquard C	West Street	Labourer
SANDERSON John	West Street	Merchant
SAVORY William Henry	West Street	Storekeeper
SCOTT Edward	West Street	Storekeeper
SCHOMBERG Valentinus Alexius	Smith Street	Gentleman
SHORT James William	Field Street	Butcher
SHUTER John David	Gardiner St	Attorney
SINK Thomas	Pine Terrace	Cooper
SLATTER William	West Street	Saddler
SMERDON William	Aliwal Street	Merchant
SMITH Edward	West Street	Storekeeper
SNELL Edward	West Street	Merchant
SPENSLEY Calvert	Mission House	Minister
SPILSBURY George	West Street	Wagon builder
SPRADBROW Charles	The Point	Labourer
STEEL Peter	Field Street	Bootmaker
TAYLOR Daniel	Smith Street	Thatcher
TAYLOR Moses David	Smith Street	Plasterer
TAYLOR John	West Street	Tailor
TOWNING Frederick	West Street	Joiner
TUNMER William	Smith Street	Bricklayer
TYSACK (sic) Richard Webber	Union Street	Tailor
UPTON Robert Sellers	West Street	Surveyor
VACKERMAN Harman	Gardiner Str	Ship Carpenter
VIALLS John	Smith Street	Engraver
VINE Richard	Smith Street	Labourer
VIONNEE Richard	Smith Street	Clerk
WAKELIN Charles	West Street	Painter
WALSH Albert	Pine Terrace	Clerk
WALSH William	St George St	Blacksmith
WARD John	Smith Street	Clerk
WARWICK Francis	Smith Street	Carpenter
WELFORD Joseph	St George St	Labourer
WELCH Andrew	West Street	Canteen-keeper
WHITEHEAD George James	West Street	Interpreter
WILCOX John	Pine Terrace	Bricklayer
WILLIAMS George West	West Street	Tailor
WIRSING George Henry	West Street	Merchant
WOOD Wilson	West Street	Clerk
WRIGHT William	St George St	Storekeeper
YOUNG James	Smith Street	Upholsterer