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Over 1500 burials have been transcribed from these parish registers. The majority of the deceased persons were listed as living in Mossel Bay and the were given as “Aliwal”.

Surnames included are Arendse, Bayman, Cameron, Cunningham, Damons, Domingo, February, Frans, Hendriks, Isaacs, Jantjes, January, Karelse, Losper, Lukas, Maart, Malgas, Maori, Marais, Mathews, McBean, Meyer, Michaels, Muller, Olkers, Pamplin, Pickering, Pieterze, Roman, Roode, Smith, Tobias, Waites, Welkom, Wiggett and Williams just to mention a few.

Mossel Bay was one of the earliest towns visited in Southern African when Bartholomew Dias rounded the Cape in 1487 in an attempt to find the sea route to the East. The town was orignally called Golfo dos Vaquerios meaning “bay of herdsmen) in Portuguese.

On 8 July 1601 another Dutch navigator, Paulus van Caerden, named the bay Mossel Bay, as, according to tradition, he could only find a bed of mussels with which to replenish his ship’s provisions. The present town was founded in 1848 and was named Aliwal in honour of the victory of Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony (1847-51), over the Sikhs at Aliwal in India on 28 Jan. 1846. This official name never became popular and, to avoid confusion with Aliwal North, the old name of Mossel Bay was restored.

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The Chinese in South Africa are caught up between two worlds -the civilised Western world which has adopted this community unofficially and (although tardily) even socially, and the world of its Asiatic origin, which has led to the Chinese being officially classified non-white and subject to certain restrictive legislative measures. Chinese are admitted to White theatres, restaurants and residential sections, and the attitude of most White South Africans toward them is one of sympathetic aloofness. Little contact is made with the Chinese; points of contact are mostly the little corner shop, the laundry or a Chinese restaurant for diversion.

The present Chinese community in South Africa did not originate in the labour force which was recruited in North China in 1904 for the Witwatersrand gold-mines. All those labourers were repatriated four years later by the Transvaal government. The present community has developed from sporadic immigration, which began in 1891 with the arrival from Madagascar and Mauritius of Chinese traders who had originally come from Canton. According to the 1965 returns they number about 7,200 and are distributed as follows: Johannesburg 3,000; the perimeter of the Witwatersrand 450; Pretoria 650; Port Elizabeth 1,800; East London 350; Cape Town 325; Kimberley 275; Durban 175; other centres in South Africa 250. In 1950 a total prohibition was imposed on the immigration of Chinese to South Africa.

The Chinese are mainly traders, and in both wholesale and retail trade they have built up a reputation for honesty and reliability. Bankruptcy seldom occurs. A few practise as doctors, attorneys, architects, engineers or accountants; many are employed in offices of Whites as clerks, typists, computer operators, dispatch clerks or travellers. They mainly belong to the middle income group and their standard of living is far above that prevailing in their country of origin. Very few South African Chinese are in needy circumstances, and one-third may be reckoned among the group of affluent businessmen. Both culturally and socially they are much nearer to the Whites than to the non-Whites, and very few of these Chinese have any connection with other non-White groups with whom they are legally classified. The South African Chinese have even lost contact with Buddhism and have in many cases adopted the Christian faith. In politics they are strongly anti-Communist, and 99 % of them support the Nationalist China of Chiang Kai-shek. Taiwan (Formosa) has full diplomatic representation in South Africa.

The legislation which affects and inconveniences them most is the Group Areas Act. Whenever an area is proclaimed as belonging to some particular racial group, whenever slums are cleared and the residents are required to move, the Chinese fall between two stools. They are neither White nor Indian, nor do they belong among the black or Coloured to whose way of life the area is to be adapted. Although they are mainly a race of traders, their community is too small to support trade among themselves, and they are now seeking an outlet in a greater diversity of occupations. Uncertainty is their greatest problem, but fear of discrimination or humiliation has not been experienced to any appreciable extent.

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Master Builder of Cape Town

William J. Morris was born on the 11th February 1826 in Oxon, England, and was employed by the Duke of Marlborough as a game keeper when he developed pulmonary tuberculosis during the severe winter of 1856. His doctor recommended that he move to a sunnier climate.

Not long after this William was accepted, together with his wife and three children, for the Sir George Grey Immigration Scheme. In screening the prospective applicants, there were some basic requirements: good health, sober habits, industrious, good moral character, and in the habit of working for wages (as promulgated by Act No. 8 of 1857). From these regulations it would seem that a person with T.B. would certainly not have been accepted, and as the gentleman in question lived to the grand age of 90, and certainly worked industriously on arrival in the Cape (not conducive to a sickly person) the circumstances appear to dispel such a legend.

The journey to the Cape was aboard the vessel named “Edward Oliver” under the command of Master J. Baker. The ship departed from Birkenhead on 10th July 1858, and after 57 days at sea arrived in Table Bay on 5th September 1858. Little is known about the voyage excepting 14 deaths were recorded and seven births took place on board. Listed as the ships surgeon was Dr. Fred Johnson as well as trained teacher Mr. Tom Gibbs who were to care for the passenger’s health and education. It is possible that it was not a pleasant journey for the Morris family remembering that the three children Richard, Kate and William were still young and the latter being under twelve months of age.

The majority of the artisans and tradesmen had been fixed up with immediate employment, as there was a great demand for skilled and semi-skilled men for the new railway track being constructed from Cape Town to Wellington, as well as the harbour construction project in Table Bay.

Not long after Williams arrival he leased some land at the top end of Duke Road in Rondebosch, then a distant suburb of Cape Town, and very reminiscent of Wychwood Forest and his native Oxfordshire. This piece of land was developed into a market garden and the family lived in a nearby cottage.

It was whilst William J. Morris and family were living in Rondebosch that on 29 April 1862 their youngest son Benjamin Charles Morris was born and baptized in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Rondebosch, whereby his father (William) declared his occupation as a “gardener” and place of residence as “Rouwkoop Road”, Rondebosch. Click here to search these church records.

Richard H. Morris was still a growing boy of just 8 years old. By the age of 14 years and still living in Rondebosch, he was indentured to Alexander Bain, a shipbuilder/shipwright of 17 Chiappini Street, Cape Town as an apprentice carpenter/shipwright.

Although the new suburban railway from Cape Town to Wynberg had been opened to the public in 1865, Richard was obliged to walk from Rondebosch to the North Wharf in Dock Road, Cape Town as transport was too expensive for his meager earnings. However, he was soon organized in getting a “lift” from the coachman he befriended who worked for the governor of Rustenburg House. Richard secured his free lift on the footman’s place at the rear of the coach, where he would sit in reasonable comfort for the journey which took him to the Castle. Unfortunately this mode of travel did not operate for the return journey home, nor did it operate during the winter months, so Richard just had to “jog”.

It would appear that the last train from Cape Town to Wynberg in the afternoons was scheduled for departure from the city at 5pm, but needless to say as an apprentice, Richard was still working at the shipyard. Despite the arduous circumstances of his youth, the enforced exercise proved most beneficial a few years later when he entered into competitive sport i.e. race rowing, especially as Richard was just over 5ft. tall and weighed less than 60 kilos.

During 1870, the Bain’s Shipyard was taken over by Mr. Christopher Robertson, as specialist in sailing ships and wooden masts, and as Richard was learning his trade with three other young apprentices, he was taught the art of shaping a sailing vessel’s mast with the hand spokeshave. The firm from then on was known as “Robertson & Bain” which continued operating in Dock Road, Cape Town for several decades, specializing in the supply of wooden masts for sea-going sailing ships.

Before carrying on with the life story of Richard H. Morris it is important to mention that the Anglican Church of St. Johns on the corner of Long and Waterkant Street had been built in 1856. It was at this church that during the 1860’s Richard became a choir boy and in 1872 a Sunday School Teacher.

In 1876 the Templar rowing club started in Cape Town where Richard and his brother were both members and enthusiastic oarsmen.

The christening of the personally constructed fast rowing boat by Richard came as no surprise by the owners of Robertson and Bain. The name of the boat was called the “Alpha”.

In 1882 the construction of a row of cottages built by Wm. J. Morris and his brother Richard (father & son) was started in Upper Church and Longmarket Streets and were to be called “Lorne Cottages” in honour of the Lorne Rowing Club which was started in Cape Town in 1875 and named after the Scottish Firth near Island of Mull of Kintyre.
On Saturday 6th June 1885 Richard married Helen Ann Lyell in St. John’s church. The newly married couple went that day to “Lorne Cottages” to make their permanent home and raise a family.

Helen was in fact a little girl of ten years old when she first encountered Richard. That was when he was in his twenties and he was late for work and was running along the road when he accidentally knocked over a little girl. He tried to console her, and from this time onwards a very special friendship developed.

It was in the same church that Richard’s younger brother William John married Matilda Jane Altree on 25th August 1886 and a younger brother married in St. Paul’s in Rondebosch on 14th September 1887. It is interesting to note that St. John’s Church was deconsecrated after the last evening service in June 1970 as the ground and building was sold, after much pressure from business interests, for an astronomical amount, and the church was completely demolished to make way for the present modern commercial complex known as “St. Johns Place”. Click here to search these church records.

In 1884 Richard Morris as cox and his brother of the “Templar Club” had their first win as champions winning both “Maiden Oarsmen” and “Championship of Table Bay” events.

In June 1878 Richard H. Morris went into partnership with friend & neighbour Chas. Algar from Rondebosch, who had known the Morris family for quite some time. Little known to Chas was that Richard was to be the future brother-in-law to his sister Bertha Algar.

The first workshops of Algar and Morris were at 39 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town. (between Long and Loop Street ). But misfortune was the cause of the break-up of the working partnerships as the 30-year-old Chas Algar died suddenly on 4th October 1883.

Banking institutions were now playing a major role in the economy of the country and in 1883 Richard Morris landed the contract to build the Standard Bank in Adderley Street for the amount of £32,000 – the two storied building was designed in neo-classical style by Charles Freeman. Two additional floors were added on by Morris in 1921.

Richard made a repeat performance in May 1885 wining the 2 mile race in 15 minutes and 55 seconds.

March 1886 saw the arrival of Richard and his wife Helen’s daughter Kate as well as Richard wining the “Champion of Table Bay” for the third consecutive year.

Eleven years after the death of Chas Algar, Richard Morris secured the construction contract for the new City Club in Queen Victoria Street for a sum of £22,000.

Between the years of 1888 and 1895 Helen Morris gave birth to Edith, Bertha and William Henry Morris, the only son to Richard.

By 1896 Richard H. Morris had become known as a builder of distinguished quality and workmanship and the fame of R.H. Morris had spread. Herbert Baker had met Richard on several occasions and took immediately to this man who built with such fine quality and precision. It was then that R.H. Morris secured the prestige contract for the restoration of “Groote Schuur”, after the building had been extensively destroyed by fire.

Richard H. Morris by 1899 had workshops in both 52 Rose Street and 173 Longmarket Street. In 1902 Frank Lardner joined the staff of R.H. Morris and in 1911 he became the manager.

Father, William James Morris, died at the old age of ninety years on 22 March 1915. In 1919 the company of R. H. Morris (Pty) Ltd was officially formed to cope with the new lumber contract in Knysna. It was from this time onwards that R.H. Morris was renowned throughout Southern Africa for the excellent workmanship and quality in carpentry all starting from old Mr. Morris himself. School desks, church pews and altars were manufactured in their joinery shop for years to come. The items were delivered as far away as Botswana, Rhodesia, Zambia and Mozambique. Along with the desk and school equipment Morris ink wells and stands were also produced.

The Morris workshop also manufactured one of the very few original gramophones that were ever produced in South Africa and which was called a “melophone”. Many of these items can be seen on display in the Educational Museum in Aliwal Road, Wynberg today.

Sadness unfortunately halted joy when Richard and Helen Morris celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 6th June 1935 and then on 24 July Helen tragically passed away at home as well as Bertha, wife of Benjamin Morris, on the 6th December.

Richard at the age of 83 years old in 1936 retired from the construction industry and handed the reigns over to Frank Lardner. Frank ran the company until 1942 when he passed away. The business was then handed over to a young civil engineer, Clifford Harris. The existing premises of Rose and Longmarket Street were finally vacated when the furniture workshops and Building /Civil Engineering were consolidated and new premises built in Ndabeni.

In April 1949 Richard Henry Morris succumbed to natural causes and passed away at the age of 95 years and 5 months.

This was certainly not the end of an era for R.H. Morris Pty Ltd – as in 1952 the company was given financial backing for the New Municipal Market at Epping in Cape Town by the British Engineering giant Humphreys. The firm is no longer associated with the family. Later the company was taken over by the Fowler Group and is now in the hands of Group Five Construction who have retained the image of the name in perpetuating the fine record of the founder Richard Henry Morris.

Many of the other buildings in Cape Town which were either completed by or alterations were performed on, include the University of Cape Town, Diocesan College in Rondebosch, Music School at U.C.T. as well as many Sir Herbert Baker buildings.

In 1995 when much of this research was done I managed to find a second “melophone” and an original “Morris” desk for sale which ex-Managing Director Frank Wright was extremely grateful for me finding these wonderful company artifacts. Shortly before the final documents were found I also located the grand nephew of R.H. Morris who very kindly gave me the medal won by Richard in the “Championship of Table Bay”. This is now on display in the boardroom of Group Five Construction in Plum Park, Plumstead in the Cape.

Authors: Heather MacAlister and H.W Haddon

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Adlard, Thomas
16 Wale Street, Cape Town 1859-62.

Aikman, Jarret and Co.
12 Mercury Lane, Durban 1890

Aitchison and Tradman
see Atcheson and Tadman Akkersdyk, Cape Town 1899

Aidham and Aidham
Grahamstown 1886-94

Aldham
C. 3., Associated with F. W. Hepburn c. 1862. Church Square. Grahamstown 1862, 1878
Allis, A. H.
Mowbray and Rosebank, Cape Town 1882-90 York Road. Rondebosch, Cape Town 189 1-93

American Photographic Studio
22 Plein Street, Cape Town 1891-1897

Armstrong, F.
Aliwal North 1878, Port Elizabeth 1880, Bloemfontein 1888-94
Armstrong, N. M.
West Street, Durban 1898-99

Armstrong, T.
Bloemfontein 1890

Art Studio
see Caney, William Laws; Gribble, F. James

Ashley, George Alfred
see Ashley, George F.
Ashley, George F.
Formerly with Green, Arthur, 1866, 8 Ashley Street, Cape Town 1866-71, 42/50 St. Georges Street, Cape Town 1872-75, Residence: top Caledon Street, Cape Town, with Ashley, George Alfred. 5/8 Ashley Street, Cape Town 1877-83, 10 Frere Street, Cape Town 1884-87, Shortmarket Street, Cape Town 1888-97, Ashwell and Co.Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1891

Atcheson and Tadman
(also spelt Aitchison and Tradman)Using cartes printed Crewes and Van Laun. 42 Adderley Street, Cape Town, 2 Hout Street, Cape Town 1878

Atkins
Hill Street, Grahamstown 1892.

Austen, A. E.
Cradock 1888-94

Australasian Studio
401 West Street, Durban 1899

Baird, George
Colesberg 1890-91

Barclay, William B.
Burg and Castle Streets, Cape Town 1861-62 Hout Street, Cape Town 1863

Barker, George E.
Wynberg 1888, Vredefort 1889-90, Heilbron 1893-94

Barlow, John
8 Lelie Street, Cape Town 1862

Barnard, S. B.
Lawrence and Barnard, Cape Town 1855, Burg Street, Cape Town 1857-64. Adderley Chambers. Adderley Street, Cape Town 1866-73, Crewes Buildings, Adderley Street, Cape, Adderley Chambers, Cape Town 1874, Residence: Mowbray, Cape Town 1874, 37 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1884.

Barnett and Co.
P.O. Box 763, Johannesburg, 15 Rissik Street, Johannesburg 1896-99

Barrand Bros
Ficksburg/Ladybrand 1889-90, Grahamstown 1890

Barrand, J. K.
with Thornhill, Tarkastad 1889-94, East London 1894, P.O. Box 33 Middelburg 1898-99.

Basnuss
37 Adderley Street, Cape Town c.l851.

Basson, R. O
P.O. Box 885, Pretoria 1895

Battenhausen, Otto
Vienna Photo. Studio, 27 Parliament Street, Port Elizabeth 1886-87. Parliament Street, Cape Town 1890-91, Port Elizabeth 1891-1900.

Bayley, Wilberforce
P.O. Box 76, Barberton 1893-99

Beaton
Kingwilliamstown 1894 Beddard see Bevard

Belton
(also spelt Betton), Klerksdorp 1889-91

Bennett Bros., J. and H.
P.O. Box 1919, Johannesburg, Pritchard and Smal Streets, Johannesburg 1897

Bennett, M.
P.O. Box 2148, Johannesburg, 98 Market Street, Johannesburg, Residence: 18 Delvers Street, Johannesburg 1897.

Benton, B.
Jagersfontein 1890-93, Long Street, Jeppes Extension, Johannesburg 1898 Berard, J. Main Street, Bultfontein/Beaconsfield 1886-87, 44/55 Plein Street, Cape Town 1888, Klerksdorp 1890-91, See also Beddard, Bevard.

Beresford, H.
31 Rose Street, Port Elizabeth 1886-87

Berger, H.
Main Road, Wynberg 1893-94

Betton, A.
(also spelt Belton), Klerksdorp 1890-98, 227 Commissioner Street, Jeppes, Johannesburg 1899

Bevard
(also spelt Beddard), Klerksdorp 1890

Beyer, C.
Willowmore 1889-91

Bilison
see Cerreto, Joseph and Bilison

Bishop, J. S.
Heidelberg 1881

Blame, J. P.
see Blane, J. P.

Blanc, J. P.
(also spelt Blame), Aliwal North 1888-89, 550 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1890

Blogoslawenski, J.
Harrismith 1887

Blom, J.
Standerton 1899

Bluhm, Carl
Established 1864, Berkeley Street, Kingwilliamstown, opened 2nd December 1869-78, Downing Street, Kingwilliamstown 1882-83

Board, Alfred H.
Park Drive, Port Elizabeth 1888

Bodly, D.
New Town, Klerksdorp 1889

Boeseken, A.
St. Andries Street, Pretoria 1891-94

Bole, W. D.
Photographer and Painter, 108 Queen Street, Port Elizabeth 1898-99

Bonin, C. E.
Queenstown 1879

Boom, C. D. E.
Simonstown 1890

Booms, Archibald Edward
Photographic printer, 68 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1874, 80 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1877-81

Boon, C. D. E. and Son
Main Street, Simonstown 1888-94

Boulding, C. R.
see Erdmann, G.; Stereoscopic Photo. Co.

Bouwer, J. D. W.
Hoopstad 1888, Heilbron 1889-94

Brill and Peariman
37 Von Brandis Square. Johannesburg c. 1899.

Brittain, Augustus
General dealer, 2 Oak Street, Cape Town 1867, 7 Breda Street, Cape Town 1868, Somerset Street, Graaff Reinet 1878

Brittain, T.
P.O. Box 5573, Johannesburg

Bowers, Jnr.
With Boyd, Church Street East, Pretoria 1894 , P.O. Box 745, Pretoria, Residence: Schoeman Street West, Pretoria 1898-99.

Bowman and Co.
10 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1866-69. His pictures were sold through P. Davis and Sons, Pietermaritzburg Formerly with Brock at Wheelers New Portrait Gallery, Pietermaritzburg 1864

Bowman, William
10 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Residence: 8 Berg Street, Pietermaritzburg 1872-73 Boyd ste Bowers, Jnr.

Bradley, J. W.
West Street, Durban 1893, 15 Smith Street, Durban 1894-99

Bradshaw
see Plumbe and Bradshaw

Breweier, Wm.
Simonstown c.1888

Brock
Durban 1859, With Bowman and Co. at Wheelers New Portrait Gallery, Pietermaritzburg 1864. Changed to Natal Photographic Co. 1865 which became Natal Stereo and Photographic Co.

Brock, J. S.
10 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Residence: 31 Pietermaritzburg Street, Pietermaritzburg 1873, 24 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1874, 24 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg 1876, (10 Longmarket Street was address of Natal Photographic Co. from 1865)

Brown
see McKenzie and Brown
Brunton, James Edward

(also spelt Bruton, Port Elizabeth 1873, Residence: Kloof Lodge, Cape Town, 74 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1876-97, See also Hosking, Aif. F.

Bruton
see Brnnton, James Edward

Buchanan
43 Boshoff Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898

Burgess, W. H.
West Street, Durban 1857

Caddisk, R.
Knysna 1894

Cameron, James
Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town 1850

Caney, B. W. and Co.
15 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1887-91, Bloemhof 1888, Pritchard Street, Pretoria 1888-91, Barberton 1889-94, with William Laws Caney, 396 West Street, Durban 1889-94.

Caney, D. Edmund
Palace Buildings, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1890-91, 208 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1893, with W. Watson Robertson Chapel Street, Pietermaritzburg 1894, 2 Winder Street, Durban 1898-99

Caney, William Harry
Durban 29 December 1864, 15 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1887-88, 396 West Street, Durban 1888-93, P.O. Box 137, Barberton 1898.

Caney, William Laws
From Elliott and FryÆs, London, Described as Artist and Jeweller As B. W. Caney and Co., 396 West Street, Durban 1884-94, The Art Studio, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1886-88, Joubert Street off Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1894 (Duffus’ old studio), 208 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, Residence: 136 Pietermaritzburg Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898.

Carey, J.
Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1889

Carrey, E. E.
Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1888-89

Carrick Bros.
Kingwilliamstown 1899

Carrick, J. W.
47 Mount Street, Cape Town 1897, See also May

Castleman
see Warren, Henry

Cats, Jacob (Joseph)
Darling 1890-94

Central Portrait Saloon
see Kermode, W. and Murray

Cerreto, Joseph and Billson
Queen Street, Port Elizabeth 1882

Chaplin, G.
32 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town 1897

Chapman, F.
Photographer and Dancing Master, 53 Loop Street, Cape Town 1877-84, 79 Loop Street, Cape Town 1884-86

Chapman, James
Victoria Falls expedition 1860-64 Disposal of negatives see Moore, William

Chevalier
Knysna 1893-94

Children’s Studio
see Hosking, Alf. F.

Chisnall, T. J.
Bredasdorp 1888-91

Church, F. W.
Lady Grey, Aliwal North 1888, Heilbron 1890, 1550 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1890-91.

City Photographic Studio
Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1887 City Studio see Gow, F.

Clark, W.
68 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1893.

Clarke, J. J. W.
Market Square, Harrismith

Clouston Bros.
Wolmaransstad 1899

Clouston, J. L.
Wolmaransstad 1898

Collier, Charles
60 St. GeorgeÆs Street, Cape Town 1856.

Colonial Studio
2 Hout Street, Cape Town 1893-94.

Coney, J. W.
144 Pietermaritzburg Street,and Chapel Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898

Conroy, M.
Cape Colony

Coop, F.
220 Church Street, Pretoria

Cooper, W. C.
Ladysmith 1888-91, Jansenville 1893-94

Cowie, Geo.
Caledonian Studio, Grahamstown -1897.

Crewes and Son
Jeweller and Photographer, Also with Van Laun, 42 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1882-83, See also Atcheson and Tadman

Crole, N.
Aliwal North 1884

Cronin, C. E.
Queenstown possibly 1866, Zieler Street, Queenstown 1878, Became Cronin and Dugmore 1880

Crowley, Michael
see Crowly, Michael

Crowly, Michael
(also spelt Crowley), 11 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1859-60, 28 Plein Street, Cape Town 1862

Croydon, H.
Potchefstroom 1898-99

Crystoleum and Co.
Dist. Lydenburg 1890-91

Daneel, J. S.
Travelling Photographic Artist, Ventersburg 1889

Darling, G. A. V. and Co.
77 Plein Street, Cape Town 1897

Davies, Davis H.
568 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1888-91, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 1889-94, See also Excelsior Studio

Davis
see Lister and Davis

Davis Bros.
P.O. Box 89, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1892-97, Moved to 61 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1897-99.

Davis, George
Mercury Lithographic works, Field Street, Pine Terrace, Durban 1883-84

Davis, R. H.
Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 1888

Dawes, S. W.
Vrede 1894

Deale Bros.
Bloemfontein 1893-97

De Beer and Naude
Rouxville 1888

Deisselmann, F. W.
(also spelt Driessehnann), Heidelberg 1889-99

De Kock, S
Moorreesburg, C.P. 1888-91

Denton, Leslie
S.A. Photo. Engraving Works, P.O. Box 479, Bloed Street, Pretoria 1899

Der Fresner
see Schikkerling, J. R.

De Roch S.
Moorreesburg 1890

Derry, T.
41, Caledon Street, Cape Town 1897

Dersley and Morley
Cathcart Street, Kingwilliamstown 1878

Dersley, George H.
Kingwilliamstown 1888-94

De Sarigny, C.
Middelburg, C.P. 1889

Desmond, W. A.
Market Street, Uitenhage

De Villiers, J. P.
Parys 1889-91, Rouxville

Dickenson, Charles
Durban 1858

Dickenson, Chas.
(also spelt Dickinson), Cape Town and Kimberley, Klerksdorp 1898-99

Dickinson
see Walker and Dickinson

Dickinson, Chas.
Russel Road, Port Elizabeth 1882, 24 Cape Road, Port Elizabeth 1886-87, Bean Street, Kimberley 1888-94, See also Excelsior Studio

Dobie, Norman
Itinerant photographer of Africans, Kingwilliamstown 1899

Doe, F. B.
Port Elizabeth 1898

Dollarheid and Co.
Plein Street. Cape Town 1882-83

Driesselmann, F. W.
see Deisselmann, F. W.

Drinkwater, C.
Humansdorp 1894

Dubbin
see Herbert and Dubbin

Duffus Bros.
J and W. with Heydenrich, P.O. Box 731, Joubert Street N. Johannesburg 1891-99 Potchefstroom 1893

Duffus, Jack
Official photographer Sphere of London and “Royal Appointment”, Johannesburg 1889 , See also Caney, William Laws

Dufresne, H.
P.O. Box 2717, 8 de Villiers Street, Johannesburg 1898

Dugmore, A.
Queenstown 1879, with Cronin, Queenstown 1880, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1888, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 1888-89

Durney, Michael Henry
34 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town 1882-85, Dock Road, Cape Town 1886-91

Durney, William
Photographist, Buffalo Bridge, Kingwilliamstown 1862, 1878, with Michael Durney, Dock Gates, Dock Road, Cape Town 1890.

Du, Toit, M.
Hopetown & Cape Town 1890

Eckley, A.
Hout Street, Cape Town 1863

Edgar, Thomas
(also spelt Edger), Mossel Bay 1889-91

Edger, Thomas
see Edgar, Thomas.

Edwards, W.
Colenso 1891-94

Eliot, B.
(also spelt Eliott), Simmonds Street, Johannesburg 1889, P.O. Box 1233, Johannesburg, President Street S., Johannesburg 1889, Anderson Street Centre, Johannesburg 1893-97, Moved to 70 Anderson Street, Johannesburg 1898-99

Eliott, B.
see Eliot, B.

Ellis, J. A.
Ladybrand, 1888-93

Erdmann, G.
(Late Boulding and Erdmann), P.O. Box 1044 and later 4453, Johannesburg , 22 Eloff Street, Johannesburg 1898, 22 Joubert Street, Johannesburg 1899

Erving, W.
1707 Delvers Street, Johannesburg 1890

European Studio Co.
54 Plein Street, Cape Town 1897

Evans, C. E. G.
Du ToitÆs Pan Road, Kimberley 1886-1894

Ewing, William E.
Caledon Street, Graaff Reinet 1886-87, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1888 , 1707 Delvers Street, Johannesburg 1890

Excelsior Studio
(Late C. Dickinson) Warren and Davies, Russell Road, Port Elizabeth c.1882-85, See also Davies, Davis H.; Warren, Henry

Exton, H.
Marabastad Goldfields, Zoutpansberg 1888-91, Pietersburg 1899

Eyre
see Struth and Eyre

Fagan, Denis
Art Photographer and General Publishing Co., P.O. Box 689, Johannesburg. Residence: Karl Street, Jeppes, Johannesburg 1898.

Faulkner, C. W.
P.O. Box 1763, Johannesburg, Kotze and Klein Streets, Johannesburg 1896

Ferneyhough, George T.
(Zulu war album 1879), 12 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1877-81, Residence: West Street, Pietermaritzburg, Durban 1882, 12 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1883-84, 8 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1885-92, 85 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1893-98, Residence: 156 Berg Street, Pietermaritzburg.

Field, W. H.
Ventersburg 1890-93

Fielder Bros.
15 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town 1882

Forbes, J.
Bethlehem 1888-91, Pietermaritzburg

Forbes, Robert
14 Loop Street. Pietermaritzburg, Residence: Pietermaritzburg Street, “The Home”, Pietermaritzburg 1872-77, 8 Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg 1878 Bethlehem 1889-94

Ford, L. W.
Robinson Road, Queenstown 1886-94

Fowler, Chas. Samuel
see Fowler, J.

Fowler, J.
15 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town 1885-86 , with Chas. Samuel Fowler 1886-87, See also Snell and Fowler

Franceys
Salisbury, Mashonaland 1894 ,(Possibly the first photographer in Rhodesia)

Francis and Co.
Market Street, Pretoria 1891

Fries
East London 1898

Fripp, H. E.
Worcester 1888, RiddlesdellÆs Chambers, Adderley Street. Cape Town 1889-97 Beaufort West 1890-91

Frost, Miss A. R.
Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1887-89

Frost, D. G.
Wolmaransstad, Potchefstroom 1889-90 Fry and Co., Durban 1859, Smith Street, Durban 1866

Frylinch, J.
Ladysmith 1893-94

Gabriel, John
Victoria Street, Durban 1899

Gadd, G.
Malmesbury 1888

Gammon, R.
see Stereoscopic Photographic Co..

Gannon, J. R.
Paarl 1889-90, Sunbeam Studio with Hawksley, Pritchard Street Centre, Johannesburg 1893, Maddison and Marshall Streets, Johannesburg 1899.

Gardiner, A. J. B.
see Gardner, A. J. B.

Gardner, A. J. B.
(also spelt Gardiner), Oudtshoorn 1888-89

Gauche, H. S.
Warrenton, Barkly West 1889-91

Gavin, Isaac B.
Mossel Bay 1888

George, C.
Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth 1892

George, Charles Henry
Alma Villa, St. Stephen Street, Port Elizabeth 1898-99

Gillan
see Harris and Gillard

Gillard
see Harris and Gillard

Ginsberg, Miss Eve and Miss Anna
Kingwilliamstown 1899

Glassberg
Paarl 1893-94

Globe Enlarging Co.
Shortmarket Street, Cape Town 1897

Goch, James F.
Paarl 1886, Oudtshoorn 1888, Rissik Street, Johannesburg 1888, 1570 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1889-94, Residence: Eloff Street N., Johannesburg, 1464 Eloff Street, Johannesburg 1890-98, Residence: Bok Street, Braamfontein, Also at Pretoria

Goch Studio
see Nicholls, Horace W.; Nissen, R. C. E.

Goldhard, C.
2 Roeland Street, Cape Town 1884

Goodhinge, G. A.
17 Const. Hill, Port Elizabeth 1881

Goodman, M.
P.O. Box 645, Pretoria, Market Street N., Pretoria 1899

Gordon and Smith
38 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1897

Gow, F.
The City Studio, 17, Plein Street, Cape Town 1886-97

Graham, F. E.
Kowie West, Port Alfred 1884-91

Grant Bros.
Cape Town c.1880, 28 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 1894-97.

Gray Bros.
Kimberley

Green, Arthur
Official Photographer, Konap Bridge, Cape Town 1859, 42 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1862, Residence: Church Square, Cape Town, Longmarket Street, Cape Town 1863. 10 Mill Street, Cape Town 1866, 8 Ashley Street, Cape Town 1866, 1 Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth 1888-99, see also Ashley, George F.

Gribble, F. James
54 Hanover Street, Cape Town 1869, Art Studio, Market Square, Paarl 1889-94

Groenewald, J. H.
Stellenbosch 1888-94

Groom, W.
Knysna 1888-91

Gros, H. F.
Microscopic copies of despatches 1885, 376 Church Street, cr. New Market Square, Pretoria 1877-87, v. d. Walt Street, Pretoria 1889-91, Returned to England 1895

Gruss, Bern
no information

Gubble, J. U.
2 MaynardÆs Lane, Cape Town 1884

Haack, Carl W. F.
2 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 1886-94, 53 Loop Street, Cape Town 1890-97

Hale, A. S.
Willowmore 1886-90, Pearston 1890

Hale, M.
Berg and Potgieter Street, Potchefstroom 1879

Hamilton, C.
see Weber, Robert C.

Hancox and Wnnsch
Rembrandt Studio, P.O. Box 230, Kimberley, 46 Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley

Harris and Gillard
(also spelt Gillan), Whitehead Chambers, Port Elizabeth 1898-99

Harris, C.
Brenthurst Street, Grahamstown 1889

Harris, Robert
Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth 1880-90, With McNaught 1891-94

Harvey, B.
Crewes Buildings, Adderley Street, Cape Town 1886-87, Anglo African Street, Grahamstown 1879, 60 Main Street, Port Elizabeth 1881, Caledon Street, Uitenhage 1882. (Succeeded by H. Inggs and Co.), Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1891-94, Manager Kimberley Photographic Studio

Hawksley, H.
Market Street, Johannesburg 1893, See also Gannon, J. R.

Haworth, J. T.
P.O. Box 3400, Johannesburg, 149 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1899

Healey, F. H.
Dundas Street, Cradock 1893-94

Hellier
De Beer and Ameshoff Streets, Clifton, Johannesburg 1898.

Hemple, N.
Komati 1889

Henderson, Thomas C.
83 Caledon Street. Cape Town 1865, Kingwilliamstown 1867. (Agricultural Show photographs Eastern Cape 1868)

Hensley, J.
Somerset Street, Graaff Reinet 1879

Hepburn, A. W.
see Hepburn, F. W.

Hepburn, F. W.
Later joined by his son A. W. Hepburn, London Studio, established c. 1860, Bathurst Street, Grahamstown 1862, 83 Church Square, Grahamstown 1862, Jetty Street, Port Elizabeth 1881, 15 Church Square, Grahamstown 1889-1900, See also Aldham, C. J.; Jeanes; Munro, J. C. R.

Herbert and Dubbin
East London 1884

Hermann
Wilhelm, 2 Roeland Street, Cape Town 1880-84 , Stalplein (opp. Govt. House) Cape Town 1888-94.

Heydenrich
see Duffus Bros.

Hildzinger, W. F.
89 Bree Street, Cape Town 1865-66

Hilly, L.
Barberton 1895

Hodgson, F.
Pietermaritzburg June 1860, Photographs of opening Natal Railway. Staff of Research ship “Challenger” 1872, Durban Road, Wynberg 1888-91.

Hodgson, W. H. B.
Stalplein. Cape Town 1875, Zonneblom, Cape Town 1877-85, 15 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town

Horsfall, J.
Strand Street, Cape Town 1888-94

Horwich Bros.
Belfast 1899

Hosking, Alf. F.
The Childrens Studio, 134 Adderley Street, Cape Town, See also Brunton, James Edward.

Houghton, A. T.
Richmond Studio, 37 Mackay Street, Port Elizabeth 1886-87, 38 Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth 1892-99

Howard, H.
Boksburg 1896-99.

Howard, J. H.
Somerset East 1880-91.

Howard, Thomas
Somerset East 1880-94

Hudson, E. W.
Dist. Sotsolo, East Griqualand 1894

Hughes, F.
Darling 1890-94.

Humphrey, E. and Co
Rissik Street, Johannesburg 1894

Inggs, H. and Co.
Formerly B. Harvey, Caledon Street, Uitenhage Market Street, Uitenhage 1881-82

Ingram, J.
St. Andrews Street, Durban 1883-85

I’Ons, F., jnr.
Grahamstown 1863

Jackson, T.
Colesberg

James, W. E.
West Street Central, Durban 1874

Jansen, Willem B.
Richmond 1888-94

Jarman, A.
(also spelt Jarmass), Claremont, Cape Town 1888-94

Jarmass
see Jarman, A.

Jeanes
with Hepburn, F. W., Grahamstown 1862-94.

Jefferies
see Williams and Jefferies

Jenks, L.
Simonstown 1899

Jewell, John
O’Okiep 1890-91

Johnson, C.
8 Jules Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg 1899.

Jones and Co.
Moorreesburg, C.P. 1894

Jones, E.
28 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 1889-94.

Jones, W. E.
Nkandhla, Zululand 1898

Jose
see Warnecke and Jose

Julienne, H. and Co.
Market Street, Pretoria 1891

Jupp, Henry
5 Cobern Street, Cape Town 1881-84, 7 Tennant Street, Cape Town 1884-85, 5 Cobern Street, Cape Town 1886-87

Kaupper, J. H.
Cape Town 1869, 63 Longmarket Street, Cape Town 1873-83, 49 Long Street, Cape Town 1884-85

Kennedy, Mrs. W.
Bredasdorp 1888

Kemp, G.
Somerset Road, Graaff Reinet 1880, Cradock

Kemp, G.
Mafeking 1893

Kermode, W. and Murray
Central Portrait Saloon, Smith and Gardiner Streets, Durban 1876 Kimberley Photographic Studio, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1890-91, See also Harvey, B.

Kirchmann, H.
Umtata 1889-91

Kirkman, Joseph
9 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1860-63, 1 Hout Street, Cape Town 1865, 7 Darling Street, Cape Town 1866, 6 Plein Street, Cape Town 1871-72.

Kisch, Braham
Smith Street East, Durban 1872-83, Mercury Lane, Durban 1884-87, (Died approx. 1887 and widow Mrs. B. Kisch continued), 12 Mercury Lane, Durban 1888-93 Kisch, H., With brother Braham Kisch, Smith Street, Durban 1876-77, 31 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1877-78, 14 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg 1880-85, West Street, Durban 1887-1890, Mercury Lane, Durban 1890-91, 194 West Street, Durban 1893, Ladysmith

Klisser, W.
Vryburg

Klock, J. W. A.
Aberdeen 1889

Knaggs, C. J.
Moore Road, Durban 1893, 392 Smith Street, Durban 1894-99

Knibbs, J. E.
Kingwilliamstown 1894

Koch, A. M.
Kingwilliamstown

Kohuart, J
Burghersdorp 1880

Kruger, Frans
Barkly East 1886-87

Kudielka, A.
Vienna Photographic Studio, 22 Parliament Street, Port Elizabeth

La Haye, Ebner
no information

Landmark, A.
8 Commercial Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg 1898

Langfiér, Louis Saul
no information

Larsen, E.
West Street, Durban 1894, Greyville, Durban 1898-99

Lawrence, William
With S. B. Barnard, Cape Town 1855, with brother, Caledon Street, Cape Town c. 1860, with Selkirk, Royal Photographic Saloon, 14 Strand Street, Cape Town 1864-68, 111 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1866-67, At this address he kept negatives of the following photographers, Brock, L.; Green, A.; Kirkman, J. A. of Cape Town; and
Lawrence and Henderson
from Malmesbury, Swellendam and Heidelberg

Lawson, James
Forres

Leah, D.
P.O. Box 752, Schoeman Street, Pretoria 1898

Lee, Thomas
P.O. Box 100, Barberton 1893-99

Leger
of Paris, Grahamstown 19 December 1846, sold equipment to W. Ring

Lelienveld, R.
Middelburg 1879

Lempke, A. W.
Martinus Wesselstroom 1881-99, Lydenburg 1890-91

Lennon, J. A.
Hoopstad 1894

Leonard, T. H.
Somerset East 1889

Lewin, E.
P.O. Box 290, Johannesburg, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1891-96

Lindner, Ernest A.
Kingwilliamstown 1889-94

Linton, H.
Port Elizabeth 1892

Lissack, Wm.
Morris Bldgs., Von Brandis Square, Johannesburg 1898.

Lister and Davis
Boksburg 1898-99

Lloyd, Jas. C.
Smith Street West, Durban 1872-94, 435 Smith Street, Durban 1898-99

Lovegrove, C.
Lydenburg 1893-94

Lowe, R. B. F.
7 Greenmarket Square, Cape Town 1871-74

Loxton, J. A.
no information

Locke, Ed. Benhard
10 Plein Street and 97 Bree Street, Cape Town 1886-87

Lund Bros.
Kroonstad c.1899

Lyte and Sons
City Chambers, Grave Street, Cape Town 1897

Mahler, Bernhard
Barkeeper and Medical Practitioner, Established 1852 – Berlin, Rome, Paris, Cape Town, Free State and Transvaal, 99 Longmarket Street, Cape Town 1869-81, Ventersdorp 1889

McCrewes
Cape Town

McDade and Co.
P.O. Box 159, Germiston 1898-99

McKaige
Kingwilliamstown 1894

McKenzie and Brown
no information

McKnaught, Thos.
(also spelt McNaught), Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1886, Woodley Street, Kimberley 1890-91. with Robert Harris, Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth 1891-94 McMaster, H.,Knysna 1889-91

McNaught, Thos.
see McKnaught, Thos.

Mapp, F.
42 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1884

Margolius, M. and Co.
P.O. Box 4303, Johannesburg, Con. Buildings, 49 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 1899.

Mason, Charles Alfred
12 Hout Street, Cape Town 1877, Oudtshoorn 1888-94

May, George, with J. W. Carrick
53 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1897 Plein Street, Cape Town 1899

Mee, J. R.
West Street Central, Durban 1880, Cathcart 1884, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1889-91, Wynberg 1891

Mehliss, Otto
Long Street, Stutterheim 1860, (Photographer to German Legion, arrived at the Cape 1856).

Meissner, Fr.
no information

Mendelsohn and Scott
Transvaal 1888

Michaelis, R. J. F.
Sterkstroom 1891-94

Middlebrook, J. E.
The Premier Studio, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1888-94, 396 West Street, Durban 1898-99

Mönnig, O.
Bloemfontein 1893-94, 34 Castle Street, Cape Town 1897

Moore, William
11/14 Hout Street, Cape Town 1862-76, Purchased whole of ChapmanÆs valuable negatives of the interior and natives of S. Africa.

Morley
see Dersley and Morley

Morley, Osborne
East London 1882-94

Morrison, J.
Richmond 1890

Mostert, G. W. L.
30 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 1882-86

Munro, J. C. R.
P.O. Box 130, Market Street S., Pretoria 1894-99, Residence: Arcadia, also 130 Church Street, Pretoria.(Also associated with F. W. Hepburn)

Murfin, J. W.
Tarkastad 1889

Murray
see Kermode, W. and Murray

Murray, J. H.
30 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg 1878-93, 311 Church. Street, Pietermaritzburg 1893-98

Murrison, A.
Upington, Bechuanaland 1890, Grahamstown 1893

Mylan, Bernheim
see Mylen, Bernheim

Mylen, Bernheim
(also spelt Mylan), 63 Long Street, Cape Town 1863-70

Nankervis, W. H.
27 Clare Rd., Fordsburg. Johannesburg 1898

Napier, A.
Richmond 1880, Kerk Street North, Johannesburg 1888, 1354 Church Street, Johannesburg 1888-99, P.O. Box 749, Johannesburg

Natal Photographic Company
see Brock

Natal Stereo and Photographic Company
see Brock

Naude, G. J.
General dealer, Middelburg 1879, Dorp Street and Andringa Street, Stellenbosch 1882-91, with De Beer, Rouxville 1888

Nelson
see Warren, Henry

Nevay
Rufay Vale, Port Elizabeth 1899

New York Studio Co.
opp. G.P.O., Johannesburg 1898

Nicholls, Horace W.
Goch Studio, P.O. Box 281, Johannesburg, 63 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1899, Residence: Main Street, Beigravia, Johannesburg, See also Nissen, R. C. E.

Nichols, A.
Port Nolloth 1889-94

Nicholson, R.
Church Street, Cradock 1889-93

Nicholson, R.
Malmesbury 1890

Niesewand, C.
Commercial Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg 1895 14 Mint Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg 1896-99

Nissen, R. C. E.
Malmesbury 1889-93, Cradock 1890, Standerton 1893, Heidelberg 1893-98. Pretoria, Later Goch Studio (see Nicholls, Horace W.) Johannesburg and Pretoria

Norden, E. L. J.
Jamesville or Jansenville 1888-91

O’Byrne, Thomas
P.O. Box 2748, Johannesburg, 167 President Street, Johannesburg 1898. Palace Studios, Palace Buildings, Rissik Street, Johannesburg 1899.

Ocler, J. G.
(also spelt Osler), Calvinia 1890

O’Connell, J. G.
Calvinia 1890-91

Olivera, J. L.
46 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1880-81

Osler, J. G.
see Ocler, J. G.

Palace Studios
see O’Byrne, Thomas

Passmore, Frank
Tarkastad 1884-87

Paul, John
Daguerrotype Artist, 54 Long Street, Cape Town 1852-54, 21 Boom Street, Cape Town 1856

Paver, G.
Standerton

Pead, W. W.
Grahamstown Street, City and Suburban, Johannesburg 1897.

Pearce, E. W. R.
Ladysmith 1888-94

Pearce, John
(also spelt Searce), Port Nolloth 1888-94

Pearlman
see Brill and Pearlman

Pedrotti, L.
Bulawayo

Perrin, Jules
Bloemhof 1888, Barberton 1889-91, Church Street E., Pretoria 1887-94. Residence: Schoernan Street E., Pretoria

Perry, George
Fauresmitb 1888, Edenburg 1888

Peyper, C.
Jagersfontein 1894

Pfuhl
Worcester 1895

Piccioni, Francis
Field Street, Durban 1883

Plumbe and Bradshaw
P.O. Box 68, Pretoria, Koch Street N., Pretoria 1891-99

Pollard and Zadik
P.O. Box 366, Johannesburg, Joubert Street N., Johannesburg 1894

Pool, A.
Eshowe 1898

Pratt, Camder
J. C. Pratt, 203 Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898. 8 Gertrude Street. Pietermaritzburg 1898-99.

Premier Studio
see Middlebrook, J. E.

Pulleyn, James
314/6 West Street, Durban 1850

Pulvermacher, E.
1326 Church Street, Johannesburg 1890-91.

Raucher, J.
Komati 1889, Bremersdorp 1892

Raven, Pieter
45 Caledon Street, Cape Town 1865-67, Russell Terrace, Campell Street, Port Elizabeth 1881.

Ravenscroft, Thomas Daniel
Photographer to Cape Colonial Government Railways, Hermanus c. 1880, Malmesbury

Reeff, A.
Main Street West, Johannesburg 1894.

Rees, Mrs. R. A.
P.O. Box 287, Johannesburg, 72 Noord Street, Johannesburg 1899.

Reiff, D. M.
Ermelo

Rembrandt Studio
Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Germiston, see also Hancox and Wnnsch

Richards, John
Springbokfontein, Namaqualand 1889-90 OÆOkiep 1890

Richmond, M.
Clyde Villa, Church Street, 1884-85 Richmond Studio see Houghton, A. T. Rindl, J., Cathcart Street, Kingwilliamstown 1882-88.

Ring, W.
Bathurst Street, Grahamstown 1846. see also Leger

Roacher, J.
(Komati) Steynsdorp 1889

Robertson, C. F. and Co.
Silver Medallist 1878 Paris Exhibition, Kimberley, Market Square and Church Street E., Pretoria 1888-94, Residence: Struben Street, Pretoria

Robertson, J.
Albert Road, Cape Town 1894

Robertson, W. Watson
with D. Edmund Caney, Chapel Street, Pietermaritzburg 1894 219 Chapel Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898-99

Roe, William
Somerset Street, Graaff Reinet 1878-94

Ross, E.
Bloemfontein 1894

Ross, Thomas
Gray Pass, Cape Town 1878-80.

Rossouw, C. D.
Prince Albert, C.P. 1888

Rowe
Grahamstown, Graaff Reinet

Royal Photographic Saloon
Branch establishment of William Lawrence they also kept negatives for Bosman and Groenwalk of Stellenbosch, see also Lawrence, William

Rusten
see Willoughby and Rusten

Rutter, A.
36 Long Street, Cape Town 1897

St. Clair, B.
Barberton 1890

Sanger, A. M.
Fort Beaufort 1890-94

Saunders, E.
Newcastle

Schikkerling, J. R.
Church Square, Potchefstroom 1888-91 ,P.O. Box 1719, Johannesburg, 104 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1896, 66 Jeppe Street, Johannesburg 1897-98. P.O. Box 2374, Johannesburg, with Der Fresner, 100 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1899 Schmidt, C., Richmond 1880

Schroder, William
Zonneblom, Cape Town 1874-76

Schultz, E.
George 1879-93

Schulz and Stanton
24 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1877

Schweppenhauser, Charles
Burghersdorp 1879

Schweppenhauser, M.
Burghersdorp 1888-91

Scott see Mendelsohn and Scott
Searce, John see Pearce. John

Sederstrom, Thomas Peter
125 Loop Street, Cape Town 1862, 106 Loop Street, Cape Town 1865-69 , 26 New Street, Cape Town 1871-79, see also Weber. Robert C.

Selkirk, David
Upper Strand Street, Cape Town 1864, 48 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 1873-81, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley 1890-91.,see also Lawrence, William

Sengee, A. M.
Fort Beaufort 1889-91

Shaw, Geo.
Hill Street, Grahamstown 1886-87

Shepherd, Reginald
P.O. Box 316, Pretoria, Residence: Prinsloo Street N., Pretoria 1898. 701 Andries Street Central, Pretoria 1899.

Sheppard, E.
Near Station, Newlands/Claremont, Cape Town 1890-93.

Sherwood, W. B.
Graaff Reinet 1884, 148 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1890-94. 150 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg 1898, 198-202 West Street, Durban 1899

Shoyer, A.
Long and Loop Streets, Cape Town 1878-88, 43 Grave Street, Cape Town 1882-88, with his brother 77 Loop Street and 27 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1888-94, 1255 Eloff Street, Johannesburg 1889-91

Simpkins, W.
East London 1894

Simple, Moses
Ladysmith 1890-91

Simpson
East London, Cathcart, with his brother, The Arcade, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, 1894-99

Slandaw
Johannesburg 1891

Smart, A.
Jetty Street, Port Elizabeth 1880

Smart, Chas. W.
Late A. H. Board, Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth 1881-87, Residence: Emerald Cottage, Hartman Road, Port Elizabeth, Jetty Street, Port Elizabeth 1889-91

Smith
see Gordon and Smith

Smith, J.
Humansdorp 1888

Smith, S.
Anne’s Villa, Commadagga 1889-91

Snell and Fowler
14 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town 1884

Solomon, Saul and Co.
see South African Photographic Saloon South African Engraving (Photo) Works Ltd., P.O. Box 479, Pretoria, Market Street N., Pretoria 1898

South African Photographic Saloon
Solomon, Saul and Co. 42/50 St. Georges Street, Cape Town 1870-74

Spangendaal, S.
Toverkop Studio, Ladysmith

Stacey and Son
East London 1891-94

Standen, H.
Photographer and Land Surveyor, Leydsdorp 1899

Standerton Photographic Co.
Standerton 1899

Stanton
3 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg 1877, 15 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg 1878. See also Schulz and Stanton

Stereoscopic Photo. Co.
P.O. Box 1044 (Manager R. Gammon), Johannesburg, Joubert Street North, Johannesburg 1895, (Manager C. R. Boulding), Johannesburg 1896

Stock, L.
Upington, Bechuanaland 1889-94

Strachan
East London 1878

Strong, F. W.
Zieler Street, Queenstown 1889-91

Struth and Eyre (also spelt Strutt)
Worcester 1890-91

Strutt see Struth and Eyre

Stuart, R.
P.O. Box 2915, Johannesburg, YMCA Arcade, 63 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1899.

Sunbeam Studio see Gannon, J. R.

Sutherland, L A.
Phillipolis c. 1875-99

Sutherland, J.
Phillipolis 1891-94

Syme, William
56 Longmarket Street, Cape Town 1856-57.

Tadman, C.
Anglo African Street, Grahamstown 1880 See also Atcheson and Tadman

Tailor
Standerton 1899

Talba
Opposite Library, Kimberley

Theron, C.
Paarl 1889-91, Richmond 1893

Thornhill, C. A. and Co.
Tarkastad 1890-91, with Barrand 1893-94

Tidbury, C. H.
Fort Beaufort 1894

Toverkop Studio see Spangendaal

Towert, Thomas Guthrie
90 Hanover Street, Cape Town 1865-67 , 60 Waterkant Street, Cape Town 1869-70.

Tradman (also spelt Tadman)
6 Lelie Street, Cape Town 1878, see also Atcheson and Tadman

Trim, J.
Main Street, Kimberley (established 1870) 1870-94.

Tudhope, G.
12 Cambridge Road, Kingwilliamstown 1880-87.

Tweddill see Tweddle

Tweddle, S. M. (also spelt Tweddill)
Pretoria 1888

Ullman Bros.
P.O. Box 136, Johannesburg, 29 Polly Street, Johannesburg 1898. P.O. Box 3305, Johannesburg 1899.

Uys, D. S.
no information

Van Aarnach, F.
Potchefstroom 1889-94

Van der Velde, S.
138 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1898, 19 Maddison Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg 1899

Van Hoepens
no information

Van Laun
42 Adderley Street, Cape Town , See also Crewes and Son

Van Lingen, G. L.
Richmond 1894

Vienna Photographic Studio, see Battenhausen, Otto; Kudielka, A.

Viljoen, C. J.
Prieska 1888, Britstown 1888-90

Villet, D.d.P.s.G.
Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town 1893

Vilonel, S. G.
Photographer and Watchmaker, Dewetsdorp 1889-90

Voikwyn, D. W.
6 Rosenberg Bldgs., Fox Street, Johannesburg 1897

Von Ahlefeldt, C.
Zeerust 1889

Von Harnack
Potchefstroom 1888-91

Wagner, Johan Carel Anthony
Optician, Jeweller and Photographer, 8 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1862 , Upper Harrington Street, Cape Town 1866

Walker and Dickinson
Port Elizabeth

Walker, G. F.
Steynsburg 1888-94

Waller, W.
Bathurst and Anglo African Street, Grahamstown 1862 and 1878

Walters, F.
8 Berg Street, Cape Town 1866-67

Walters, W. F.
Professor , 15 Castle Street, Cape Town 1857, 9 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1857

Walters, Mrs. W. F.
8 Heerengracht Street, Cape Town 1858, Castle and Burg Streets, Cape Town 1859 – Possibly the first woman photographer in S.A.

Warnecke and Jose
Kingwilliamstown 1899

Warren, Henry
With Castleman, Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth 1888 With Nelson, 1539 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 1890-91, Cradock 1894, With Nelson, 8 Main Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg 1897-99 See also Excelsior Studio

Wasserfall, J. G
Ficksburg 1890-91

Wasserval, A.
Bethal 1899

Watson, D.
Simonstown 1889

Watson, E.
18 Plein Street, Cape Town 1885-86

Watson, James and Co.
Phoenix House, Plein Street, Cape Town 1886-87, Adderley and Shortmarket Streets, Cape Town 1895

Weber, Robert
(Also used name C. Hamilton, Also with Sederstrom, Du Toits Pan Road, Kimberley c.1870-87

Welken, A. C.
Edenburg 1889-93, Dewetsdorp 1890-91

Wheelers New Portrait Gallery see Bowman and Co.; Brock

West of England Photographic Rooms
Bathurst Street, Grahamstown 1863

West Rand Stereoscopic Co.
Krugersdorp 1898-99

Wettergren, Olaf
378, 410 Point Road, Durban 1898-99

Whitburn, William Henry
100a Longmarket Street, Cape Town 1865

White, A. J
Aliwal Road. Wynberg, C.P. 1888-94

White, P.
Krugersdorp 1899

Wiggans, H.
(also spelt Wiggins), Photographer and Medical Practitioner, Steynsdorp 1893-99

Wiggins see Wiggans

Williams and Jefferies
Cradock

Willoughby and Rusten
Frederick Street, Johannesburg 1895

Wilson, A. D.
Queenstown

Woods, C. Ray
Photographic Assistant. Cape Observatory, Cape Town 1885

Wünsch see Hancox and Wünsch

Yeoman, H.
P.O. Box 186 Krugersdorp 1898 – 99

York, F. see York Portrait Saloon

York, Portrait Saloon
(F. York) 20 Hout Street, Cape Town 1856. 43 Adderley Street, Cape Town 1856-59

Young, Roberts F.
Middelburg, Transvaal

Zadik
Cape Town. See also Pollard and Zadik

Zeidler, Emil
Hanover Street, East London 1879

Zoutendyk, N.H
Mewett Street, Ophirton, Johannesburg 1898-99

Sources
Besides references which have been obtained from editorial and advertisement columns of various newspapers in South Africa dating from 1845 onwards, the following directories have been consulted:
Argus Annual and Cape of Good Hope Directory 1888, 1889.
Argus Annual & South African Directory 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894.
Argus Annual & South African Gazetteer 1895, 1896, 1897.
Barnes Transvaal Almanac & Directory 1889.
Cape Gazette No. 20, 1866.
Cape of Good Hope Almanac 1839-50 no references, 1851-65, 1874, 1884.
Cape of Good Hope Commercial Directory and General Business Guide 1868.
Cape Post Office Directory 1886-87.
Cape Town Commercial Directory 1884, 1885.
Cape Town Directory 1886, 1887.
Census of Municipalities of Cape Town and Green Point, Post Office General Directory for 1855.
Commercial Directory 1881.
Cullingworth’s Natal Almanac 1890.
De Kaap Annual, Barberton, 1895.
Eastern Province Year Book 1862, 1878-80, 1882, 1884.
Edwards Directory 1888, 1890, 1891.
General Directory and Guide Book to the Cape of Good Hope and its Dependencies 1869-83, 1885-87.
General Directory of South Africa 1888, 1890-91.
General Directory, Johannesburg 1890.
Jeppe Almanac, Transvaal, 1877, 1881, 1889.
Juta’s Directory of Cape Town 1897.
Longlands Johannesburg and District Directory 1892-99.
Natal Almanac and Directory, 1863-67, 186, 1872-74, 1876.78, 1880-81, 1883-84, 1885, 1887-88, 1891. 1893. 1898-99.
Port Elizabeth Directory 1880, 1889, 1892,
Port Elizabeth Year Book 1898.
Turner’s Witwatersrand Directory
Notes on Illustrations
Plate 1: Examples of 19th Century Cartes-de-Visite showing photographers’ insignia on the back of cartes.
Plate 2: Nine-lens Carte-de-Visite Camera of the 1870’s. This camera could produce either nine separate poses on one plate, or one composite picture of nine identical images.
Plate 3: Depicts a scene during the 1861-62 expedition by James Chapman and Thomas Baines referred to in the text. In the right foreground can be seen Chapman’s camera and the photographer working with his wet plate process. This is no doubt one of the earliest representations of a camera in paint.
Plate 4: By the end of the 19th century photography had reached the stage when the recording of events (rather than individuals) became commonplace for press purposes. The photograph was taken after the great dynamite explosion in the railyards at, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, in 1896. The camera shown on the left is a Thornton Pickard Stand Camera, first manufactured in 1890, with a focal plane shutter on the front of the lens.
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to acknowledge the help of the Johannesburg Public Library – particularly Miss L. Jaffe, and members of Miss Anna Smith’s staff who have assisted in locating many of the references in the almanacs and directories.
Cartes-de-visite. Photographs are available of a considerable number of the photographers who are listed, particularly as cartes-devisite, in the S.A. Photographic Foundation Museum and Library in Johannesburg.

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Born in Culmstock, Devonshire, England on 25th April 1808 and died in Southfield, Plumstead in the Cape on 22nd July 1901. Cape civil servant and politician was the second of the four sons of George Southey (born 1777) and his wife Joan Baker (born 1782). He was educated at a grammar-school in Devon, and in 1820 he left Gravesend for the Cape Colony in the Hennersley Castle, one of a party of forty-nine British Settlers from Somersetshire headed by his father.

Having landed at Algoa Bay in May 1820, the family settled on a farm near Round Hill on a branch of the Kowie River between Bathurst and Grahamstown. In 1824 Richard went to Grahamstown as a clerk to the merchants Heugh and Fleming but, tiring of this dull life, he determined to seek adventure in the interior. First, in 1828, he volunteered with others to man the military outposts on the frontier while the regular troops were on special service in Kaffraria, and was stationed at Fort Beaufort. The next year he was off on a hunting expedition into Pondoland and Bomvanaland but, finding this less profitable than he had envisaged, decided to settle as a farmer in the eastern districts. This he did at first on the family farm near Trompetter’s Drift, and then, after a short spell of speculating in stock with Grahamstown as his base, on the farm Kap River, which he and his brothers had bought and where he stayed until the outbreak of the Sixth Frontier War in December 1834.

He immediately organized a volunteer force of farmers, and took a very active part in the war. First he was a lieutenant of the Albany mounted sharp-shooters; then, early in 1835, he became commander of Colonel Harry Smith’s guide corps. It was while this corps was guarding the Xhosa paramount chief, Hintsa, that Hintsa was shot on 12th May 1835 by one of Richard’s younger brothers, George Southey (born 1810, died 7th November 1867), a lieutenant in the corps. At the end of the war Richard was appointed resident agent and justice of the peace to the amaNdlambe at Mount Coke, serving in this capacity until the reversal of Sir Benjamin D’Urban’s frontier settlement and the abolition of this office in 1836.

Having lost a great deal in livestock and other property, the Southeys decided to move from the frontier to the inland division of Graaff-Reinet. Here, for ten years, Southey concentrated on his private affairs. In 1843 he went into partnership with William Shaw, and stocked the farms Klipgat, Modderfontein and Knoffelhoek with horses, cattle and sheep. While Shaw acted as manager of the business, Richard was left free to practise as a law agent in Graaff-Reinet.

When Sir Harry Smith returned to the Cape as Governor and High Commisioner in 1847, he remembered Sothey’s earlier service and, appreciating his knowledge of frontier affairs, offered Richard the post of private secretary, an office which he held till 1849. Thus he accompanied Smith on his reconnaissance of the interior early in 1848, met the Boer deputation led by A. W. J. Pretorius, was present when Smith proclaimed British sovereignty over the Transorangia in February 1848, and was present at the battle of Boomplaats in August.

Richard did not leave the Sovereignty with Smith, for he had been appointed president of the war-tribute commission, which investigated cases of men who had been engaged in the recent rebellion. The extremely difficult task of investigating and levying fines throughout the Sovereignty Southey performed with tact and conciliatory success. He remained in Bloemfontein until Major H. D. Warden had been re-installed as British resident and continued as commissioner until his duties were transferred to the Governor’s private secretary in 1849. Apart from his active role in dealing with Moshweshwe and the affairs of the Basuto border, Southey played a vigorous part in the latter months of 1848, countering by all means possible a recrudescence of the influence and activity of Pretorius and his supporters south of the Vaal River. Southey also took the opportunity of meeting A. H. Potgieter, Pretorius’s political rival in the territory beyond the Vaal, at Potchefstroom, and found Potgieter ready to discredit Pretorius, and willing to allow British authority to be re-asserted in the Sovereignty. Very deftly Southey succeeded in persuading the leaders of the Over-Vaal, who were still officially regarded in Cape Town and London as British subjects, to accept assurances of non-intervention in the affairs of the Over-Vaal in return for abstention from attempts to exert political pressure within the Sovereignty.

He returned to the Cape Colony in January 1849. At the end of 1849 he was appointed civil commissioner and resident magistrate of Swellendam. But the Eighth Frontier War broke out and he was called upon to perform many special duties, including the enrolment of Natives to serve in the war, and acting for the commissariat department. In April 1852 he was asked to act as secretary to the government during the leave of absence of John Montagu, and, apart from a brief interruption, he held this post until May 1854. It was in January 1853 that the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Charles Darling, suspended Southey from office on the grounds that he had connived at the irregular dispatch of executive minutes. The Auditor-General, William Hope, succeeded Southey. It was typical of Southey’s character that he did not let the matter rest there. He sailed for England, where he appealed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Duke of Newcastle, who ordered his reinstatement. Meanwhile, in November 1853, Montagu had died, and the now permanent vacancy was filled by Rawson W. Rawson, formerly Treasurer and Paymaster-General of Mauritius.

After again serving a short term as civil commissioner and resident magistrate of Swellendam from May 1854 to February 1855, Southey was appointed secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor in Grahamstown (March 1855). When the Auditor-General, Hope, died in 1858, Southey was appointed by Sir George Grey, and acted in this capacity between January and April 1859. However, a quarrel between the Governor and the Colonial Secretary, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, on the question of official patronage, resulted in the appointment of E. M. Cole to the auditor-general-ship, and Southey returned to his post as secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor. By this time his wide and varied experience of colonial affairs, the public regard for him, and his ability and efficiency had clearly destined him for permanent office in the central administration. When, in August 1860, Rawson went on leave, Southey again acted as Colonial Secretary and made clear his opposition to the quick introduction of responsible government. His first budget speech, in 1861, showed financial acumen. Thus, when the Treasurer-General, Harry Rivers, died in 1861, Southey was recommended to succeed him and was appointed to this office in January 1862. As a member of the executive government he was so efficient that, on the retirement of Rawson in July 1864, Southey was appointed Colonial Secretary, an office which he held until December 1872, when the Cape was given responsible government.

The period during which Southey was secretary to the government was one of the most momentous in the history of the Colony. It coincided with the governorship of Sir Philip Wodehouse and questions such as responsible government, alternate parliaments, the annexation of British Kaffraria, new advances in Native policy, and the difficult management of colonial finances. Southey’s voluminous correspondence with frontiersmen, administrators, missionaries, farmers and speculators, and particularly the frank semi-official letters preserved in the Southey Collection in the Cape Archives, clearly illustrate his views and the prominent part he played in advancing the colonial frontier. He was still a determined expansionist who believed firmly that imperial control over the natives of the whole sub-continent offered the only assurance of a unified, peaceful and progressive Native policy.

Southey considered imperial control of Basutoland the focal point of his expansionist programme. In the crucial years 1865-68 his attitude and correspondence emphasize this single aim, and, once the annexation had been accomplished, he was equally determined in his support for Wodehouse and the contention that Basutoland should not be transferred either to the Cape or to Natal. Similarly, he supported both Grey and Wodehouse in their policy of White colonization: Grey’s policy in the Ciskei and Wodehouse’s policy in the areas beyond the Kei. When the Cape Legislature and the British government withdrew their support, Southey still opposed a Bantu Transkei and awaited with anxiety Britain ’s decision about British Kaffraria. Like Wodehouse, he advocated its annexation to the Cape, partly as a base for a British advance up the coast and partly as support for his schemes for White settlement further north. His Native policy, if it can be called this, gained for him and his immediate superior severe censure from the Cape Parliament , and misgivings in Whitehall, but he persevered in the belief that opposition would give way before the need for long-term security.

Southey regarded the diamond discoveries of and after 1867 as another opportunity for the extension of British authority, and a possible means of ending the depression in the Cape Colony. He had much in common with David Arnot, whose motives were perhaps less altruistic than those of Southey Persuaded by Arnot that the extension of British rule was essential, Southey made direct representations to the British Colonial Office, particularly after the Transvaal proclamation of 1868.

But he found his hands tied by the unwillingness of both High Commissioner and Whitehall to intervene unless approached by both parties in the dispute. Only after Wodehouse had left in May, 1870, did the Southey-Arnot negotiations proceed more rapidly. Southey pressed Arnot to persuade the Griquas, like the Basuto, to request British suzerainty, for he well knew the imperial government’s aversion to accepting responsibility without authority. He collected evidence on boundaries and Griqua rights, assiduously preparing the way for British annexation while at the same time steering commercial interests at the Cape into an attitude favourable to annexation. When this annexation came in 1871 it was due largely to the preparatory work which Southey had done at his key post in Cape Town.

Throughout his period as Colonial Secretary Southey was a firm opponent of responsible government, alienating not only a large section of Parliament but even members of the Executive Council such as William Porter. Like Wodehouse, Southey believed that the Cape Parliament’s obstructionist attitude was irreconcilable with its demand for responsible government, and so he backed the Governor in all his schemes for financial reform and, in later years, in the alternate schemes for constitutional reform. His opposition to responsible government came to a head when Sir Henry Barkly took over from Wodehouse. Barkly was committed by imperial resolution to the adoption of responsible government, a fact which did not prevent Southey, backed to a large degree by the eastern districts, from opposing the measure. When the change was made at the end of 1872, Southey retired from the colonial service. He was created a C.M.G. and presented by the colonists with silver plate.

His retirement was brief; in December 1872 he was asked by Barkly to accept the lieutenant-governorship of the crown colony of Griqualand West, and this post he held from January 1873 until August 1875. This involved the difficult task of negotiating boundaries disputed by the O.F.S. and working out the details of administration for a territory whose future was uncertain and whose restless digger population at Kimberley even staged an abortive miners’ revolt in 1875. At this time his expansionist views forced on him the belief that the occupation of Bechuanaland would round off British influence to the north. But this was an aim achieved only a decade after Southey had left Griqualand.

After his turbulent and harassing administration Southey returned to the eastern districts, only to enter politics in September 1876 as the Member of Parliament for Grahamstown after the death of George Carver Clough. He joined the opposition to the ministry of John Charles Molteno. When Parliament was prorogued in August 1878 Southey’s public career ended, and he finally went into retirement near Wynberg. He maintained, however, for many years more his interest in public affairs, serving as president of the Edinburgh Exhibition Committee in 1884, and being elected a colonel of the Cape Town voluntary artillery. In 1891 he was made a K.C.M.G. in recognition of his services to his country.

Southey was an ardent Freemason; he was initiated at the Lodge De Goede Hoop, Cape Town, in 1848, and had, by 1862, become provincial Grand Master of South Africa, later holding other high offices as well in Freemasonry. Southey was buried in St. John’s Cemetery, Wynberg. He was twice married. In 1830, he married Isabella Shaw (†1869), the youngest daughter of John Shaw, by whom he had five sons: Charles William Southey (1832-1924), founder of the Culmstock horse stud and M.L.C. for the eastern districts, 1858-1859; John Henry Oliver Southey (1836-1876), government land surveyor and farmer in the Queenstown district; William Robert James Southey (1839-1909); Richard George Southey; and Juan Smith Southey, a Cape civil servant. In 1872 Southey married Susanna Maria Hendrika Krynauw (†1890), daughter of a descendant of the French Huguenots, Anthony David (David Anthonie) Krynauw, of Krynauw’s Hof, Grabouw, and his wife Helena Geertruida Gie. Susanna was a younger sister of Daniel Krynauw, an authority on Cape heraldry, and a sister of Helena Gertruida Johanna Krynauw, who married Charles Davidson Bell in 1859. After the second marriage there were two children, Helena Georgina Southey (unmarried) and Cecil Henry Southey, a farmer of East Griqualand.

A photograph portrait of SOUTHEY by Frederick York appears in the Cape Monthly Magazine, VIII (Jul.-Dec. 1860), ‘Our portrait gallery, no. 21′; and there are other portraits in the collection of the S.A. Library, Cape Town. There is a portrait of SOUTHEY in the McGregor Memorial Museum, Kimberley; and a bust (1969) for the 1820 Settler Memorial at Grahamstown by I. Mitford-Barberton. Portraits of SOUTHEY also appear in A. F. Williams, Some dreams come true (Cape Town, 1948); R. W. Murray, South African reminiscences (Cape Town, 1894); and Wilmot (infra).

Family Tree of Richard Southey

George Southey born 5th December 1777 baptised Culmstock, Devon, England 12 January 1778, left Bristol 19 December 1819 on board Kennersley Castle arrived in Algoa Bay 2 May 1820 where land 30 miles from Grahamstown was allocated to them died Grahamstown, July 1831 son of John Southey and Elizabeth Potter married Culmstock, Devon 10 September 1800 Joan BAKER born circa 1782, † Grahamstown 16 October 1835.

b1John born 23.11.1801 in Culmstock 13.12.1801 † Culmstock 19.11.1818

b2 Sophia born 9.8.1804 Culmstock 6.1.1805 † 4.9.1880, divorced Peddie, Eastern Cape married Grahamstown 28.9.1826 Joseph STIRK born Headingley, Yorkshire 13.12.1801 died Grahamstown 22.7.1881 Wesleyan Cemetery, Peddie son of John Stirk and Mary Prockter

b3 William born 6.9.1806 Culmstock, Devon 19.10.1806 died “De Puts” (now Lansdown), district Middelburg, CP 14.11.1882 buried “De Puts” married Graaff-Reinet 10.10.1839 Henrietta Geddes BAIN born 2.2.1823 Graaff-Reinet 11.5.1823 † “Quagga’s Valley”, district Graaff-Reinet 24.10.1842 daughter if Andrew Geddes Bain and Maria Elizabeth von Backstrom

c1 Henrietta born 26.9.1840 † 7.5.1854

c2 William Geddes born 13.3.1842 “Bloemhof’, dist. Graaff-Reinet 31.1.1843 † 7.5.1854

b4 Richard (Sir) born 25.4.1808 Culmstock, Devon 12.6.1808 t Southfield, Plumstead, Cape Town 22.7.1901 buried St. John’s, Wynberg, Cape Town married circa 1830 Isabella SHAW born England circa 1810, † Cape Town 21.6.1869 (John-dg) married second time Nov. 1872 Susanna Maria Hendrika KRYNAUW born circa 1842 † Southfield 14.2.1890 daughter if Anthonie David Krynauw and Helena Gertruida Wilhelmina Gie

c1 Charles William born Grahamstown 18.7.1832, Senator died “Culmstock”, Schoombee 30.7.1924 buried Middelburg, CP married St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Cradock circa 1864 Georgina Sarah Maria GREAVES born district Cradock 6.12.1848 died “Culmstock”, Schoombee 7.8.1923 † Middelburg, CP daughter if George Duly Greaves and Elizabeth Mary Gilfillan

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Source: Dictionary of South African Biography

Image Source: National Library

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Born: Orange, Southern France, circa 1660; Died: Drakenstein, 07 February 1723.Paul Roux was a Huguenot teacher and arrived at the Cape in 1688 with one of the first parties of French refugees. Nothing is known of his birth and parents. On the strength of his ability the Council of Policy appointed him, on the 8th February 1688, reader and schoolmaster for the French community in Drakenstein at a fee of fifteen guilders a month plus three reals for food. It is not clear whether he taught only the French children or some of the Dutch-speaking as well. Since there is no proof that a school building was available he evidently had to do without one, and taught in private homes, but his task was made difficult by the pro-Dutch policy of the V.O.C. and the fact that the French families were scattered.

On 18 December 1700, Paul Roux was elected deacon (diaken) and when Drakenstein became a separate congregation he was again elected on 19 December 1705. He served in this capacity until 10 December 1709, when someone else was appointed in his stead. His re-election on 16 December 1710 followed a brief retirement of one year, and he served until 13 December 1712.

After the departure of the Rev. Pierre Simond in 1702 sermons in French were held irregularly and subsequently (after 1705) not at all, and it was Roux who, with his regular church services, met the spiritual needs of the French community and through his teaching acquainted the rising generation with the old form of their mother tongue. After his death the Council of Policy refused the request of the Huguenots to appoint a French-speaking sick-comforter in his place. In a figurative sense his death also meant the death of the French language in South Africa.

From 1694 to 1713 Roux kept a baptismal register entitled: ‘Le livre de registre des enfants qu’on a baptizé dans notre Eglise Françoise de Drakenstein du depuis le Aoust l’année 1694′. It was the first church register of the Drakenstein congregation to be preserved and the only one in the French language.

Shortly after his arrival Roux married a fellow refugee, Claudine Seugnet, who came from Saintonge. The couple had seven children, of whom only the two eldest, Paul (circa 1689) and Pierre (circa 1692), perpetuated the family name. Shortly before his death R. married Elizabeth Couvret, widow of Josué Cellier (†October 1721). This marriage was childless.

Source: Dictionary of South African Biography. Copyright: Media24 Digital

Image: Groot Afrikaanse Familienaamboek

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Benjamin Osler also known as Bennie born in Aliwal North on 23rd November 1901 and died in Cape Town on 23rd April 1962, Springbok rugby player, was the son of Benjamin and Isobel Osler. Bennie’s ancestors have been traced back to Edward Osler, a prominent merchant and ship-owner, with a hint of piracy involvement.Bennie went to various schools, including the Western Province Preparatory School, Rondebosch Boys’ High School, and Kingswood College, Grahamstown. From 1921 he read law at the University of Cape Town, qualifying in 1925. During this period he represented the University on the rugby field, but from 1926 to 1930 played for Hamiltons and from 1931 to 1933 for Villagers. He acted as captain of all three clubs and on various occasions captained Western Province, which he represented from 1922 to 1933.

He gained his Springbok colours in 1924, when he played against Ronald Cove-Smith’s British team in all four test matches. Four years later (1928) he also played in all four tests against Maurice Brownlee’s New Zealand touring side, and in 1931-32 captained the Springbok team (which went to the British Isles) in all the tests of that series. He rounded off his rugby career in 1933 by playing in all five tests against the visiting Australians, acting as captain in the second test. He had scored forty-six points in the seventeen consecutive tests in which he played Osler is generally regarded as the best fly-half South Africa has produced so far (1979), a man who could dictate play. The decade during which he was a Springbok is even called the ‘Osler Era’ by sports writers, owing to his influence on the game. While he played for South Africa the country won all the test series, his province carried off the Currie Cup throughout, and each club for which he played won the Grand Challenge Cup. He had no equal as a tactical kicker and it was in particular his almost perfectly-placed corner kicks to wings which gained many tries for the Springboks. He could launch long outside kicks from any corner and as a drop-kicker he often clinched matches. Nobody was more feared by opponents than Osler.

He was also an attacking fly-half who could send his full-backs off with incredible speed when circumstances permitted or, if not, could himself shoot through an opening like lightning. Autocratic on the field, he would tolerate no passes from scrumhalfs that were above waist height; if the centres next to him blundered even once, he usually mistrusted them afterwards and would rather kick the ball – a course of action which can be regarded as one of his few weaknesses. As a captain he attached great value to tactical planning before a match, and he believed in strict team discipline.

During the Second World War (1939-45) Bennie went with the South African forces to East Africa where he contracted both malaria and amoebic dysentery which probably contributed to his relatively early death.

Unlike other great players Osler had little interest in coaching or the administration of the sport when he retired. After working as a salesman for a long time, he eventually went farming on a small scale, at first near East London and later near Bellville.

He married Gladys Hobson and had two children. Photographs of him appear inter alia in The Bennie Osler story and Springbok saga (both infra).

Osler’s Cornish Connections

Benjamin. Falmouth born circa 1776 son of Edward and Mary (Paddy) Osler of Falmouth and husband of Jane (Sawle) Osler born 1775. father of Susannah, Stephen Sawle, Mary Anne, Amelia, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Jane, Benjamin, Phillippa and Julia. Leader of W.J. Cornish 1820 Settlers. Returned to Cornwall with wife and some members of his family 4.1822.

Stephen Sawle born in Falmouth 27th September 1804, died 21st October 1867 in Simonstown. Son of Benjamin and Jane (Sawle) Osler and husband of Catherine Osler (born Dakins, formerly Wright) of Llaway Glen, Montgomeryshire, Wales. 1802-1881. father to Benjamin, James Goodriche, Catherine and Jane; and also Christina, dtr of Orange Kleyne (Klein). Founder of the Osler family in SA.

Susannah Osler born in Falmouth circa 1800. daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Sawle) Osler married 1st John Coleman (1792-1829) of Cock’s party at Reedfountain, Eastern Cape on 17th June 1820, 2nd time to Mr Fineran from Quebec.

The small Cornish party, under the leadership of Benjamin Osler of Falmouth, Cornwall, sailed in the ‘Weymouth’, which left Portsmouth in January 1820. Having arrived in Albany so that he might supervise the first arrivals, Sir Rufane Donkin considered that a more central and accessible site should be chosen for the administration of the settlement. Ignoring the fact of Graham’s Town’s better defensible position and that it was already established as a military base, the site he chose on 9 May 1820, was just west of Thorn Ridge. This was to be the centre of the civilian administration and also the seat of magistracy. Sir Rufane declared it was to supercede Graham’s Town as the capital town of Albany, and it was to be named Bathurst in honour of Earl Bathurst, Secretary for the Colonies. In his enthusiasm Donkin allotted plots to the Earl and also his own sons and nephews, while 500 acres of Glebe were allotted for a clergyman and chaplain of the Church of England, the vacant post to be filled in due course by a suitable man. The post of administrator, however, was filled by the transfer to Albany from the Western Cape of Capt Charles Trappes.

By 9 June the Cornish party of Benjamin Osler was enroute to their location from Algoa Bay. Osler’s party, it had been decided, was to be located some 12 miles southwest of the new town of Bathurst, and halfway to the Kowie River mouth. This was in the curve of the Mansfield River, a left bank tributary to Kowie River, today known as Grove Hill. Osler named the location Pendennis in memory of the similarity the area bore to his Cornish hometown of Falmouth and its Pendennis Castle.

Pitching their tents for protection from the cold winter nights and the intermittent drizzle, the party immediately set to clearing the land so that ploughing and sowing of their first crop could be done. Soon after arrival, they were to be joined by a young man, John Coleman, 28 years of age and a gardener from Cock’s party who had sailed with them in the Weymouth. Coleman was not altogether an unexpected arrival, for he had made his intentions clear earlier and on the 17 June, he was married by the Rev William Shaw to Benjamin Osler’s eldest daughter, Susannah. Theirs were the first marriage in the whole settlement.

The proximity to Bathurst of Osler’s location at Pendennis meant that these settlers were closely concerned with the early development of that town. Lots were already being offered for sale and the Colonial Secretary had ordered erection of a prison. The building of the Bathurst Residency got under way by October. All this activity afforded employment to bricklayers, carpenters, slaters, sawyers and stone-masons, who were able to direct their energies into a rewarding field while they waited patiently for the crops to ripen. Hopes for the future were bright, but by the end of November it became apparent that ‘rust’ had affected practically all the wheat sown since their arrival and the crops were useless. With little resources to withstand such a disaster, the administration decided that the issue of rations was therefore to be continued, but they became an additional charge against the deposit money. When that had been exhausted, it was a liability for future repayment. By Christmas Day that year, the circumstances of many were desperate and prospects for the future grim.

Undaunted by these hardships and their considerably reduced circumstances, the settlers sought what work they could find. The Bathurst Residency, long delayed in its completion by the number of unfortunate disputes that had arisen, was still an avenue for employment. William Mallett, a mason with Osler’s party joined with Thomas Marham of Bethany, James’ party’s location, and together they contracted on 5 November 1821, for slating and plastering work on the Residency to the value of £16. 10. 0d.

Lots had continued to be sold at Bathurst and houses built on them, but again, as a year earlier, ‘rust’ began to appear in the wheat and by the end of the year it was apparent to all that the wheat crop had once again failed. This was now a major calamity. Though rations were continued, they were reduced to half portions. Despite what the settlers had previously received, and even for those in dire need who had no money or hope of ever redeeming what they already owed, a parsiminous administration ruled they were only to get half a pound of rice per adult per week. Meagre indeed, but to ameliorate their difficulties, the stringent pass laws restricting settlers to their locations were relaxed and many now went in search of work, not only in Albany, but further afield if they could afford to get themselves there.

Lord Charles Somerset had by now returned to the Cape from his bride hunting furlough in England, and once again took up the reins of office as Governor.

He was furious to find the number of rather illogical decisions taken by Sir Rufane were actually detrimental to the scheme as he had originally envisaged it. He thus immediately set about reversing them. Bathurst was demoted from its pre-eminent position, which consequently caused another sharp depression when the Magistracy was summarily removed to Graham’s Town and the many settlers who had invested their small capital in establishing business premises in order that they might better serve the community, now faced ruin and impoverishment as it was quite evident the town of Bathurst would stagnate. It did and many then returned their attention to trading. Fairs were permitted at Fort Willshire and to these came the native tribesmen from beyond the Colony’s borders. James Weeks was one of the Cornish settlers who took to offering the more conventional manufactures. He and others traded tobacco and cloth in exchange for hides and skins, ivory, cut wood and simple items of use that could either be sold again in Graham’s Town or taken down to Algoa Bay and bartered there for the farming implements in such short supply. But the air of depression continued, it was no good having the basis for an exchange of goods if the majority the inhabitants, both settler and tribesmen, were so impoverished that goods and hard cash were virtually an unknown commodity amongst them. Osler left his location in April 1822 to return with his wife and five younger children to Cornwall. What remained of Osler’s party slowly broke up. Headed by John Dale, it began to disintegrate further. Osler’s daughter, Susannah and her husband decided to make their home at Simonstown where they were to be joined by her brother, Stephen Sawle Osler, who had elected not to return to Cornwall. By the beginning of 1824 William Mallett had moved away to Uitenhage and matrimony was to call Joseph Richards to a date in Graham’s Town where on 23 September that year, he was married to Sarah Attwell, the seventeen year old daughter of Richard Attwell of Crause’s party. Grace Weeks had died and the end of the year saw Charles Pearse returning to England to rejoin his wife with and family who had been unable to embark with him.

The small party of Cornish settlers, comprising only eleven men and their families at the outset, was already diminished in number by nearly half, and the few that did remain on Pendennis were to become so insignificant numerically that from then on their story melds with that of the settlement itself, conversely reflecting their great adaptability and absorption into the new country.

Source:
Dictionary of South Africa Biography Vol 5.
Cornish Immigrants to South Africa by Graham Dickason.
History of South African Rugby Football (1875 – 1932) by Ivor Difford

Further reading and resources:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bathonia/OslerBathFrancisConnections.htm

Osler Library – http://www.mcgill.ca/osler-library/

Acknowledgements: Michael Bath

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Rev. FORBES CUMMING BOTA was born at Gildon, Baviaans River in the District of Bedford, Cape Province, on the 11th April, 1874. His father was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church at Glenthorn in the same district. He died in 1881 leaving four sons including the Rev. F. C. Bota. In 1891 Rev. Bota went to Lovedale where he qualified as a teacher. He was one of the brightest students. at Lovedale at that time. In 1897 he went to teach at Gillton, Tyumie, Cape Province, later going to Macfarlane. In 1905 he entered the Transvaal and went to teach at Zoutpansberg. In 1916 he joined the South Africa Native Labour Contingent going to France, and after the Great War he returned to South Africa and resumed teaching. In 1924 he went to Tiger’s  Kloof Institution to study theology, and in 1929 he was ordained minister of the Congregational Church. He is now stationed at 30, Doran Street, Jeppestown, Johannesburg. He is a descendant of the royal stock of the Tembus. Is married and has two daughters and one son.

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Mrs. M. BOBOJANE, of Boksburg, who is a younger sister of Mrs. M. Kondile, was born in the Cape Province. Like her sister, she was a foundation member of the Women’s Section of the African National Congress. She did much work in organising the women in the Transvaal. Was a delegate to many conferences of the African National Congress. She is very prominent among the residents of Boksburg.

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Mrs. M. N. BHOLA, of Capetown, is organiser of the African National Congress (Women’s Section). She has toured the greater part of the Union of South Africa with Professor J. Thaele. Was the first African women to be prosecuted under Section 29 of the Native Administration Act of 1927. Now Chairman of the African National Congress (Women’s Section in the Western Province).

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